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Trump campaign gets caught using Nazi-era prisoner symbolism in anti-antifa ads

Facebook pulled Trump campaign ads after the campaign used an inverted red triangle in anti-antifa messaging. The campaign insisted the symbol was an antifa marker; critics pointed out it was also used by the Nazis to identify political prisoners. The result was another Trump-world self-own: a culture-war ad meant to scare voters that instead dragged the campaign into an ugly, avoidable symbolism scandal.

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First recorded Jun 18, 2020·Meaningfully updated Jun 18, 2020

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Trump campaign gets caught using Nazi-era prisoner symbolism in anti-antifa ads

Facebook pulled Trump campaign ads after the campaign used an inverted red triangle in anti-antifa messaging. The campaign insisted the symbol was an antifa marker; critics pointed out it was also used by the Nazis to identify political prisoners. The result was another Trump-world self-own: a culture-war ad meant to scare voters that instead dragged the campaign into an ugly, avoidable symbolism scandal.

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