The video opens in a dimly lit room, smoke billowing from a desktop ashtray as two actors portraying Chinese Communist Party intelligence officers discuss a California congressional candidate.
“He’s one of us, a socialist comrade who even supported Bernie Sanders for supreme leader,” one man says, a photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping on the wall behind him.
The words “Jay Chen. He’s perfect for Communist China” flash in white letters across the screen as the men throw their heads back and erupt in maniacal laughter.