Former President Donald Trump's campaign appeared to feature the wrong Georgia in digital campaign ads targeting voters of the state.
The ads feature a graphic depicting a beautiful mountain scene with the words "Register to vote for Trump." displayed at the top left. However, though the ads may target voters within the American state of Georgia, the images used are of the European country of Georgia.
Yikes.
— Ammar Moussa (@ammarmufasa) September 23, 2024
The Trump campaign is running ads in Georgia featuring a picture from....the country of Georgia.
Top notch operation. pic.twitter.com/L3pue4U8Di
In stock photo provider company Shutterstock's database, the image can be found with the caption "Cloudy morning view of the mountain hill in Upper Svanetia, Georgia, Europe."
"ATTENTION GEORGIA: I'm humbly asking you to stop what you're doing and check your voter registration status," the ad states in the caption above the image. "Only a handful of votes will decide this election."
The ad seemed to be pulled from Facebook around 8:22AM ET this morning, 16 minutes after this tweet was posted.https://t.co/7N3ZU9pCTH
— AdImpact Politics (@AdImpact_Pol) September 23, 2024
The ad, which has been captured by coverage from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution appeared on Facebook but was seemingly removed from the platform shortly after users on social media began pointing out the Trump campaign's erroneous use of the image.
The state of Georgia is considered a swing state after it voted for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2020, signalling the first time the state voted for a Democratic president in almost 3 decades. It has been heavily targeted by the campaigns of both former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as it could be credited with delivering either candidate the election.
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