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Allen Waters for Congress 2022 - R.I. District 1 US Inactive

THE WATERS COMMITTEE

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Democrats Claim There Was an 'Armed, Angry Mob' at Capitol Riot, So Where Were All the Guns?

Maybe you were struck as I was when U.S. House impeachment manager Congressman David Cicilline constantly referred to the Capitol riot as an “armed” attack in Wednesday’s hearing. I...

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Did Trump Impeachment Manager, Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), tell lies at the rushed trial last February? Help me defeat him: Donate today >> House manager Representative David Cicilline (D-RI) condemned “the violent insurrectionists, criminals who killed and injured police officers.” << >> "Maybe you were struck as I was when U.S. House impeachment manager Congressman David Cicilline constantly referred to the Capitol riot as an "armed" attack in Wednesday's hearing." << If you believe David Cicilline lied to the American people, voters should fire him in 2022. I am running to replace him, campaigns are expensive, please donate at: www.allenrwaters.com. Mail donation checks to: The Waters Committee P.O. Box 40565 Providence, RI 02940 Include: Name, Address, Employer or Retired, Position, Email, Phone #

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Performance proxies

Overall score25.7/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.0.0 · 39.6 · 0.6 · 62.6
Spend range<USD 99
Impressions2,000 – 2,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 19.8
Est. audience size
Days live3 (2021-05-20 → 2021-05-23)
Created2021-05-20
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateRI — Allen Waters
Surfaced by“senate:Allen Waters”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingattack opponent
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealanger
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturednone
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementFacebook content-removed notice replacing the actual ad creative, exposing a policy violation disclaimer
TacticThe ad uses quoted news passages and an accusation of lying during the impeachment trial to stoke anger at the incumbent and convert that outrage into a donate click.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Massachusetts38.2%
Connecticut19.9%
Maine15.1%
New Hampshire13.6%
Rhode Island8.8%
Vermont4.2%

Who saw it (delivery)

35-44 · female 0.8%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
65+ · unknown 0.3%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
25-34 · female 0.1%
25-34 · male 1.0%
35-44 · male 3.3%
45-54 · male 17.4%
65+ · male 17.8%
55-64 · male 30.5%
55-64 · female 11.3%
65+ · female 13.7%
45-54 · female 3.5%

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