Former Governor of Missouri and current Senatorial candidate Eric Greitens released a new advertisement on June 20th that was almost instantly censored on both Facebook and Twitter. The 38-second video states “open season” on RINO (Republican in Name Only) searching.
“Today, we’re going RINO hunting,” Greitens explains in the ad. “The RINO feeds on corruption, and is marked by the stripes of cowardice.”
The tongue-in-cheek and remarkable video culminates in Greitens, a previous Navy Seal, storming a home trying to find RINOs to hunt.
“Join the MAGA crew, get a RINO hunting permit. There’s no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn’t expire til’ we save our country,” Greitens says.
The advertisement was pulled by Facebook for “violating our policies prohibiting violence and incitement.”
Twitter left the advertisement up after choosing it was of “public’s interest,” however concealed it behind a caution box discussing that it broke their “abusive behavior” policy. The business shut off the retweet function to prevent the advertisement from being shared.
“This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about abusive behavior. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible,” the warning box reads. It remains visible even when you click through to view the video.
Speaking to independent journalist Tim Pool on his Timcast program, Greitens stated that the action to the advertisement from America First citizens has actually been “overwhelming and supportive.”
“The response from America First voters to our groundbreaking ad has been overwhelming and supportive,” Greitens told Timcast.
Greitans likewise had severe words for those who differed with the video.
“Those who have an issue with the video and the metaphor are either lying or dumb. We believe Big Tech and its oligarchs are both,” Greitens said.
The prospect is likewise distributing “RINO searching” allow sticker labels when you contribute to his project through his website.
We are sick and tired of the Republicans in Name Only surrendering to Joe Biden & the radical Left.
Order your RINO Hunting Permit today! pic.twitter.com/XLMdJnAzSK
— Eric Greitens (@EricGreitens) June 20, 2022
According to his site, Greitens acted as a United States Navy SEAL officer and deployed four times throughout the Global War on Terrorism to Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, the Horn of Africa, and Iraq. He worked as the Commander of a Mark V Special Operations Craft Detachment, Commander of a Joint Special Operations Task Unit, and as Commander of an al Qaeda Targeting Cell.
“A conservative and a political outsider, Greitens was elected Governor of Missouri in 2016. He championed support for police officers, fire fighters, first responders, and veterans; ended lobbyist gifts, killed a pay raise for politicians, cut taxes, eliminated burdensome regulations, zeroed out corrupt insider tax credit schemes, and promoted the well-being of foster children and foster families. For his work as Governor, he was inducted into the American Academy of Achievement,” Greitens biography states.
H/T Timcast
