Russia seems to loom over just about everything election-related these days.House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) unveiled a new ad Monday defending
President Trump while he remains the subject of an impeachment investigation and the 2020 general
election draws ever closer.McCarthy's ad portrays Trump as someone who has shown the ability to get elected and achieve results in office, despite having many people try to upend him.
One criticism Trump hears from his opponents is that he's either willingly or unwittingly a pawn of
Russian President
Vladimir Putin, whose government is widely believed to behind election interference in 2016. It's likely to come up more often as the election approaches. So with that in mind, some eagle-eyed observers spotted stock footage that seems to have been shot in Russia in the McCarthy ad. The congressman's team may designate someone to check the location of images going forward.