A Trump-endorsed GOP candidate deleted a post from his campaign’s social media accounts over the weekend after his opponent, incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), accused him of using artificial intelligence to cook it up.
Ed Gallrein, a retired Navy Seal set to challenge the Trump critic in next week’s primary, shared a message celebrating “faith, family, patriotism” as well as “small towns and communities” alongside snaps from a campaign stop at Vanceburg Mayfest in Kentucky on Saturday.
But, as Lexington Herald-Leader reporter Austin Horn and Massie’s campaign later highlighted, Gallrein’s post included a strange opening line indicating the message stemmed from an answer delivered by an AI chatbot.
“Here’s a polished social media post in your usual campaign/community-focused tone,” began the caption before lines about the festival and “neighbors coming together.”
While the AI bot-like message appears to have been wiped from the campaign’s social media pages (along with an apparent redo on X), the initial opening line is still seen in a Google search snapshot of a campaign Facebook post.
