Donald Trump campaign video ad on murder raises heat in shutdown fight

The Trump campaign released the ad, titled "Complicit," on the anniversary of the Republican president's inauguration

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US President Donald Trump stands between US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson (left) and Issac Newton Farris before signing a proclamation to honour Martin Luther King Jr day on Friday
Reuters Washington
Last Updated : Jan 22 2018 | 1:27 AM IST
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Saturday issued a new video ad calling Democrats "complicit" in murders committed by illegal immigrants, during a government shutdown partly triggered by an impasse over immigration. The Trump campaign released the ad, titled “Complicit,” on the anniversary of the Republican president's inauguration. It focusses on an undocumented immigrant, Luis Bracamontes, charged in the 2014 killings of two police officers in Sacramento.  

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