Online sleuths linked the image to the country of Georgia, not the battleground state that Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are fighting to win in November.
There’s a paywall, but let me guess- Somebody made a print ad with an image of the rolling countryside in Georgia, when they meant to use a photo of the rolling countryside of Georgia.
There exist plenty of reasons to hate Trump and conservatives. It’s a bit of a blessing that they’re so incredibly stupid. But this is the sort of mistake I would make, so it feels like a glass houses situation.
As a person in neither Georgia nor Georgia (nor the US at all), I agree that it seems like an easy mistake to make.
But for anyone in Georgia or a neighboring state, it seems like something that should be pretty well known. Especially if you work in marketing.
I’d normally expect these kinds of ads to be produced by the local party branch but this suggests that either the local Georgians don’t know there’s another Georgia, or the ads came straight out of the national HQ or Moscow.
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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign launched digital ads targeting Georgia voters that featured a beautiful backdrop of an endless mountain range beneath a message from the Republican candidate.
“ATTENTION GEORGIA: I’m humbly asking you to stop what you’re doing and check your voter registration status,” the ad states. “Only a handful of votes will decide this election.”
The only problem: It was the wrong Georgia.
Online sleuths linked the image to the country of Georgia, not the battleground state that Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are fighting to win in November.
The ad was pulled from Facebook early Monday shortly after it appeared in the Politically Georgia newsletter. The ad tracking firm AdImpact said about $6,000 worth of the ads ran on Facebook from Sept. 10 until Monday.
Trump’s campaign declined to comment. Harris aides were more than happy to pile on.
“Top notch operation,” snarked Ammar Moussa, a Harris deputy.
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There’s a paywall, but let me guess- Somebody made a print ad with an image of the rolling countryside in Georgia, when they meant to use a photo of the rolling countryside of Georgia.
There exist plenty of reasons to hate Trump and conservatives. It’s a bit of a blessing that they’re so incredibly stupid. But this is the sort of mistake I would make, so it feels like a glass houses situation.
As a person in neither Georgia nor Georgia (nor the US at all), I agree that it seems like an easy mistake to make.
But for anyone in Georgia or a neighboring state, it seems like something that should be pretty well known. Especially if you work in marketing.
I’d normally expect these kinds of ads to be produced by the local party branch but this suggests that either the local Georgians don’t know there’s another Georgia, or the ads came straight out of the national HQ or Moscow.
Georgian (US) here. The state has nowhere that looks even slightly like the landscape pictured in the ad.
This is about as close as we get (note how the mountains are forested, not grassy):
It certainly belies a lack of experience, attention to detail, and/or competence.
On the one hand, it’s a multi-million dollar campaign for President of the United States.
On the other hand, their target audience is not going to give one flying FUCK that the picture is wrong.
Georgia is an important state. Any vote that is swayed by calling this out may be important
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