![]() ![]() It featured Russian fighter jets and a soldier carrying a Kalashnikov assault rifle. In 2020 Trump’s Make America Great Again Committee asked Americans to “support our troops” in an ad that ran on 9/11. Several years ago McCarthy was caught saying he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is paying Trump. The ad itself was widely mocked, but that CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski identified the stock footage was from Russia. In 2019, as NCRM reported, McCarthy released an ad defending then-President Donald Trump which included footage from Russia. READ MORE: ‘Nothing to Be Ashamed of’: Herschel Walker Says if He Paid for an Abortion He Would ‘Be Forgiven’ That’s not the first time McCarthy has used Russian footage. That “clip was also created by Grbanoff, and also filmed in the Volgograd region of Russia.” ![]() The words ‘Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ appear on the screen, a reference to the Declaration of Independence.” “In another scene,” HuffPost reports, “a boy is seen smiling and running in a field with a toy airplane. “Serg Grbanoff, a filmmaker based in Russia…told HuffPost that he filmed” a scene used in the GOP’s video “in Russia’s Volgograd region.” House Republicans led by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy two weeks ago “unveiled their ‘Commitment to America’ agenda for 2023 ― and with it, an inspirational video chock full of scenes presented as exceptional imagery of America but that are actually stock footage from Russia and Ukraine,” HuffPost reported. READ MORE: Christian Nationalist GOP Nominee Doug Mastriano to Speak to Radical Conspiracy Theorists Ahead of Election Lake is far from the only Republican who uses Russian video and photos in their work. Let me be clear: Our great movement welcomes anyone and everyone who wants to fight for a better future,” as Axios Phoenix reported. She did not condemn Jackson, but stated: “I respect Jarrin’s service to our Nation, but clearly denounce that kind of derogatory language. ![]() If his reported comments are true, I obviously rescind my endorsement.” Lake, a former journalist, responded by stating it’s “impossible to dig into everything someone has said in their life. Her recent endorsement of Jarrin Jackson, an virulently antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ Christian nationalist extremist who tells his supporters being LGBTQ is a “gateway to pedophilia,”and that “Jews will go to hell,” received wide condemnation. Lake is considered by some to be a Christian nationalist. READ MORE: Arizona GOP Candidate Melts Down After Being Confronted for Endorsing Lawmaker Who Says ‘Jews Will Go to Hell’ “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,” Hobbs told Heartland Signal. txTb4K8zZbĭemocratic gubernatorial nominee, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, blasted Lake. 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. These are very different from the Arizona National Guard uniforms.” “Another website called Russian Army Shop sells the very same uniforms shown in the footage, which is the desert camouflage version of Russian Army fatigues. Heartland Signal reports, “this footage can be found in its original form on the stock footage website Shutterstock, which shows that the troops are, in fact, Russian soldiers marching in a victory parade.” Those troops are Russian soldiers, not Arizona National Guardsmen. It immediately cuts to footage of marching troops. The ad opens showing Lake and says she will “stand with Arizona’s border sheriffs,” a plea to anti-immigration voters. Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake used footage of Russian troops marching in a “victory parade” in her latest political ad, according to Heartland Signal/WCPT 820AM in Chicago. ![]()
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