Biden campaign knocks Trump ahead of Capitol Hill visit

President Biden’s reelection campaign launched a new ad to knock former President Trump about the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol ahead of his Capitol Hill visit on Thursday.

The 30-second ad entitled “Burn” highlights the events of Jan. 6 and Trump’s vow to free the imprisoned Jan. 6 rioters if he’s elected to another term.

The ad will run on television in battleground states during local news broadcasts “in an effort to remind voters about Trump’s unforgivable actions on January 6, and his promise to go further if reelected,” according to the campaign.

“On January 6, Donald Trump lit a fire in this country,” the ad reads, noting that 140 officers were injured during the riots.

“Stoking the flames of division and hate, now he’s pouring gasoline… pledging to pardon the extremists who tried to overthrow our government, inciting them to try again,” it continues.

The ad was dropped hours before Trump is set to head to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers in an effort to strike a unified tone before the Republican National Convention. Trump is set to meet with Senate Republicans, House Republicans, and the Business Roundtable while in Washington on Thursday.

“Today, the instigator of an insurrection is returning to the scene of the crime. January 6th was a crime against the Capitol, that saw Nazi and Confederate flags flying under the dome that Lincoln built,” Biden campaign chair of the National Advisory Board and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a statement.

“It was a crime against the Constitution and its peaceful transfer of power, in a desperate attempt to cling to power. And it was a crime against Members, heroic police officers and staff, that resulted in death, injury and trauma that endure to this day,” she added.