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Allen Waters US Inactive

THE WATERS COMMITTEE

Creative removed by Meta
This ad's image was taken down for violating Meta's ad standards; the copy below is preserved from the Ad Library.

Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19):

National Center for Health Statistics

Ad copy

Stop Governor Gina Raimondo. #ReopenRI The provisional counts for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths are based on a current flow of mortality data in the National Vital Statistics System.

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Performance proxies

Overall score27.1/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.0.0 · 43.0 · 0.3 · 65.1
Spend range<USD 99
Impressions3,000 – 3,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 14.14
Est. audience size500,001 – 1,000,000
Days live2 (2020-05-02 → 2020-05-04)
Created2020-05-02
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateRI — Allen Waters
Surfaced by“senate:Allen Waters”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuehealthcare
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealfear
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturednone
Symbolsnone
Call to actionnone
Standout elementFacebook content removal notice blocking the original ad due to policy violation
TacticThe ad leverages official CDC COVID death count data to stoke fear and urgency, framing Governor Raimondo as responsible for ongoing harm and demanding reopening — a classic fear-based attack using government statistics as borrowed credibility.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Rhode Island100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

25-34 · male 7.1%
65+ · male 2.0%
18-24 · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · unknown 0.3%
35-44 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · unknown 0.4%
65+ · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 4.9%
18-24 · male 1.7%
65+ · female 7.1%
55-64 · female 13.6%
35-44 · female 14.9%
18-24 · female 3.3%
45-54 · male 7.9%
35-44 · male 8.5%
45-54 · female 15.1%
25-34 · female 12.5%
25-34 · unknown 0.2%

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