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The first attack ad of the 2016 presidential race goes after Republican hopeful Ted Cruz’s Canadian birthplace.

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Cruz was born to American parents living in Alberta, so while he’s technically a naturalized U.S. citizen, which is a requirement to run for president, he actually lived in Canada until he was four. The outrageous ad in question looks like a parody but it’s 100 per cent real and produced by a third-party group backing Rand Paul for the Republican nomination. The ad refers to him as the “Rand Man” and includes a clearly Photoshopped image of his head on a buff body.

The campy spot depicts Cruz as one of the president’s “accomplices” in surveillance legislation as the “capitulating Canadian.” It also features an exploding Congress with an eagle flying out and President Barack Obama as “the head of the Washington spy machine,” if that wasn’t wacky enough for you.

“Get ready America – for the biggest brawl for liberty of the century!” the ad screams in a monster-truck rally voice. Titled, “Sunday, Sunday, Sunday,” it’s meant to highlight the expiry date for the controversial Patriot Act on May 31. The law was introduced in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and introduced sweeping surveillance powers under the auspices of fighting terrorism.