GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush may need to reassess who is running his media shop. This latest and greatest video knocking Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, uses stock video images from Asia and England, and not from Florida or anywhere else in America.
Here is POLITICO’s coverage of Bush’s picture-gate:The video, which opens with clips of the real estate mogul edited to look sinister, says that Trump is in a “very dark place.”
The video, called “Bright,” then pivots to the sun rising in a field along with the text “choose a brighter path” as Bush says his message will be an optimistic one.
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If we get a few big things right, we can make lives better for millions of people in this nation where every life matters and everyone has the right to rise,” he says.
The only problem: The sun is rising over a field in Cornwall, England — a clip available for between $19 and $79 on Shutterstock.
The video also shows a clip of the silhouette of a construction worker with text on the screen that says “America is great” — stock footage that was taken from “a multiple story building in Southeast Asia,” according to the website Pond5. The HD version of the clip costs $35.And the kids heading off to school? You can download them from iStock with a subscription. According to iStock, the clip was shot by a firm called MonkeyBusiness, based out of the United Kingdom.
Dude, bro, amigo. Next time just head over to Miami Beach and video tape the sun rising, as well as venture over to the Palmetto Expressway and film one of dozens of construction workers working on the highway.