"It is riddled with anti-Black caricatures, racism, and misinformation about Mamdani's platform, which includes establishing a department of community safety that would shift responsibilities like intervention in mental health crises away from police. The ad features AI-generated "criminals" who support Mamdani because he would let them off without consequences if he were mayor - which is both a misrepresentation of Mamdani's platform and simply not how the criminal legal system works."
"The ad begins with an AI-generated Mamdani eating a bowl of rice with his hands, echoing a racist message from a Republican House representative earlier this year, who suggested that Mamdani was uncivilized after he posted a video in which he was eating with his hands. In one segment, a computer-generated Black man is depicted putting on a KN95 and a keffiyeh, a Palestinian scarf, to shoplift from a store."
Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign posted and quickly deleted a racist, AI-generated two-minute ad targeting Zohran Mamdani ahead of the final New York City mayoral debate. The ad attacked Mamdani's public safety plan and contained anti-Black caricatures, racist imagery, and false claims. Mamdani's platform includes creating a department of community safety to shift interventions like mental health crisis response away from police. The ad depicted AI-generated "criminals" claiming Mamdani would let them avoid consequences, which misrepresented his proposals and criminal legal realities. The campaign said the ad was posted in error by a junior staffer.
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