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GOP Guv Candidate’s Ad Touts Minnesota—With Stock Images From Across the Globe

“It’s embarrassing that Scott Jensen can’t tell the difference between Rochester and Russia, but I’m not surprised,” the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party chairman said.

A Minnesota anti-vax doctor running for governor put out a campaign ad last week highlighting the state’s special features—but included stock images taken around the world. The Heartland Signal found that a Dec. 6 ad by Dr. Scott Jensen, a family physician with a history of promoting false and unsafe COVID-19 information, featured Shuttershock images from countries such as Russia, the U.K., Thailand, and other international hotspots. One clip discussing the state’s farmers even includes a photo of a combine in Ukraine. “It’s embarrassing that Scott Jensen can’t tell the difference between Rochester and Russia, but I’m not surprised,” Ken Martin, the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party chairman, told the outlet. Jensen’s campaign did not respond to the outlet’s multiple requests for comment.