A new campaign ad for Kari Lake, the hard-right Donald Trump-backed GOP nominee for governor in Arizona, features stock video of Russian soldiers marching in a victory parade.
The footage appears as the narrator of the spot promises Lake, a former local news anchor, will “deploy the National Guard to secure our border,” Heartland Signal reported on Thursday. The original footage is still available to buy from the stock image website Shutterstock.
NEW: Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake uses footage of Russian soldiers marching in her campaign ad, claiming (incorrectly) that they are the Arizona National Guard. https://t.co/EmaoWstXtG pic.twitter.com/txTb4K8zZb — Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) October 6, 2022
“If Kari Lake can’t identify a uniformed member of the Arizona National Guard from a Russian soldier, she has no business leading our brave men and women as governor,” Lake’s Democratic rival, Katie Hobbs, told the media outlet.
It’s not the first time Republicans have been busted using stock footage from Russia in their campaign ads.
Last month, the big reveal of the House GOP’s “Commitment to America” promo video was found to contain imagery from both Russia and Ukraine.
HandsLikePaper on October 7th, 2022 at 11:09 UTC »
It can't be a coincidence that so many GOP members use Russian military footage in their ads. They're either working with Russian entities on their campaigns or they're deliberately doing it to antagonize people outside the cult.
Vallyth on October 7th, 2022 at 10:33 UTC »
Like when they used Russian jets as part of a military campaign ad?
https://rollcall.com/2022/04/22/gop-senate-candidate-touts-military-support-with-image-of-russian-jets/
Or when Eric Trump said they don't need American banks, because they have Russia?
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/332270-eric-trump-in-2014-we-dont-rely-on-american-banks-we-have-all-the-funding-we/
I dunno. Sure are an awful lot of Russian coincidences when it comes to the GOP.
Stewison on October 7th, 2022 at 10:07 UTC »
and she doesn't care...