Trump campaign botches Georgia ad by mixing up US state with country

24.09.2024 21:59

«Metro UK»

Former President Donald Trump’s (right) campaign ran an ad (left) mixing up the state of Georgia with the country of Georgia last week (Picture: AP)

Ex-President Donald Trump’s campaign ran ads targeted at swing state of Georgia – with an image of the flowery rolling hills of the country of Georgia.

The ad in which presumably a Team Trump member confused the two Georgia’s was live on Facebook and Instagram last week, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

It had ‘Register to vote for Trump’ and ‘check your registration’ written over the picturesque landscape of the eastern European nation, not the southeastern US state with mountains, farmland and beaches.

‘ATTENTION GEORGIA: I’m humbly asking you to stop what you’re doing and check your voter registration status,’ stated the ad.

A Trump campaign shows flower and rolling green hills of the Eastern European country of Georgia instead of the US state (Picture: Facebook)

‘Only a handful of votes will decide this election.

‘We can stop inflation, secure our borders, lower taxes, and make America Great Again!’

The image on Shutterstock has the description: ‘Cloudy morning view of the mountain hill in Upper Svanetia, Georgia, Europe.’

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign was quick to ridicule the opponent.

The Trump campaign ran ads targeted at the US state of Georgia on Facebook and Instagram last week (Picture: EPA)

‘Yikes,’ wrote Harris campaign director of rapid response Ammar Moussa on X (formerly Twitter). ‘Top notch operation.’

The ad was viewed 2,000 to 3,000 times, according to Facebook’s public ad library, and is currently inactive.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Metro.co.uk.

Former President Donald Trump has a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia in the latest polls (Picture: EPA)

Georgia is among seven battleground states that are critical to winning the November election. In the 2020 election, President Joe Biden was the first Democratic candidate to win the state in almost three decades.

Trump challenged the 2020 results in Georgia and has been charged for alleged attempts to interfere with the election. A state court earlier this month dismissed two of 10 criminal charges against him in the case that is pending.

Trump remains maintains a 49 percent to 45 percent lead over Harris in Georgia, according to polls from The New York Times and Siena College released on Monday.

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