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Amy Hamm: Attack ad with David Eby dressed as a communist could backfire
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Her party’s new attack ad on NDP Premier David Eby, scored with a Soviet Red Army-esque anthem, features the premier dressed as some type of decorated communist dictator. In an AI-generated scene, Eby spreads a map of the province on a war room table, a squad of silhouetted soldiers standing at attention behind him. The opening text is a quote attributed to Eby: “Conservatives are bringing culture wars to B.C.!”
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It reads: “British Columbians have been living through the NDP’s culture war for nearly a decade.” It goes on to show images of a burning church; the toppling of Gastown’s Gassy Jack statue; a screenshot of a National Post story regarding a government guideline discouraging usage of the term “British Columbian”; clips of NDP MLAs using terminology about “settlers,” “uninvited guests,” “colonizers” and a B.C.........