This illustrates that “Team DS” is comfortable using a powerful tool to obscure reality in subtle and difficult-to-detect ways. They’ve used a technology that opens enormous implications on how people’s perceptions and beliefs can be affected now and in the future. This cannot be equated with a meme.
They’ve also essentially said “deepfakes of DeSantis are fair game now” too. And Trump doesn’t even have to use them. He’s got plenty of followers in his army that have the tech savvy to make some devastating deepfakes and spread them around.
However, they didn’t make up what Trump said or did about Fauci. That’s the reality that shouldn’t be ignored because of some ill-advised image manipulation. What could be criticized if this same ad aired on radio?