Pro-Trump ad attacks Clinton aide Huma Abedin’s ‘Pakistani origin’
Abedin's mother is Pakistani, born in a part of the former British India that is now Pakistan
Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton. PHOTO: REUTERS
An ad released on Monday from a pro-Trump group and produced by the Republican Hindu Coalition attacked Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin for her Pakistani heritage.
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The video, aimed at convincing Indians to vote for Trump, begins with a narrator attacking Hillary Clinton for being “sympathetic towards Pakistan,” giving “billions of dollars in aid and military equipment against India". The ad also warns, “Her current aide Huma Abedin is of Pakistani origin and will become chief of staff if she wins."
Abedin's mother is Pakistani. There has been no word beyond speculation that Abedin would be chief of staff in a Clinton administration. According to the New York Post, the ad will air on more than a dozen TV stations in the US, including several catered to Indian viewers.
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The TV spot was the second pro-Trump advertisement targeting Indian-Americans. The first, also created by Republican Hindu Coalition founder Shalabh Kumar, showed Trump speaking Hindi and expressing solidarity with India.
The group was also sending 60,000 advertisements by mail to voters in three key swing states — Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina, the Post reported.
The ads reportedly stated: "Chief of Staff in Clinton White House will be Huma Abedin, of Pakistani and Saudi background," an apparent reference to Abedin who was born in Michigan but has spent much of her childhood in Saudi Arabia.
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New emails the FBI is examining related to Clinton’s use of a private computer server were discovered after the agency seized electronic devices belonging to Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her husband, Anthony Weiner, the New York Times reported.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=DFr-DlAUWkg
This article originally appeared on Business Insider.
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The video, aimed at convincing Indians to vote for Trump, begins with a narrator attacking Hillary Clinton for being “sympathetic towards Pakistan,” giving “billions of dollars in aid and military equipment against India". The ad also warns, “Her current aide Huma Abedin is of Pakistani origin and will become chief of staff if she wins."
Abedin's mother is Pakistani. There has been no word beyond speculation that Abedin would be chief of staff in a Clinton administration. According to the New York Post, the ad will air on more than a dozen TV stations in the US, including several catered to Indian viewers.
Trump vows to jail Clinton over emails if he wins White House
The TV spot was the second pro-Trump advertisement targeting Indian-Americans. The first, also created by Republican Hindu Coalition founder Shalabh Kumar, showed Trump speaking Hindi and expressing solidarity with India.
The group was also sending 60,000 advertisements by mail to voters in three key swing states — Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina, the Post reported.
The ads reportedly stated: "Chief of Staff in Clinton White House will be Huma Abedin, of Pakistani and Saudi background," an apparent reference to Abedin who was born in Michigan but has spent much of her childhood in Saudi Arabia.
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New emails the FBI is examining related to Clinton’s use of a private computer server were discovered after the agency seized electronic devices belonging to Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her husband, Anthony Weiner, the New York Times reported.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=DFr-DlAUWkg
This article originally appeared on Business Insider.