Poster girl representing hard-working, low-paid 'American' in President Obama's minimum wage ad is actually a British woman on a LONDON Tube

In a new ad by a political action group affiliated with President Barack Obama urging the U.S. Congress to raise the minimum wage, one of the featured hardworking, underpaid taxpayers is not like the other.

According to UK's Telegraph, the nonprofit Organizing for America, which formed out of the President's campaign and is run by 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina, used what appears to be stock footage showing a woman on London's Overground commuter train.



The 30-second TV spot set to stirring music, which premiered this week, begins with a shot of a man in a cowboy hat driving a car, followed by a glimpse of the blonde Londoner sipping coffee and looking anxiously out the window.

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Not all-American; This blonde commuter featured in a new ad by Organizing for America urging Congress to boost the minimum wage is actually a British woman aboard a London Overground train

Looks familiar: it appears that President Obama's political action group used stock footage provided by the photo agency Corbis, which also has still images (pictured) featuring the same woman labeled 'British businesswoman on London Overground train'

Tell-tale signs: In the video, the train car is empty enough to catch a glimpse of the unmistakable London Overground yellow seats and railings

The British paper pointed out that the train car where the young woman is standing is empty enough to see the unmistakable yellow chairs and railings of Overground trains that run between central London and the suburbs.



Over the straphanger's shoulder, a corner of a transit map could be seen showing Overground’s eastern-most stations.

MailOnline can now reveal that Organizing for America likely used a clip from the photo agency Corbis. Still images of the same blonde woman in a black blazer and button-down shirt were captioned 'businesswoman traveling on London Overground train.'



Organizing for Action was formed from the remnants of Obama’s successful 2012 re-election campaign. The group operates as a nonprofit and raised more than $26million last year.

Call to action: The TV spot, which set the political action group more than $100,000, features scenes from working Americans' everyday life

The ad urges Congress to adopt the president's plan that requires equal pay for women

Inspirational: The commercial set to stirring music culminates with shots of President Obama meeting with business owners

The ad shows Americans at work and touts the jobs that have been created during the economic recovery.



A narrator says it’s still harder than it should be to raise a family and save for retirement in the U.S.



Besides the London train snafu, the commercial features scenes from everyday life in America: staffers at a meeting, fast food workers on the job and a hotel maid changing a bed sheet.



The ad culminates with images of President Obama meeting with business owners and delivering a speech.

The commercial concludes with the narrator imploring the Congress to embrace President’s Obama plan that raises the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour and requires equal pay for women.

‘Congress: Give America a raise. We've earned it,’ the ad states.



On the agenda: Increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour was one of President Obama's key talking points during the State of the Union address

Raising the minimum wage was one of Obama’s key talking points in last week’s State of the Union address, but Republican lawmakers have come out against the idea, claiming that it could stifle economic growth.

