Abdul El-Sayed's Response to AI Attack Ad

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1. Claim 1

   Accurate86% confidence▶ 0:14

   “that depicted you, uh, Alexander Coscortez, Bernie Sanders, Zor Mamani in that Trojan horse?”

   Mike Rogers's advertisement depicted Abdul El-Sayed, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and Zohran Mamdani inside a Trojan horse.

   Contemporary reporting and online documentation describe a Rogers campaign AI advertisement portraying Abdul El-Sayed as a Trojan horse and featuring Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, and Mamdani. The transcript mispronounces or mistranscribes some names, but the underlying description is supported.

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   • 1Republican candidate Mike Rogers creates AI ad about Democrat Abdul El Sayed claiming he's some kind of communist trojan horse attempting to infiltrate the Democratic party↗

     SupportsRepublican candidate Mike Rogers creates AI ad about Democrat Abdul El Sayed claiming he's some kind of communist trojan horse attempting to infiltrate the Democratic party.

   • 2Mike Rogers makes AI Abdul El-Sayed Trojan Horse Ad - Claims Abdul is bringing Communism↗

     SupportsIt’s an interesting choice from Mike Rogers to portray Abdul as Odysseus, the hero of a recent and successful movie.

2. Claim 2

   Accurate98% confidence▶ 0:23

   “I mean, he made me Odysius, right? Like the literally the the hero of the Odyssey.”

   The speaker was portrayed as Odysseus, who is a hero associated with Homer's Odyssey.

   Odysseus is the central heroic figure of Homer's Odyssey and is commonly described as a Greek or legendary hero. The transcript's spelling 'Odysius' is a transcription error for Odysseus.

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   • 1Odysseus↗

     SupportsODYSSEUS (in Latin Ulixes, incorrectly written Ulysses), in Greek legend, son of Laërtes and Anticleia, king of Ithaca, a famous hero and typical representative of the Greek race.

   • 2Who Was Odysseus? Facts About the Legendary Greek Hero↗

     SupportsThe epic poem tells the story of Odysseus, the king of the island of Ithaca, and his 10-year-long journey back home, following the 10-year-long Trojan War.

3. Claim 3

   Misleading50% confidence▶ 0:30

   “my guy wants to put a data center in your backyard.”

   Mike Rogers wants to put a data center in the viewer's backyard.

   Rogers has expressed support for data-center development subject to cost and permitting conditions, but the specific claim that he wants to put one in the viewer's backyard is an unsubstantiated personalized framing. It omits his stated conditions and implies a specific siting intention not documented by the sources.

   Omits: The available reporting describes Rogers as supporting an artificial-intelligence framework and saying data centers should pay for their energy; it does not show that he wants to place a data center in viewers' backyards.

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   • 1Why most politicians are not calling for data center bans despite voters’ anger↗

     BackgroundFormer congressman Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate candidate in Michigan, says data centers need to pay for their energy.

   • 2MI Senate race: Where candidates stand on data centers↗

     BackgroundRepublican Rogers endorsed President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence framework, Bridge Michigan reports.