The Toronto Star released an opinion piece worried that “AI is tricking voters into believing Donald Trump loves black people.”
The author, Vinay Menon, argues that it’s abundantly clear the former president is a racist, but says “MAGA cultists [are] sharing doctored images of Donald Trump.”
“If you see footage in which the former president is making sense, being reasonable, not lying or sounding smart, that video is fake,” he said.
Multiple AI pictures have been released of former president Donald Trump posing next to Black Trump supporters. It’s clear that some pictures are fake. Others, not so much.
One of the photos shows a group of young black men posed next to Trump, in which the Toronto Star journalist stated that “my guess is his response to spotting 6 young black men would be to tell the driver to step on it.”
The article further noted that the Centre for Countering Digital Hate is fearful that AI will create images that misinform the public about candidates.
X users expressed shock over the Toronto Star’s headline.
“Publishing this type of blatant lie is emblematic of the inherent racism of the left” commented JarheadTexan.
The creator of the images, Mark Kaye told the BBC “I’m not claiming it is accurate. I’m not saying, hey, look, Donald Trump was at this party with all of these African American voters.” Kaye runs a conservative radio show out of Florida.
“If anybody’s voting one way or another because of one photo they see on a Facebook page, that’s a problem with that person, not with the post itself,” he said.
Black voters prefer trump’s policies according to a survey
A recent Siena Survey found that 40% of voters felt Trump’s policies have personally helped them, compared to only 18% preferring Biden’s.
Within the survey, more black and hispanic voters preferred Trump’s policies over Biden.
26% of black voters picked Trump, compared to only 17% picking Biden.
With less than eight months until the next US election, current polls show Trump leads Biden 48 percent to 43 percent among registered voters.
