https://thewashingtonsentinel.com/facebook-bans-trump-re-election-campaign-ad-that-denounces-antifa-violence/
The page has an image of the Facebook Ad containing the Antifa symbol for those who want to see. I've added the text of the ad here in quotes.
Facebook Bans Trump Re-Election Campaign Ad That Denounces Antifa Violence
Facebook has banned Trumps’ latest re-election campaign ad that denounces violence by the group Antifa because Facebook says it promotes violence!
Published 22 hours ago on June 19, 2020
By Warner Todd Huston
Facebook has banned Trumps’ latest re-election campaign ad that denounces violence by the group Antifa… because Facebook says it promotes violence!
You read that right. In true Orwellian fashion, Facebook has decided that an ad that denounces violence actually promotes it?
Why? Because the ad denounces the domestic terror group that Facebook supports, that’s why.
The Trump ad denounced Antifa, the decentralized movement of far-left agitators known for acts of domestic terrorism and political violence.
The reason that fake Facebook used to ban the ad was that the campaign used one of Antifa’s common symbols, a red triangle pointed downward.
Here is a screen shot of the ad:
"Team Trump
Sponsored - Paid for by TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEE
ID: 681677109057568
Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups are running through our streets and causing absolute mayhem. They are DESTROYING our cities and rioting - it's absolute madness.
It's important that EVER American comes together at a time like this to send a united message that we will not stand for their radical actions any longer. We're calling on YOU to make a public statement and add your name to stand with President Trump against ANTIFA.
Please add your name IMMEDIATELY to stand with your President and his decision to declare ANTIFA a Terrorist Organization.
[And an image of a red triangle pointed down. A symbol of Antifa.]
DONALDJTRUMP.COM
This must end.
RESPOND NOW>>>"
The left-wing hate site Media Matters claimed that the ad was proof that Trump is a Nazi because Nazis have used the inverted red triangle in the past.
Facebook bought the lie sold by the hate site and then banned the Trump ad on that fake news basis.
But in a comment to the New York Daily News, the Trump campaign pointed out the symbol’s links to Antifa.
“The red triangle is an Antifa symbol,” said Trump campaign spokesman Ken Farnaso who linked to the symbol being used in Antifa-branded products.
In a comment to Breitbart News, Trump Campaign Director of Communications Tim Murtaugh said: “The inverted red triangle is a symbol used by Antifa, so it was included in an ad about Antifa. We would note that Facebook still has an inverted red triangle emoji in use, which looks exactly the same, so it’s curious that they would target only this ad. The image is also not included in the Anti-Defamation League’s database of symbols of hate. But it is ironic that it took a Trump ad to force the media to implicitly concede that Antifa is a hate group.”
Just to exemplify the hypocrisy I've added the news article that came after the read:
Facebook Insists Page Celebrating Dead Cops Doesn’t Violate Facebook Rules
Facebook is refusing to delete a page dedicated to celebrating the deaths of police officers because the page doesn’t violate their “community standards.”
The page has an image of the Facebook Ad containing the Antifa symbol for those who want to see. I've added the text of the ad here in quotes.
Facebook Bans Trump Re-Election Campaign Ad That Denounces Antifa Violence
Facebook has banned Trumps’ latest re-election campaign ad that denounces violence by the group Antifa because Facebook says it promotes violence!
Published 22 hours ago on June 19, 2020
By Warner Todd Huston
Facebook has banned Trumps’ latest re-election campaign ad that denounces violence by the group Antifa… because Facebook says it promotes violence!
You read that right. In true Orwellian fashion, Facebook has decided that an ad that denounces violence actually promotes it?
Why? Because the ad denounces the domestic terror group that Facebook supports, that’s why.
The Trump ad denounced Antifa, the decentralized movement of far-left agitators known for acts of domestic terrorism and political violence.
The reason that fake Facebook used to ban the ad was that the campaign used one of Antifa’s common symbols, a red triangle pointed downward.
Here is a screen shot of the ad:
"Team Trump
Sponsored - Paid for by TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEE
ID: 681677109057568
Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups are running through our streets and causing absolute mayhem. They are DESTROYING our cities and rioting - it's absolute madness.
It's important that EVER American comes together at a time like this to send a united message that we will not stand for their radical actions any longer. We're calling on YOU to make a public statement and add your name to stand with President Trump against ANTIFA.
Please add your name IMMEDIATELY to stand with your President and his decision to declare ANTIFA a Terrorist Organization.
[And an image of a red triangle pointed down. A symbol of Antifa.]
DONALDJTRUMP.COM
This must end.
RESPOND NOW>>>"
The left-wing hate site Media Matters claimed that the ad was proof that Trump is a Nazi because Nazis have used the inverted red triangle in the past.
Facebook bought the lie sold by the hate site and then banned the Trump ad on that fake news basis.
But in a comment to the New York Daily News, the Trump campaign pointed out the symbol’s links to Antifa.
“The red triangle is an Antifa symbol,” said Trump campaign spokesman Ken Farnaso who linked to the symbol being used in Antifa-branded products.
In a comment to Breitbart News, Trump Campaign Director of Communications Tim Murtaugh said: “The inverted red triangle is a symbol used by Antifa, so it was included in an ad about Antifa. We would note that Facebook still has an inverted red triangle emoji in use, which looks exactly the same, so it’s curious that they would target only this ad. The image is also not included in the Anti-Defamation League’s database of symbols of hate. But it is ironic that it took a Trump ad to force the media to implicitly concede that Antifa is a hate group.”
Just to exemplify the hypocrisy I've added the news article that came after the read:
Facebook Insists Page Celebrating Dead Cops Doesn’t Violate Facebook Rules
Facebook is refusing to delete a page dedicated to celebrating the deaths of police officers because the page doesn’t violate their “community standards.”
