Johnson won in a landslide, and the daisy video became America’s most infamous attack ad. The Talarico campaign has stated that “James does not support gender reassignment surgery for minors,” and that “this AI deep fake ad is flat out lying.” This $10 million ad buy, though, might be the Paxton campaign’s most egregious attack yet. But if previous attempts to remix the daisy video are anything to go by, the American Principles Project may not succeed. Bob Dole, in 1996, aired a version of the daisy video that concerned itself with teenage drug use.