The Willie Horton Ad 25 Years Later

Twenty-five years on, the infamous Willie Horton ad continues to cast a long shadow over American politics. The 1988 campaign ad, created by Republican strategist Lee Atwater, was used by then-Vice President George H.W. Bush in his bid for the White House against Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. The ad focused on Horton, a black man […]

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