New Delhi, July 24 -- "straight up lying."

"They should get a life. Comedy has been used in political campaigns, from the time of George Washington." Not everyone in Nassau County was persuaded by the historical parallel. One voter, Kylie Berg, told ABC7 the ads felt misleading. "I feel it's like misleading," she said, "because it makes people think they have certain ideas."

The legal backstop for Blakeman's approach is real but unsettled. Political consultant Michael Dawidziak noted that the Supreme Court has consistently protected political speech, and there is no New York law currently in force that specifically bans AI-generated political advertisements. Blakeman's campaign appears to be operating in that gap deliberately, which mea...