Donald Trumps 2020 campaign debuted a Super Bowl ad Sunday aimed at highlighting the presidents successful efforts to implement criminal justice reform.
The ad features the story of Alice Marie Johnson, who was sentenced in the mid-1990s to life in prison, according to Reason.
Johnson was convicted of being involved in a drug-trafficking conspiracy, but her involvement was nonviolent.
Still, she was slapped with a life sentence without the possibility of parole. In 2018, Trump commuted Johnsons sentence, reportedly after being asked to do so by reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
Also in 2018, Trump signed into law the First Step Act, a prison reform bill that received significant bipartisan support.
Among other things, the legislation is meant to give offenders like Johnson a second chance.
The First Step Act enacted commonsense reforms to make our justice system fairer and help inmates successfully transition back into society, according to a White House statement.
The First Step Act provided the opportunity for sentencing relief for certain defendants who received mandatory minimum sentences prior to the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, the statement added.
Trumps Super Bowl ad, the first of two advertisements his campaign was set to run during the game, aired during the first quarter.
Thanks to President Trump, people like Alice are getting a second chance, the ads caption reads.
Politicians talk about criminal justice reform, it adds.
President Trump got it done.
The ad also features footage of Johnson thanking Trump during a news conference.
Trumps ad set social media ablaze, with conservative commentator Denise McAllister praising it as simply brilliant.
Denise McAllister ✔@McAllisterDen
Donald Trumps Criminal Justice Reform Super Bowl ad was simply brilliant. @realDonaldTrump
David French ✔@DavidAFrench
This was a good ad highlighting a very good thing Trump did. @AliceMarieFree is a good friend and a wonderful person. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1224119370839994369
Poster Comment:
I don't have a TV so I didn't get to watch the Superbowl ads.