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A Republican congressional candidate in Minnesota removed a line from his campaign website after it included a phrase saying “President Trump is unpopular,” a wording that the campaign page suggested was an instructional prompt to an artificial-intelligence tool rather than part of candidate messaging. The episode was visible on the site before the phrase was deleted and was reported as appearing to be an AI prompt used to generate copy for the campaign.
The candidate, Eric Pratt, is running in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, and the wording was taken down from the campaign web page after it drew attention. The phrase’s presence and its instructional tone prompted observers to note that the site may have exposed the behind-the-scenes use of generative AI when preparing political messaging.
What was shown and why it matters
The fragment that appeared on the campaign site explicitly described President Trump as unpopular and read like guidance for composing a statement or public-facing text. Reporters and readers observed that the language resembled an internal prompt — a short instruction given to an AI system to shape the output — rather than a finished paragraph intended for voters.
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Campaign pages temporarily displaying internal drafts or prompts highlight a potential pitfall as political teams adopt automated writing tools: content meant to be private can be published accidentally, creating confusion about a campaign’s position or strategy. In this case, the visible wording contrasted with what would be expected from a Republican candidate campaigning in a district where former President Trump remains a prominent figure in the party.
Limits of what is known
It is not established from the material made available whether the phrase was intentionally placed on the public site, whether it was the result of an administrative error, or which specific tool or process produced the language. The description of the passage as a prompt is based on how the text read and on observers’ interpretations; it has not been independently verified here.
The candidate’s campaign removed the line after it was noticed, but the publicly available information does not include a statement from the campaign explaining how the text appeared or whether the campaign uses generative AI in its communications work.
Broader context
As political campaigns increasingly experiment with automated writing tools, published missteps ranging from placeholder text to internal notes have drawn scrutiny. Instances such as the one on Pratt’s site underscore the editorial risks teams face when integrating new technology into message production, including the need for review processes to prevent accidental disclosure of drafts or internal instructions.
For now, the concrete facts are limited: a line describing President Trump as unpopular appeared on Eric Pratt’s campaign website in language that observers said resembled an AI prompt, and that line was later deleted from the live site. Further details about the origin of the text or the campaign’s use of AI have not been provided in the material describing the incident.
