A Texas county judge's campaign shared, then pulled, an AI-generated video of Black residents endorsing him; the campaign says 'a Democrat' made it

Daniel Wong (R), interim Fort Bend County Judge and candidate; the Wong campaign; the Fort Bend Republican Party; Dexter McCoy (D), opponent; Facebook

Chron (Houston Chronicle) reported on Oct 25 that the Facebook page of Daniel Wong, the interim Fort Bend County Judge running to keep the post on Nov 3, and the Fort Bend Republican Party had shared a video in which four Black residents, one a Wong poll worker, credit Wong with giving them jobs; viewers pointed to warped backgrounds and clothing and a near-identical voice across the four speakers, and the campaign removed it. In a Saturday statement the campaign said the video 'was actually created by a Democrat', that it 'was shared with the campaign, but it was not produced by the campaign', and that it had been removed; it did not name the creator and had not answered Chron's questions about the video's origin. Wong's opponent Dexter McCoy posted a reply video. No complaint to a regulator or platform action is reported.