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Republicans Barely Mention Trump in Political Ads Ahead of the Midterms
Only a small fraction of recent G.O.P. broadcast and streaming ads mention the president, according to a Times analysis of ad data.
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The New York Times and Breaking Points both frame the story around Republicans pulling back from Trump in midterm-adjacent messaging, with the Times emphasizing an ad-data analysis and Breaking Points casting it as Republicans abandoning him. Fox News diverges sharply, instead foregrounding a warning from a top Trump ally about the party’s prospects if it loses a key voting bloc. Only the Times’ extract explicitly mentions broadcast and streaming ad data.
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