Trump campaign releases ad accusing Democrats of carrying out a ‘coup’

President Trump’s reelection campaign on Wednesday released a new advertisement accusing Democrats of carrying out a “coup,” shortly after the president himself made a similar accusation amid the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. 

“Democrats are trying to undo the election regardless of facts, attacking the president by any means necessary, fabricating evidence,” a narrator says in the advertisement. “It’s nothing short of a coup, and it must be stopped.”

{mosads}The spot is flanked with video of high-profile Democratic lawmakers including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). 

Video of Democratic presidential hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden is shown as the advertisement finishes. 

The spot is a part of an $8 million previous ad buy announced by the campaign.

The ad mirrors a similar allegation from Trump on Tuesday night, in which he tweeted that the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry was starting to resemble a “coup.”

Trump and Republicans are on the defensive amid fallout after Pelosi announced last week that the House would launch a formal impeachment inquiry amid allegations from a whistleblower that Trump sought to persuade Ukraine to investigate Biden, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The president has since stepped up his attacks against Biden, zeroing in on the former vice president’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to dismiss a senior prosecutor who at one point had investigated an energy company where Biden’s son had served as a board member.

The Trump campaign released an ad on Friday accusing Biden of misconduct over his dealings with Ukraine.