How the Trump campaign’s takedown attempt ad backfired The Trump campaign asked TV stations to stop running an attack ad last week, claiming it was false and misleading, but instead of getting the ad taken down, they turned it into a blockbuster. The ad, “Exponential Threat,” was put out by the Democratic super PAC Priorities USA. It used Trump’s words claiming the virus was all under control with a chart of the rising number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. In a