Several social media users, including commentators and reporters, on Wednesday claimed that Democrats are allegedly sitting on a 'bombshell' video showing former President Donald Trump 'groping a minor' at a donor event. No official or Republican campaign member has reacted to the claims yet. There is no evidence to prove whether Trump 'groped a minor' and the said video has not been posted., US News News - Times Now

No video released yet but the right wing blog-sphere is already claiming it’s AI. Put on your seat-belts and keep your hands inside the car at all times.

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
    85·
    23 days ago

    Nah, this doesn’t pass my smell test. If anything of this magnitude existed, it would be published before early voting started. But deepfakes, and AI are coming, well they’re here… but uhh that’s not real. So that’s not really a story.

    • Fondots@lemmy.world
      4·
      23 days ago

      My gut says that most of the people who vote early have already had their minds made up for a long time and not much would change their vote one way or the other, otherwise they’d probably wait until the day of to see what new information might come to light in case it changes their mind.

      And in general Democrats vote early in higher numbers than Republicans. This wouldn’t do much to change how the Democrats vote (what are they gonna do? Say “well I wasn’t going to vote for they guy anyway, but now I’m really not gonna vote for him?”) but you would at least hope it would for some Republicans (though that might be wishful thinking.) Since more of those Republicans are going to be voting in-person it may have made sense to hold this back so it was still fresh in their mind when they actually go to the polls.

      Just my 2¢ on the matter. Take it for what it’s worth.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        23 days ago

        This is a fair point, and I agree that could be the strategy. Really I just hope it didn’t happen, and there’s no one victimized, and never something that could be recorded.

        • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
          5·
          23 days ago

          So your version of compassion towards this woman is “I hope she’s part of an elaborate election lie”?

          • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            23 days ago

            Not sure how you interpreted that, I’m hoping the entire allegation never happened. What I’m reading in the article is reputable accounts saying “Dems have something big to release”, and the article correlating those posts with other non-reputable accounts implying it’s video of trump groping a minor.

    • MyOpinion@lemm.ee
      51·
      23 days ago

      It passes my smell test Donald’s poop filled diaper is all over this story.

    • rsuri@lemmy.world
      12·
      23 days ago

      I doubt it’s any more than a social media rumor like the kinds that frequently spread on X.