Vice President Kamala Harris has recently been described by fans as having Mariska Hargitay vibes—so it wasn't a huge surprise when a new Law & Order-themed ad for the 2024 presidential candidate played at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, August 19.
The video opened with a line that was familiar to countless viewers:
“In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime, and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.”
The voiceover told "the story of Donald Trump," accompanied by a Law & Order-esque soundtrack, as photos of Trump flashed on the screen.
“His entire life, Trump has believed he’s above the law, that no one would ever dare hold him accountable. He lies, he rips off workers, he sexually abuses women,” the narrator continued. "He cheats in business. He cheated on his wife with a porn star and paid her off so the American people wouldn’t find out during an election.”
“But in the American justice system, ordinary people have managed to find him accountable time and time again. For the first time in history we have a convicted felon running for President. And to take on this case, we need a President who has spent her life prosecuting perpetrators like Donald Trump.”
On X, commenters came out in support of the clip, which played before a speech by Rep. Jamie Raskin (a lead prosecutor of Trump’s second impeachment trial).
"The DNC finally gave us the plot twist we didn’t know we needed," wrote one person.
"It was the appropriate level of savage #DNC2024," agreed a second X user.
"Not one lie was told," declared a third commenter, as someone else quipped, "This looks like a series Airing on Netflix."
Meanwhile, others called it out for being "unimaginative" and "cringe."
