Trump campaign claims Morocco footage not an error

Published January 4, 2016 9:44pm ET



Donald Trump’s campaign team is embracing the fact that the GOP front-runner’s first political ad presents footage of the Moroccan border as an image of the U.S.-Mexican border.

“The use of this footage was intentional and selected to demonstrate the severe impact of an open border and the very real threat Americans face if we do not immediately build a wall and stop illegal immigration,” campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said in a statement Monday afternoon.

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