Popular Information broke the news Thursday that Facebook had allowed a Republican Congressional candidate to run an ad suggesting that looters should be shot. In the video, former Georgia Congressman Paul Broun, who is currently running to represent Georgia’s 9th Congressional District, fires off his “liberty machine”—an AR15—over the caption “Looting hoards from Atlanta? That’s what Liberty Machines are for!” The ad, which ran on Facebook and Instagram from Saturday until Wednesday, has since been removed for violating Facebook’s policies. Public Information reports that Facebook removed the ad after it contacted the company.
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