GOP-Led Campaign Spotlights How Donald Trump Is Wrecking Lives

A new $15 million campaign launched Tuesday morning is spotlighting how President Donald Trump’s policies are harming ordinary Americans during his second term.

The nonprofit “Home Of The Brave” initiative will share video testimonials from people across the country “who have been harmed by Donald Trump’s disastrous policies,” according to a press release sent to HuffPost. The project, whose board features multiple Republicans and conservatives, will also post stories on Substack.

In one of the launch videos, a Virginia mother named Kirsten tells of the “real fear” she now has for the future of her daughter, who has Down syndrome, following the Trump administration’s cuts to National Institutes of Health research funding, in particular with regards to how people with Down syndrome have a higher chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

Indiana-based e-commerce business owner Devon, who has her products manufactured in China, explained in another video how “our business planning and trajectory changed overnight” when Trump decided to slap massive tariffs on goods imported into the U.S. from overseas.

Devon said the company was set to enjoy its best year yet and was due to scale up even further, but now she was just “sad and heartbroken,” particularly as her products would prove super difficult to be made in the U.S.

And former federal contractor Sophia, meanwhile, explained how her now-nixed role seeking to improve air quality was “work that’s super important” and impacts everyone.

“Not just me, not just my loss of a job,” she said. “If the air isn’t clean, there are so many devastating impacts.”

Sarah Longwell, a founding member of the initiative’s advisory board, said the project aims to “give regular Americans a place to tell their story about how the Trump administration is harming them, their communities and their country.”

“We call America the Home of the Brave. But in the face of President Trump’s threats of retribution, many of our elite institutions are caving rather than pushing back when Trump attacks them,” said Longwell, publisher of the center-right Bulwark website and founder of Republican Voters Against Trump.

“It’s been depressing to watch so many media companies, universities, law firms and tech companies bow down to this petty dictator,” she added.

Other advisory board members include conservative former Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, conservative Attorney George Conway, former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), former Trump White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, and Michael Fanone, the ex-Metropolitan Police officer who was attacked by Trump supporters during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.