Donald Trump tweeted out a new campaign video this morning mocking Joe Biden, at the same time deaths from coronavirus approach 42,000.

The ad uses “deepfake,” a synthetic media which replaces one person’s image with another, to superimpose former President Barack Obama’s face over Allstate pitchman, Dennis Haysbert.

The original commercial is a relatively new spot from Allstate featuring the actor turned spokesperson.

In the ad, Haysbert and friends are watching a basketball game that is interrupted by a commercial. “Not another commercial,” one of the friends says with a sigh. The ad within an ad features Haysbert pitching Allstate.

Here’s the original commercial:

The friends try switching to another channel, but there’s a commercial there too featuring Haysbert.

Exasperated, his friends all look at him and he replies, “What?” with a smirk and shrug.

In the Trump campaign video, the commercial that plays features Biden giving a speech that drifts off-topic. The clip is from a 2017 speech in Delaware where he stated: “So I learned about roaches. I learned about kids jumping on my lap. And I’ve loved kids jumping on my lap.”

The Trump ad uses deepfake to put Obama’s head on Haysbert’s body.

pic.twitter.com/cU6gIdMgGi

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 20, 2020

Deepfake technology has become popular recently on social media often harmlessly replacing one celebrity’s face with another. However, there is concern about the technology which has also been used in revenge p*rn and for financial fraud.

In 2018, the Malicious Deep Fake Prohibition Act was introduced in the Senate and in 2019, the DEEPFAKES (Defending Each and Every Person from False Appearances by Keeping Exploitation Subject) Accountability Act was introduced in the House of Representatives.

Several states have legal protections against the use of deepfake technology. In California, Assembly Bill 730 prohibits the distribution of malicious deepfake audio or visual media targeting a candidate running for public office within 60 days of their election.

Additionally, it’s important to note that Trump tweeted this video Monday morning, as deaths from coronavirus near 42,000.

Twitter was sickened:

1000 more Americans died overnight
But Combover Caligula
who spent 5 years spreading a racist smear
that the 1st black POTUS wasn't born here

and was sued by Nixon's DOJ for being a lying racist
fired by NBC for being a lying racist
tweets this https://t.co/io8RVryaxx

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) April 20, 2020

Remember when Biden signed illegal hush money checks to a porn star while sitting in the White House? Remember when Biden played golf and held rallies for all of February instead of stopping a pandemic?

Oh wait, that wasn't Biden, it was you. And history will remember. https://t.co/XG9cMxJzPx

— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) April 20, 2020

Here's a Trump supporter screaming at our brave doctors and nurses. This is the cancer known as Trumpism on display. Which side are you on? https://t.co/t2nuGki8sP

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) April 20, 2020

imagine being this proud of being this infantile

— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) April 20, 2020

You’re a sick fuck. And a racist.

— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) April 20, 2020

Fun Facts –

1. Trump fired the pandemic response team, cut CDC and other scientific programs funding.

2. Trump was offered test by WHO in Jan/Feb. He refused.

3. Trump is blaming Obama for bad tests on a virus that was discovered THREE YEARS after he left office.

— Jay Lionel (@JayLionel7) April 20, 2020