The announcement, which was launched through America First Action’s super PAC, will air in 3 key states: Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The ad, titled “Pandemic Tax,” begins by criticizing Biden and his years in Washington, as a senator for Delaware and then as vice president.
As the 14-second ad approaches, a short clip from a couple holding a bath is displayed, with the words “High taxes for the revenue source group. “Politico reported that the clip is titled “Man and Woman Playing with Bathrough By the Window” and can be purchased on the Pond5 video image site. The clip is sold through a user using the username Kmikhidov, and the user’s location on the site is indexed as Russia.
The same user also sells the clip on Shutterstock, and their Facebook page is connected to their account, which they call Konstantin Mikhidov. The location of your Facebook page is Novosibirsk, Russia.
Shortly after the first published clip, another appeared, in which an old woman appeared coming out the window with the words “Higher taxes on retirement of the middle class”.
Politico reported that this clip can be discovered and purchased from iStockphoto for $ 60 and is being sold through a user named Zdyma4. The same clip is also sold through the same user on Dreamstime, the stock footage website. as Viachaslau Rutkouski and its location is explained as Minsk, Belarus.
When asked for a comment, Kelly Sadler, spokesperson for America First Action, told Politico, “We have also used videos taken in China in various commercials. “
Newsweek contacted America First Action for comment, but got a reaction in time for publication.
Several other pro-Trump classifieds have used photographs from Russia. Last month, an announcement through the Trump Make America Great Again committee used an inventory photo of Russian fighter jets and Russian models as soldiers.
Another ad posted through Trump’s crusade uses image files from Russia. In this, a clip of a conveyor belt is displayed and you can see several cardboard boxes with the words “Made in USA” on the side. This clip was shared on Shutterstock and created through Russian photographer and illustrator Novikov Aleksey. On Aleksey’s Shutterstock page, the cardboard box clip can be viewed with the words “Made in Iran” and “Made in UAE”.
Newsweek reached out to The Trump Crusade for comment, but got a reaction in time for publication.
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