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Mar 6, 2020, 5 tweets

Does this look like a #Census2020 document? It's not...it's a misleading campaign ad from the Republican National Committee, sent in a mailer to people all over the country. Members of Congress are now trying to stop them from being circulated. #NexstarDC

Read the bottom of the page which asks for a campaign contribution of "$25, $50, $100, $250, $500, or $1,000" … to re-elect President Trump and Republicans at all levels of government #NexstarDC

Facebook removed paid campaign ads for President Trump & Republicans' re-elections, because they were misleading and looked like links to the U.S. Census Bureau. FB cited a policy to "prevent confusion around the Census". #NexstarDC

FULL STORY:

Facebook initially refused to remove the Republican National Committee paid ads. One day after @SpeakerPelosi made an impassioned case that the ads were misleading, Facebook reversed course. Here's what Pelosi said:

#NexstarDC

Here’s what a #Facebook rep tells me about the RNC ads: “Our census interference policy will prohibit...misrepresentation of the dates, locations, times and methods for #census participation.” #NexstarDC

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