Senate Dems Campaign Director Calls Facebook Google Ad Bans Voter Suppression Amid Georgia Senate Runoffs
Scott Fairchild, executive director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), suggested the extended ad bans amounted to voter suppression efforts and argued they will predominantly benefit Georgia’s sitting Republican senators. The DSCC is one of four major political committees, known as Hill committees, that endeavor to fill congressional seats with members of their respective parties. “With just 55 days until the runoff elections in Georgia and critically important deadlines coming up for voters, Facebook and Google’s plans to extend their ban on political ads are unacceptable,” Fairchild said in a statement....