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Amy McGrath US Inactive

AMY MCGRATH FOR SENATE, INC.

ad creative

We Can't Trust #MoscowMitch

Ad copy

He was silent as Russia attacked our elections and dismissed Russia putting a bounty on American troops as “rumor.” Now, he won’t demand answers about who knew about the bounties and when. When it comes to national security, Mitch's Senate is the weakest in recent history.

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Performance proxies

Overall score48.3/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.34.7 · 85.0 · 1.4 · 72.1
Spend rangeUSD 1,000–1,499
Impressions200,000 – 249,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 5.55
Est. audience size500,001 – 1,000,000
Days live6 (2020-07-03 → 2020-07-09)
Created2020-07-03
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateKY — Amy Mcgrath
Surfaced by“senate:Amy Mcgrath”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueforeign policy defense
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturednone
Symbolsnone
Call to actionnone
Standout elementFacebook content-removed placeholder exposing a disclaimer violation, making the censored attack ad itself the story
TacticThe ad leverages the '#MoscowMitch' nickname and Russian bounty controversy to frame McConnell as a national security liability, using fear and anger to drive partisan contrast.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Kentucky100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

25-34 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · male 14.3%
18-24 · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · female 6.1%
45-54 · male 11.7%
65+ · female 11.4%
25-34 · female 5.1%
35-44 · female 5.1%
65+ · male 8.0%
55-64 · male 9.8%
55-64 · female 8.4%
35-44 · male 13.5%
18-24 · male 3.7%
18-24 · female 2.2%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%

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