Lake Uses Footage Of Russian Soldiers In Border Ad

The Heartland Signal reports:

A recent campaign ad for Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) uses stock footage of Russian soldiers. The footage is shown while the ad claims Lake will use the National Guard to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico.

There is a brief, zoomed-in view of soldiers marching that is implied to be the Arizona National Guard.

However, 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.

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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. https://t.co/EmaoWstXtG pic.twitter.com/txTb4K8zZb

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