Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersThe Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power Bernie Sanders: 'This is an election between Donald Trump and democracy' The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump stokes fears over November election outcome MORE (I-Vt.), a 2020 White House hopeful, posted a doctored Instagram video Sunday showing him scaring President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE at a rally.

"Want to really scare Trump? Help us show the strength of our campaign to defeat him—chip in before our fundraising deadline at midnight at the link in bio," Sanders posted on the account along with the video.

The actual incident in the video occurred when a man attempted to breach a security line during a Trump campaign rally in March 2016.

The man was stopped and the Secret Service surrounded Trump to protect him.

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In the edited video, Sanders appears on the stage and startles the president.

The video was posted hours before the end of second-quarter fundraising.

The video, which is clearly not manipulated to appear as though Sanders was actually there, comes amid fear that doctored videos could effect the election.

“Deepfake” videos, which are created through the use of artificial intelligence technologies to manipulate original videos, entered the spotlight earlier this year after a slowed-down video of Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Trump signs largely symbolic pre-existing conditions order amid lawsuit MORE (D-Calif.) went viral.

While that video would not qualify as a deepfake, since it was slowed down with the quality of the audio changed and not manipulated using AI, it showed the dangers posed to politicians’ images by manipulated videos.