An ad from Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) campaign that the California Democrat posted on his account on the social platform X Wednesday imagines former President Trump being sent to a nursing home by a family.
The ad shows an actor playing the former president interacting with a family in various situations, including at a family meal, with the actor referencing multiple notable Trump comments, like when he discussed a false claim of pets in Springfield, Ohio being consumed by Haitian immigrants during a presidential debate last month.
The family then takes the stand-in for Trump to a nursing home named “A Place For Trump,” where a voiceover in the ad says he “can enjoy the things he loves, like eating cheeseburgers and rage-posting at 3 a.m.”
“So this November, let’s vote to put him in A Place For Trump, because we all know he belongs in a home, just not this one,” the voiceover says at the end of the ad, which also features a photo of the White House.
Swalwell’s post featuring the ad comes as Vice President Harris’s campaign has, as of late, focused on the former president’s age, with the vice president herself commenting on Trump’s recent interview cancelations.
“He is ducking debates and canceling interviews,” Harris said of Trump at a rally in Michigan last week. “Come on. And check this out, his own campaign team recently said it is because of exhaustion. Well, if you are exhausted on the campaign trail, it raises real questions about whether you are fit for the toughest job in the world.”
Following President Biden leaving the presidential race in late July, Harris, 60, became the younger of the two major party presidential candidates, while Trump is 78. In an average of national polls from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ Harris is leading Trump by only 0.9 percent, with the vice president garnering 48.7 percent support to Trump’s 47.8 percent.
Swalwell is favored to win his reelection bid against Republican Vin Kruttiventi, according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ polling average.
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign.
