An ad posted through project Lincoln, aimed at the second round of the Georgia Senate, was removed via Facebook on Monday after the social media platform discovered that the video violated its electoral policy.

Project Lincoln, an anti-President Donald Trump super PAC, has held several demonstrations in Georgia, Trump’s former attorney, Lin Wood, discouraging the electorate from voting in the second round of the state Senate.

In an email to Newsweek, a Facebook spokesperson wrote, “We allow classified classified ads that delegitimate the outcome of the election, so we reject those classified ads for violating this policy. “

According to Facebook’s ad library, the ad was removed because it violates the social media advertising policy. Facebook’s advertising policies also state: “Ads describing voting or census participation as unnecessary/meaningless and/or advising users not to vote or participate in a census,” as well as “ads that delegitimate any legal approach to voting or tabulation. process. “, are now allowed on the social networking site.

The ad ran on project Lincoln’s Facebook page on January 2 and was removed via Facebook on Monday, according to its ad library.

The ad titled “Why would you vote again in some other rigged election?” featured Wood at a rally in Georgia before the Senate moment circular, telling the electorate “that we’re not going to vote for your damn Machines made in China, “referring to dominion Voting Systems machines, which have a focal point for the widespread fraud claims of Trump and his allies after the effects of the 2020 presidential election.

Wood can also be heard calling Republican headlines Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue at Senate time to “win” the votes of Georgian residents.

“If Kelly Loeffler needs his vote, if David Perdue needs his vote, they have to win it,” Wood can be heard in the video. Where’s Kelly Loeffler here?He’ll be here. They didn’t win your vote. Don’t take it.

The ad also included a short clip of far-right activist Nick Fuentes telling others at a rally in Washington, D. C. , that “they are going to destroy the Republican Party. “

“The Republican Party will keep us on the line and let’s vote for RINO [Republican call only] as David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia Senate,” Fuentes can be heard in the video.

Although the video was removed from Facebook on Monday, the same ad has not been removed via Twitter and lately has more than 466,000 views.

The removal of the announcement comes just one day before the Georgia Senate moment circular, where the state electorate will vote in two elections, one in which Lost opposes Jon Ossoff and at the moment joins Loeffler instead of Raphael Warnock.

Newsweek contacted project Lincoln for comment, but got a reaction in time for publication.

Updated January 5, 2021, 1:43 p. m. ET, to come with a Facebook spokesperson.

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