Lincoln Project launches new ad comparing Trump and Putin after Navalny death

Following the death of Russian opposition figure and fierce Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny in a penal colony, the anti-Donald Trump super PAC Lincoln Project branded the right-wing leaders as “twins” in a scathing new video.

Navalny was reported dead on Friday after he allegedly went for a walk and fell unconscious in prison. In response, President Joe Biden said, “Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death,” while Mr Trump has so far remained silent on the matter.

The Lincoln Project took Mr Trump’s silence a step further, creating an ad that highlights similarities between Mr Trump and Mr Putin.

“Vladimir Putin is a murderer who kills people for speaking out against him. Donald Trump admires this in him. The reason he demanded immunity is because he wants to have the same powers as Putin,” the super PAC captioned the ad on X.

“Why does MAGA love Vladimir Putin so much? He reminds them of someone they love,” the narrator begins. “Both are pathological liars,” the narrator begins before listing an example.

A translation of Mr Putin says, “We will be aiming at denazification of Ukraine” followed by a video of Mr Trump saying, “I think it was an insurrection caused by Nancy Pelosi.” The January 6 Select Committee wrote in its final report that the former president was the “central cause” of the Capitol riot.

The narrator then adds, “Both hate democracy,” while showing a clip of Mr Trump and Mr Putin shaking hands.

“Both use violence to attack law and order,” the narrator says before flashing a video of Mr Trump speaking at a Washington, DC rally on January 6, regarding his 2020 election loss: “We will never give up, we will never concede. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved.”

The narrator continues, “Both