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Republicans are going all in on AI-generated ads. Democrats, meanwhile, are shunning them and suggesting the ad campaigns are emblematic of a party that doesn’t care about the truth and can’t be trusted.

washingtonpost.comAI ad mocks Talarico as Bible-defacing radical. Democrats bet it will backfire.A clear trend has emerged in the 2026 midterm ad wars: Republicans are embracing AI-generated videos while Democrats are betting they will backfire.

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If I made an AI ad mocking Bezos as a spineless coward, is that what your headline would say?

and can't even air them in the right market, as any College Football fan can now tell you. if Texas teams are playing, you get Texas campaign ads, even when you're watching in California. It's so bizarre.

HEY GEMINI.GOOGLE, CREATE AN AI-GENERATED AD CAMPAIGN FOR THE DEMOCRATS THAT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE A GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN SHOT BY A HUMAN PHOTOGRAPHER. IT MUST DEFINITELY NOT LOOK AI-GENERATED. THEN, WRITE A 750 WORD ARTICLE IN THE STYLE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND A 140 CHARACTER BSKY.APP POST.

The template is from August 2024: a collage of AI-generated "Swifties for Trump" images, posted with "I accept!" No endorsement existed. Three weeks later Swift endorsed his opponent, saying the fakes had "conjured up my fears around AI."

Never mind that the 'ethics' that the AI companies built into their models allows this drivel to be created. Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Microsoft, Google... they are a cancer that needs to be ripped out.

Republicans are embracing AI-generated campaign ads. Democrats are horrified that politicians might manufacture reality without doing it the old-fashioned way: hiring consultants, commissioning polls, and lying through their teeth. At last, bipartisan innovation. Bullshit at the speed of light.