Earlier today, Donald Trump uploaded a new video to Facebook where he says our “veterans are being treated worse than illegal immigrants.” The ad has been well received and viewed more than 430,000 times as of the publishing of this post. But a newspaper in Honolulu alleges that he used the photos in the ad without its permission and now wants him to take it down.
First up, here’s a screenshot of the ad:
And here’s Patti Epler, editor of the Honolulu Civil Beat:
Hey @realDonaldTrump You used @civilbeat photos in a campaign video w/o permission. Please take it down. pic.twitter.com/aICzrNYm53
— Patti Epler (@PattiEpler) January 23, 2016
This is the second problematic video of the day on veterans for The Donald. His first one was pulled after the campaign realized the stock footage used in the ad was of Soviet veterans, not Americans:
Today, Donald Trump posted a photo from a neo-Nazi & made a video that mistook Soviets for US military veterans. https://t.co/T0JLCuP72v
— Chris Moody (@moody) January 22, 2016
Donald Trump forced to delete video from Facebook after viewers notice big mistake https://t.co/jew4cOhGSz pic.twitter.com/YJdP1VEW2q
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) January 23, 2016
Trump campaign ad about US veterans features Russian soldiers with Soviet medals | WATCH: https://t.co/uKlGTnvvYw pic.twitter.com/5aGkZk6mbS
— The Hill (@thehill) January 23, 2016
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