A lot of people were Googling 'Ron Reagan' after his atheism ad aired
He wasn't among the 12 candidates on the stage in Ohio, but President Ronald Reagan's son had a lot of people talking during Tuesday night's Democratic debate.
President Ronald Reagan's son had a lot of people talking during Tuesday night's Democratic debate.
He wasn't among the 12 candidates on the stage in Ohio, but his appearance in a commercial promoting atheism clearly caught folks off guard.
In the commercial, Reagan promotes the Freedom from Religion Foundation, a non-profit organization advocating for atheists and the separation of church and state.
"Hi, I'm Ron Reagan, an unabashed atheist, and I'm alarmed by the intrusion of religion into our secular government," Reagan says to begin in the ad.
The ad itself isn't new, as the foundation's press release notes its been around since at least 2014, but how Reagan ends the ad is certainly attention grabbing.
"Please support the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Ron Reagan, lifelong atheist, not afraid of burning in hell."
With the spot airing in a national slot, Ron Reagan quickly became the top trending search on Google, according to Google Trends.
"Ron Reagan" is the top trending search on Google right now.
— GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) October 16, 2019
According to the FFRF, ABC refused to air the ad during the Sept. 12 Democratic debate and other networks have turned them down, including CBS and NBC, since 2014.
CNN plans to air the ad twice during the Oct. 15 CNN/New York Times debate and it was scheduled to air again several times on Wednesday evening.
The ad received lots of reactions on social media with some people feeling blindsided, including Omarosa, who appeared on "The Apprentice" with President Donald Trump then joined his administration.
Ummm am I the only one that got blindsided by that #ronregan ad just now on CNN?
— Omarosa (@OMAROSA) October 16, 2019
#creepy#demDebate
Nobody:
Ron Reagan: i dont like religion
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair 🦥 (@senatorshoshana) October 16, 2019
CNN: Tom Steyer, should we tax you out of existance?
— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) October 16, 2019
Steyer: Kind of.
CNN: Thank you. We will not ask you more questions for the next hour.
America: Thank god.
Ron Reagan: There is no god.
Some conservatives shared the ad to criticize Democrats.
This is the left
They booed God at their convention
They want to defund churches that don't support their progressive views
And this is the ad that gets the prime spot at their debates—"I'm not afraid of burning in hell"
RT if you're disgusted with this Godless party
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 16, 2019
