Well, we knew shady, fanatical oligarchs perpetrated a global plan to stoke bigotry and sow fear to subvert democracy, but this illustrates the con in a visceral way:
SCOOP: In the final weeks of the 2016 elections, Google and Facebook worked with a dark money group to target anti-Muslim ads like this at swing voters. Docs obtained by @OpensecretsDC show Robert Mercer was the group's largest donor, giving $2 million https://t.co/tbboWNBXkC pic.twitter.com/S3BTeXhFtI
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) April 5, 2018
The Islamic States of America ad above was the last in a series of three ads the group ran in 2016. Here's the Islamic State of France, which shows the Mona Lisa wearing a burka, and the spires of the Notre Dame replaced with the domes of a mosque pic.twitter.com/XAm73mCNlB
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) April 5, 2018
In the Islamic State of Germany ad, visitors are invited to “celebrate the arranged marriages of future jihadi soldiers” at a pork- and alcohol-free Oktoberfest. “You can even sell your daughter or sister to be married.” pic.twitter.com/R2tPfoWcn2
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) April 5, 2018
All out of can’ts to even.
PS: You can read the OpenSecrets.org report here.