(Image source from: Dallas Morning News)

A new, to a great extent edited video released by Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas falsely, depicts his opponent, Democratic Representative Beto O'Rourke, as a person who supports burning the American flag.

By editing O'Rourke's about four-minute answer to an audience member's question at a town hall event in El Paso last Friday, the video makes it seem as if O'Rourke had said there was something "inherently American" about burning the flag and that he is "grateful" for it.

Using video from the town hall, the 25-second ad was posted to Cruz's social media accounts Tuesday afternoon.

The Cruz video begins with audio of an unseen constituent asking the question: "As a voter, I don't know how I would feel to have my own elected representative being open to kneeling on the Senate floor or encouraging and supporting acts that desecrate our American flag."

The ad then cuts to a small portion of O'Rourke's answer: "I think there is something inherently American about that, and so I'm grateful people are willing to do that."

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But when watching the full, unedited video of O'Rourke's response, which was posted on Ted Cruz's YouTube page, and looking at the full transcript of O'Rourke's answer posted by The Dallas Morning News, O'Rourke did not say he backed burning the American flag.

By Sowmya Sangam