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Tue Jul 28, 2020, 08:39 PM Jul 2020

Georgia Senator Is Criticized for Ad Enlarging Jewish Opponent Jon Ossoff's Nose

ATLANTA — Senator David Perdue of Georgia’s re-election campaign was assailed on Monday for a Facebook advertisement that enlarged the nose of his Democratic opponent, Jon Ossoff, who is Jewish, in a portrayal that critics immediately denounced as anti-Semitic.

The Republican senator’s fund-raising ad, which surfaced after The Forward published an article about it on Monday, included grainy photographs of Mr. Ossoff and the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, who is also Jewish. “Democrats are trying to buy Georgia!” the ad said, adding that Mr. Schumer had poured millions of dollars into the race.

Mr. Perdue’s campaign said on Monday that the ad had been taken down and that the alteration had been an outside vendor’s error.

But critics said that it reflected something more insidious, arguing that the campaign had employed imagery long used to malign Jews at a time when a rising tide of anti-Semitism in the country has seeped into politics. In a post on Twitter, the political advocacy arm of Bend the Arc, a progressive Jewish organization, called it blatant: “It’s not an accident.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-senator-is-criticized-for-ad-enlarging-jewish-opponent-jon-ossoffs-nose/ar-BB17fGZp?li=BBnb7Kz

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Georgia Senator Is Criticized for Ad Enlarging Jewish Opponent Jon Ossoff's Nose (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
An error? My arse! You don't accidentally photoshop a nose to be larger. Doodley Jul 2020 #1
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