Feb 6, 2017

The Super Bowl ad about Trump's border wall

Justin Green

Super Bowl viewers last night got to see a 90-second spot from 84 Lumber, a building supply company. It ended by teasing the rest of the video at its website, which promptly crashed from the traffic overload. The conclusion to that video is below.

84 Lumber president and owner Maggie Hardy Magerko said in a statement: "Even President Trump has said there should be a 'big beautiful door in the wall so that people can come into this country legally.' It's not about the wall. It's about the door in the wall. If people are willing to work hard and make this country better, that door should be open to them."

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Scoop: Census Bureau is paying Chinese state media to reach Americans

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GOP congressman accuses California pension official of working for China

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