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The firm tied to Donald Trump’s controversial ad blitz had an earlier government deal torpedoed over its LGBTQ-friendly stance, Punchup has learned.
Trump, 80, has been under fire for using taxpayer money to produce a series of bizarre self-promoting TV commercials ahead of the November midterms, with critics branding them “propaganda” that could violate federal law.
The Department of Homeland Security handed a $20 million contract to marketing firm LMD Agency for a “national media campaign” earlier this month, according to ABC News. The White House had given the same amount in federal money to DHS just one day earlier.
But DHS had already shunned a deal with the firm after former Secretary Kristi Noem objected to its pro-transgender and DEI-friendly views.
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