Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), who was endorsed by President Donald Trump in his quest for a U.S. Senate seat, received the wrong kind of attention on social media Tuesday after a birthday message backfired.
But it wasn’t the text that caught most people by surprise. It was the all-too-flattering image she posted, which was flagged on X with a “Made with AI” tag.
X users quickly spotted the enhancements and matched them up to the real image:
At least three Democratic lawmakers mocked Rogers by posting their own obviously altered images:
State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D), who is running for the Democratic nomination, fired back:
Rogers didn’t react to the message from Ronson, but seemed to get into the spirit by sharing a different AI-enhanced version of himself supposedly entering a pro wrestling match:
Critics on social media weren’t impressed: