What I’ve noticed about political ads is, a Republican says he’s a Republican. A Democrat does not use the party’s name on his literature.
Check to see if he’s blinking a message with his eyelids. This was done by American prisoners during the War in Viet Nam when they were forced to make propaganda films under duress.
He’s reciting the first part of the United States Code of Conduct* “I am an American”; “. . . serving in the forces which guard our way of life.
* An executive order issued in 1955 which provides guidance to US personnel in the event they become captured or prisoners of war during hostilities.