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21 Oct, 10 tweets, 3 min read

I feel like we should have a running list of all the times this has happened.

Crenshaw, Texas Republicans Use Russian Stock Footage in Campaign Ad

american-ledger.com/corruption-sec…

https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1286249562345111554

Trump FB ad in July used images from Ukraine’s Maidan revolution.

https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1286249562345111554

Sept 15, 2020

Trump campaign ad urges 'support our troops' with a picture of Russian soldiers and jets

taskandpurpose.com/news/trump-cam…

An Oct 8 ad by America First Action called “Pandemic Tax” (aired in Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) featured actors in stock footage from Russia and Belarus.

politico.com/news/2020/10/1…

Oct 13, 2019 - Florida Republican Brian Mast wished the US Navy a happy birthday by using a photo of the Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy.

Those are only the ones I found in five minutes of searching.

I’m sure there are more.

https://twitter.com/sisu_sanity/status/1316232059501895680

Sept 24, 2020

A Trump campaign ad claiming that his economic policy will be “Made in the USA” used an animation that was made—along with “MADE IN IRAN” and “MADE IN UAE” versions—by Russia-based photographer and illustrator Novikov Aleksey.

https://twitter.com/sisu_sanity/status/1316232059501895680

https://twitter.com/sisu_sanity/status/1316232062878310400

Sept 6, 2020

RNC Featured Russian Stock Footage to Promote Trump’s Domestic Policies, Agenda

https://twitter.com/sisu_sanity/status/1316232062878310400

BTW, that 👆article about the RNC footage lists *multiple* videos that the RNC used with Russian content during their convention.

It seems pretty clear that multiple republican groups, including Trump PACs and the RNC itself, are outsourcing some of their ad work to Russians.

Or, at the very least, they are outsourcing to people who are collaborating with Russians.

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I’m not going to retweet it.

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/1

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