Top general did not give his consent to be used in Trump political ad
Source: MSN/Politico
President Donald Trump's campaign is running an online political ad that uses an image of his vice president, his Pentagon chief and his most senior military adviser watching the raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from the Situation Room on Oct. 29, 2019.
"President Trump wants you to request your ballot," the ad says. Clicking on the ad, which includes the tagline "Paid for by Donald J. Trump for President, Inc," leads to the Trump campaign's voter sign-up page.
But the campaign didn't seek approval from Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley to use his image in the ad, a defense official said. “This photo, like many others, was not used with [Milley's] knowledge or consent,” said the official, who requested anonymity to speak about a sensitive topic.
The military has strict rules against uniformed service members participating in political campaigns, and the ad is just the latest example of the president or those around him pulling the nation's highest-ranking officer and other Defense Department officials into the political realm.
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This is why Biden/Harris having more money may not be as big of a disadvantage as it appears for Trump given their willingness to brazenly use federal government resources for campaign purposes.
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as "electioneering" based on how they are doing it with "forced violations-by-proxy" (the manipulative use of federal employees in this manner), making it all the worse. 
