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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump campaign launches anti-impeachment blitz on Facebook, targeting four minority congresswomen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/27/trump-campaign-launches-anti-impeachment-blitz-facebook-repeating-falsehoods-about-four-minority-congresswomen/Trump campaign launches anti-impeachment blitz on Facebook, targeting four minority congresswomen
The presidents campaign spent as much money on Facebook ads on a single day as it typically spends in a week, a digital firm says.
By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Tony Romm
September 27 at 4:46 PM
President Trumps reelection campaign responded to the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry in Congress by launching a massive Facebook ad blitz, spending as much as $1.4 million on thousands of ads designed to reach voters in every state.
The online battery included misleading messages about the socialist squad, Trumps epithet for the four congresswomen of color whom he previously directed to go back to their home countries, even though they are all American citizens.
Some of the ads accused the freshman lawmakers of making pro-terrorist remarks, which they have not done, and pressed supporters to join Trumps official impeachment defense fund, which he has also promoted in fundraising appeals sent by email and text message. The squad refers to Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), none of whom was mentioned by name.
The online offensive offered a window into Trumps bare-knuckle approach to the coming impeachment battles, as he took the showdown to his favored terrain: the Internet. Already, campaign officials say they have filled their coffers with contributions: Eric Trump, the presidents second son and the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, said Thursday that the campaign had raised $8.5 million in the previous 24 hours.
The Facebook ads, which traffic in claims found to be false by The Washington Post Fact Checker, also provided a new test for the technology giant after it reaffirmed this week it would exempt speech by politicians from fact checking. That exemption, company executives said, also applies to ads, though sponsored posts are required to meet community standards that proscribe threats as well as content aimed at deliberately deceiving people to gain an unfair advantage or deprive another of money, property, or legal right.
On Friday, Facebook said none of the ads violated its policies, including those that prohibit dehumanizing speech, though the company did not detail its reasoning. A spokesman for the Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
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Trump campaign launches anti-impeachment blitz on Facebook, targeting four minority congresswomen (Original Post)
dalton99a
Sep 2019
OP
Idiots... How is smearing these 4 reps going to give cover to GOP Senators voting no on removal?
RockRaven
Sep 2019
#1
you want to throw down asshole? fine. let's throw down. give us all you got.
EveHammond13
Sep 2019
#7
RockRaven
(14,782 posts)1. Idiots... How is smearing these 4 reps going to give cover to GOP Senators voting no on removal?
These four Congresswomen will certainly participate, but by no FOXNews-fever-dream be a driving nor deciding factor, in Trump's impeachment. Even if you smear the hell out of them, every Repuke Senator is taking their career into their own hands by voting no on removal of this traitorous criminal. This is wasted money... well, except for the political operatives who get a cut for each ad buy, and the corporations which take this money in exchange for spreading bullshit.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)3. .it is aimed ata the Magats..get them even more riled up
struggle4progress
(118,032 posts)2. "If your skin is brown, we think it's all your fault!"
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)4. 14 more months of this, and it only increases until then. :/
I'm picturing the mailers featuring these women too. They'll probably have an ISIS flag on there and only send it to old, white Republicans (aka The Base).
Kaleva
(36,145 posts)5. You'll also see anti-impeachment ads on YouTube
Was watching some videos last evening, a few hours ago, on building a Siberian wood fire and I saw the ads.
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)6. these people are so fucking awful and stupid
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)7. you want to throw down asshole? fine. let's throw down. give us all you got.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)8. Trump & friends will stay boldly racist until the end. He knows his supporters feed on it too