2020 Election — Republican Messaging and Campaign Ads

Below are selected videos and campaign ads that convey the Republican messaging and narrative for the 2020 election. This page is being created as a placeholder for reference, archival purposes, and as a supplement to writings elsewhere. This document is public, but hasn’t been promoted or announced through social media as is done with other content on this website.

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Videos are listed below in chronological order. This list is not comprehensive, but a curated collection. More will be added as they become available or are discovered. These videos are not all from the Republican Party, but come from a variety of sources.

Biden Doesn’t Know the Pledge of Allegiance (22 Sep 2020)

This video clip was posted to YouTube on Donald Trump’s channel. It shows Joe Biden not remembering the words to the Pledge of Allegiance.

Biden Proclaims 200 Million Americans Will Die (20 Sep 2020)

This video clip was posted to YouTube on Donald Trump’s channel. It is an excerpt from a speech on 20 Sep 2020. The original C-SPAN video does not seem to be available on YouTube, but the full video is posted to Joe Biden’s YouTube channel. [View]

Nevada Supporter Comments (14 Sep 2020 at 1:17 PM CT)

This video was posted to YouTube on Donald Trump’s channel.

Biden Thinks He’s Running For Re-Election (14 Sep 2020 at 1:03 PM)

This video was posted to YouTube on Donald Trump’s channel.

Biden Pressed to Credit Trump for USMCA Trade Negotiation (10 Sep 2020)

This video was posted to YouTube on the GOP War Room channel. It seems to be another in a series of raw unedited videos, with no commentary, from left-leaning news sources, where Biden comes off looking bad. The thumbnail is an unflattering still image of Biden in mid sentence.

Biden refuses to take responsibility for supporting NAFTA (10 Sep 2020)

This video was posted to YouTube on Donald Trump’s channel. It attempts to portray Biden as someone who will permit more jobs leaving America and bad trade deals with other countries.

Joe Biden can’t keep track of what taxes he wants to raise (10 Sep 2020)

This video was posted to YouTube on Donald Trump’s channel. It intends to convey that Biden has cognitive issues or is uninformed. The unflattering still-frame image of choice for the video thumbnail shows Biden with squinty eyes and his fingers seemingly wiping his nose while his mask is down.

Biden Loses Train Of Thought When Saying He Isn’t “Slow Joe” (10 Sep 2020)

This video was posted to YouTube by the GOP War Room. It’s intended to support the claim that Joe Biden has cognitive issues. Interestingly, other videos show more significant blunders. This one isn’t the strongest.

“Joe Biden curses out an Autoworker” (9 Sep 2020)

This video is an unedited clip for a visit to Michigan where Biden seemed to be picking a fight with an autoworker. The clip is being promoted by Trump.

Joe Biden orders his staff to move up his teleprompter (8 Sep 2020)

This is a 20 second video that was posted to YouTube on Donald Trump’s channel. It is intended to show Biden bullying his staff, but that doesn’t come through strongly in this video clip.

Meet Joe Biden’s Supporters (5 Sep 2020)

This video was posted to YouTube on Donald Trump’s channel. It is intended to make a connection between Biden and violent destructive anarchist protestors. Since Biden has publicly denounced such violence, this video is less persuasive. However, for some less informed people this will be a persuasive video and it supports the messaging that Democrat leadership will result in violence.

Republican National Convention Messaging Summary (25 Aug 2020)

Excerpt: “Democrats will disarm you, empty the prisons, lock you in your home, and invite MS-13 to live next door. And the police aren’t coming when you call in Democrat-run cities. They are already being defunded.” This video clip is provided by NOW THIS news.

Going After Biden’s Stuttering and Speech Impediment (21 Aug 2020)

The following video offers some context regarding people drawing attention to Joe Biden’s speech impediment.

Joe Biden is plagiarizing from the Radical Left (20 Aug 2020

This video was posted to YouTube on Donald Trump’s channel. This is a short 40-second version of a longer video about Biden and plagiarism.

The Joe Biden They Are Hiding From You (17 Aug 2020)

This video was posted to YouTube on Donald Trump’s channel. It includes unflattering and possibly offensive statements made by Biden. This technique of using a politician’s quotes against them can be effective. The still frame used for the video thumbnail is a wild-eyed photo of Biden which presumably is not retouched.

Jokes About Biden’s Stuttering and Speech Impediment (16 Aug 2020)

The following video, “What if Normal People Talked Like Joe Biden,” was posted to Facebook by Trump supporter Charlie Kirk on 16 Aug 2020.

Joe Biden’s lies are legendary (13 Jul 2020)

This video was posted to YouTube on Donald Trump’s channel. It provides a summary of problematic statements made by Biden which apparently were lifted from others and delivered as his own. The video addresses some unethical plagiarism by Biden while in school, as well as misrepresentations about his academic credentials. In 2016, a speech writer for Melania Trump used some portions of a speech by Michelle Obama. The news story was intended to be a jab at the Trump campaign and it wouldn’t be surprising if this video about Biden’s plagiarism is intended as a response.

Richard Grenell on LGBT Issues (20 Aug 2020)

Kim Klacik Comments on Democratic Cities (18 Aug 2020)

“The worst place for Black people to live in 2020 is a Democrat-controlled city.”

Jerry Wayne Comments on Biden’s Insults (13 Mar 2020)

Note: To better understand this clip it is important to know that Joe Biden referred to the AR-14 that he would be confiscating. The correct name for the rifle is AR-15. So, that blunder lost him some points with assault rifle enthusiasts.

By Greg Johnson

Greg Johnson is a freelance writer in Iowa City and also the founder and Director of the ResourcesForLife.com website. He also manages IowaCityWebDesignArtist.com and many other topic specific websites. Learn more at AboutGregJohnson.com

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