Lindsey Graham's campaign ad features image of opponent with digitally altered darker skin tone

[Drum]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/politics/lindsey-graham-jaime-harrison-skin-tone-ad/index.html

Excerpt:

Sen. Lindsey Graham's reelection campaign posted an advertisement to Facebook earlier this month featuring a digitally altered image of his opponent -- who is Black -- with a darker skin tone.

The campaign ad, uploaded to Graham's Facebook on July 23, includes an image of his Senate rival Jaime Harrison that was originally published in the New York Times. The version of the image in Graham's ad, however, shows Harrison surrounded by a dark, portrait-style background effect with a notably darker skin tone.

"Hollywood continues to bankroll my opponent, raising tens of thousands in campaign cash to attack me -- but they fail to understand this simple fact: South Carolinians won't stand for Radical Leftists telling them how to think and how to vote," the Facebook post states. "Are you with me?"

The Graham campaign told CNN an effect was used in creating the ad but pointed to past Facebook advertisements in which they said the same effect was used on Graham's face, and called the issues raised about it a "non-story."

[Ms. Toad]

1. Drop the misogynistic, homophobic references to Graham, please.

The article likely has value, but I can't get past your homophobic reference to Graham.

[Drum]

3. Shall do...I apologize and am correcting n/t

[Ms. Toad]

5. Thank you!!! n/t

[LuckyCharms]

13. Good job, drum. You have good character.

I admire people who can apologize. I have to do it often, unfortunately.

[mahina]

2. Thanks for the info but two wrongs dont make a right.

The poster above said it better.

We go high.

[Drum]

4. Absolutely right!

It's late, and I went low, resorting to crude terminology used lately elsewhere.

Apologies...and thanks for the feedback.

[mahina]

7. Hey thanks

I have my moments daily!

That’s what anonymous DU friends are for

[flibbitygiblets]

8. I really admire how you handled that Drum. And thanks for sharing.

I really REALLY hope Harrison wipes the floor with Lindsey in November!!

[Drum]

12. Appreciate that

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. Look who Lindsey's afraid of!

This is kinda bad, but I’m afraid it’s gonna get much worse, ya’ll.

Eyes on the prize!

[lagomorph777]

9. Leningrad Lindsey needs to be shown with Hammer & Sickle over his face.

[RT Atlanta]

10. lee atwater's ghost runs deep in SC

fucking lindsey (Madam G?) and his racist dog whistles.

When that's all you got, he (lindsey) has to play the pair of 2s that he's dealt himself.

go get him Jamie and fuck his shit up.

[Initech]

11. Really? Hollywood is responsible?

Where's the green shirt guy when you need him?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Good old dog whistle