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Jackie Robinson's daughter objects to Trump using image of her father in campaign ad

A campaign ad released by Donald Trump on Tuesday features an image of Jackie Robinson, and his daughter Sharon is not happy about it.

The ad, titled “Say What You Will About America,” features numerous black and white images of America from the first half of the 1900s. There are photos of suffragettes, farmers, construction workers, as well as photos of Jim Thorpe, the first Native American to win an Olympic medal, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robinson, who broke the color barrier and became the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball.

The image of Robinson caught the attention of Sharon Robinson, his daughter.