Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton ramped up her general election campaign against Republican opponent Donald Trump on Thursday, releasing ads that will air in eight states considered toss-ups in the general election.
The pair of television ads highlight Clinton's focus on children and families and her policy and advocacy work on issues like health care, education and women's rights.
According to the Clinton campaign, they aim to distinguish Clinton as someone "who spent her life fighting for families and children," and admonish Trump as someone "who has always put himself first."
Both ads, the first ones geared toward the general election, will air over the next six weeks in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. Those all have been battleground states in recent presidential elections and are part of an "eight-figure" ad buy, according to her campaign.
One ad highlights Clinton's work as first lady to create the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides funding to states to support families with children who are unable to afford health insurance but do not qualify for Medicaid benefits.
"That's the kind of leader she is, and the kind of president she'll be," the ad says.
For weeks, Clinton has mounted an aggressive general election campaign against Trump, giving speeches and interviews questioning his qualifications to be president and warning voters that he is "temperamentally unfit to be commander in chief."
Her campaign unveiled a third ad earlier this week that focuses more overtly on Trump, depicting him as a divisive figure who could destroy the country.
"What kind of America do we want to be? Dangerously divided, or strongly united?" Clinton says in the ad.
Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.
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