Former Missouri governor and GOP Senate candidate Eric Gretens ran an ad Monday morning describing Gretens and tactical armed supporters rushing home and “hunting” political opponents.
We are sick and tired of Republicans who just gave up on Joe Biden and the radical left.
Order your RINO hunting permit today! pic.twitter.com/XLMdJnAzSK
-Eric Greitens (@EricGreitens) June 20, 2022
The word refers to RINO, an acronym for “Republicans Only”, which Gretens accused in a tweet of “surrendering to Joe Biden and the radical left”.
The ad then shows Verdi, along with several people wearing camouflage, standing on the balcony of a suburban house with guns.
“RINO is fueled by corruption and has the stains of cowardice,” Greitens said, before the group forced open the door and stormed into the living room, armed.
The announcement ends with a thank you urging viewers to “join the MAGA troupe” and “get a RINO hunting permit”, which “will not expire until we save our country”.
A few hours after the announcement went live, Twitter added a label stating that it was “violating Twitter’s terms of abusive behavior” but that the platform was “determined to be in the public interest to keep it available. the tweet. ” Meanwhile, Meta chose to delete the ad on Facebook, a The spokesman told CNN.
Many people criticized the disturbing importance of advertising and threatening images.
“If you don’t agree that Donald Trump is the emperor of God, we will send you a brown shirt to kill you” https://t.co/mpd75yFxwm
– b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 20, 2022
I mean, yes, it’s a silly joke, but if you want to lean on it, you take them on some kind of safari and not to the house where they’re likely to kill someone. Really bad. https://t.co/FPd970QTIF
– Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 20, 2022
In a very objective sense, this is extremely flawed. What would be the reaction of Americans if a candidate abroad ran an advertisement in which they took a rifle and broke down a door while chasing political opponents? https://t.co/Rl8XCpy2tF
– Martin Ostermuhle (@maustermuhle) June 20, 2022
Conservatives: How dare you encourage violence against political opponents?
Be the conservatives: let’s defeat our political opponents with military weapons! https://t.co/2sRTCQVTz8
– Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) June 20, 2022
Greitens has been accused of real -life violence in recent years. In 2018, a hairdresser in Missouri revealed that during a relationship with the then governor, he tied her up, took off her clothes without her permission, and forced her to have oral sex. He resigned as governor over allegations of sexual harassment, including allegations of violating campaign finance law.
And Greitens ’ex -wife Shina Greitens said she physically abused her and their children.
“Before our divorce at the end of April 2018, in an argument, Eric beat me up and confiscated my cellphone, wallet and keys so that I could not ask for help or take my and our children home,” he wrote. . Court statement earlier this year. He also allegedly hit them in the face of a 3 -year -old boy and pulled them by the hair.
Magnitude Denied Allegations of Abuse.
Source: Huffpost
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