Democrats make 'final pitch' to swing state voters in dead heat race

FIRST ON FOX — The Democratic National Committee connected Wednesday launched a bid of full-page advertisement buys successful 25 newspapers arsenic portion of the party's effort to scope voters successful the bosom of captious battleground states and laic retired its last lawsuit against Donald Trump.

The advertisement buys were shared exclusively with Fox News Digital and dwell of full-page spreads successful 25 newspapers successful suburban and exurban newspapers crossed the country. 

They see 5 newspapers each successful the states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia; 4 newspapers successful Wisconsin; and six different newspapers dispersed crossed towns successful North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada. 

The ads are an effort to thrust location what Democrats said successful an interrogation is their final, "most important" message to voters up of Election Day — that Donald Trump is "unhinged, unstable," and "unfit to lead" successful a 2nd term.

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Roger Lau, the lawman enforcement manager astatine the DNC, told Fox News the ads question to pass to voters "that this is simply a wide prime betwixt Donald Trump — his connection of chaos, retribution, revenge, division, and the Democratic message; Kamala Harris's message. Which is that she's going to beryllium president for each Americans. She is idiosyncratic that is going to beryllium gathering an accidental system for each of us, and showing america a caller mode forward."

An activistic holds a motion that says "Save Our Democracy" extracurricular the U.S. Supreme Court arsenic the tribunal prepares to perceive arguments connected the immunity of erstwhile President Trump successful Washington, D.C. (Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

They instrumentality purpose astatine what the DNC characterized arsenic Trump's "chaotic and reckless record," arsenic good arsenic his "pursuit of unchecked power," which they volition reason helium volition question to beforehand if re-elected to a 2nd word successful November.

"In a statesmanlike contention that volition beryllium decided connected razor-thin margins, the paid media run is designed to scope voters who could beryllium cardinal to deciding the effect of the astir important predetermination of our lifetimes," DNC Chair Jaime Harrison said successful a statement. 

The locations of the newspapers selected besides connection penetration into parts of the map Democrats presumption arsenic astir competitory successful the last sprint to Election Day. 

Combined, a full of 93 electoral votes are astatine involvement successful the 7 battleground states, votes the DNC said it is prepared to combat hard for successful a neck-and-neck predetermination to assistance elite Harris. 

Lau told Fox News the papers were chosen specifically to entreaty to voters beyond accepted major media markets successful ample cities. 

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Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz depart aft speaking during a run rally successful Ann Arbor, Mich.  (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

"With the contention being arsenic adjacent arsenic it is, and the stakes being arsenic precocious arsenic they are, we privation to marque definite that we're hitting the exurbs and suburbs too," Lau said. "Places similar Macomb County successful Michigan, La Crosse successful Wisconsin [and] Yuma successful Arizona.

 "These are places that we're not going to cede ground." 

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But with little than a week until the election, it's unclear however galore undecided voters successful large plaything states could beryllium swayed, particularly successful areas wherever some the Trump and Harris campaigns person already exhausted important resources and get-out-the-vote initiatives designed to boost elector registration and entreaty to candidates successful competitory districts. 

That's portion of wherefore the DNC chose to tally the paid advertisements successful people newspapers, it said, successful a last bid to entreaty to uncommon voters by mode of a trusted, section quality source.

The quality comes aft several large quality outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today each announced they volition not beryllium endorsing a statesmanlike campaigner successful the 2023 election, sparking outrage and a question of cancellations from immoderate readers. 

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic statesmanlike nominee, speaks during a run rally astatine the Alan Horwitz "Sixth Man" Center Oct. 27, 2024, successful Philadelphia. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"We ever knew that this was going to beryllium a adjacent race," Lau said. "We ever knew that these 7 battlegrounds would travel down to the last stretch. And I consciousness similar the infrastructure that we've built, the vigor and enthusiasm we person successful our grassroots base, that's going to assistance america enactment it implicit the edge."

Combined with Harris' closing remarks to voters connected the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night, Lau said, "I deliberation it's going to beryllium a beardown closing statement to propel america crossed the decorativeness enactment successful the end."

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