I’ve seen a lot of ugly attack ads, but this one felt weirdly aggressive – especially for an obscure state office that rivals the American vice presidency in the “not worth a bucket of warm spit” category.
Among other AI-generated depictions of termed-out Assemblyman Mike Gipson, the video showed the Democrat from Gardena in a robe with a cigar, supposedly living the high life off campaign contributors’ largesse. The outlandish renderings of the Black legislator set to ragtime music gave the spot an unmistakable minstrel-show vibe.
The big reveal came near the end: