A commercial running in Philadelphia confronts the idea that some Black men might be hesitant to vote for Kamala Harris because she is a woman. “Women know how to make things happen,” a supporter says.
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Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign is running this 30-second ad on television stations in Philadelphia this week at a cost of $127,000, according to AdImpact.
Here’s a look at the ad, its accuracy and its major takeaway.
On the Screen
The ad begins with a Black community organizer identified as Anton, the ad’s narrator, speaking to the camera.
It then cuts to images of Philadelphia — a barbershop, urban rowhouses and a mural, “Women of Germantown,” showing a freed slave who saved a local estate from the British during the Revolutionary War, and other women leaders of the neighborhood’s past.
The spot then cuts to a series of images of Anton with several young Black men wearing construction hats and working to repair a building. They are shown painting, repairing walls and connecting electrical wires.
“Kamala Harris led the White House Office of Gun Violence Protection,” flashes light blue and white text.
As the ad shows an image of a group of Black teenagers walking down the street in hard hats, another block of text flashes on the screen: “Kamala Harris to give our communities safety, opportunity and hope.”
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