A campaign advertisement supporting Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) in a Republican primary election against challenger Ed Gallrein shows a Star of David behind a Jewish donor supporting Gallrein.

The ad calls GOP donor Paul Singer a “far-left trans activist billionaire” supporting Gallrein to bring “trans madness” to Kentucky.

“Paul Singer is a major pro-gay, pro-trans activist who works with far-left hard-core Democrats,” the ad’s narrator says.

The ad doesn’t mention Israel and seemingly uses the Star of David just to signal Singer’s Jewish background as another bad thing about him. The ad was produced by a group called Hold The Line PAC. Axios and AdImpact, a campaign ad tracking firm, first reported the ad and its gratuitously unnecessary use of the Star of David.

Hold The Line PAC couldn’t be reached for comment. A spokesman for Massie’s campaign, which did not produce the ad, didn’t respond to a request for comment.

President Donald Trump recruited Gallrein to challenge Massie over his refusal to back priority legislation and his work exposing the Epstein Files. It’s one of the most expensive House races in U.S. history, and possibly one of the nastiest. Gallrein and Massie are attacking each other as closet liberals and Trump betrayers.

Another recent ad targeting Gallrein, a former Navy Seal, uses AI-generated video to depict Gallrein literally abandoning Trump on the battlefield. An ad targeting Massie, meanwhile, uses AI video to depict Massie holding hands in a romantic tryst with Democratic women lawmakers, including Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who said the ad should be taken down.

“Campaign attack ads are generally misleading, but AI-generated ads like this cross a line and should never have been allowed in the first place,” Omar told HuffPost in a statement when the ad came out last week.

Polling suggests Massie has a slim lead in the race.

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