Source: Common Dreams
“In the latest example of Republicans using artificially generated deepfakes to attack their opponents, the Senate GOP’s official social media account has posted an attack ad depicting a synthetic version of Texas Democrat James Talarico, a state representative and US Senate candidate. The video, posted on Wednesday to the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) page on X, portrays a frighteningly realistic approximation of Talarico’s (D-50) appearance and voice. The state representative, who won the Democratic nomination for Texas’[s] US Senate seat in a primary earlier this month, is depicted reading an array of old social media posts that the NRSC described as ‘extreme statements praising transgenderism, twisting Christian beliefs, and advocating for open borders.'” [editor’s note: All they need to do is play his existing actual words – SAT] [editor’s note: Neither deepfakes nor real quotes will reduce even that guy to Paxton’s depths of depravity, though – TLK] (03/12/26)