Pelosi Rips Facebook for Misleading Trump Ads on Census: ‘An Absolute Lie’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is criticizing 📘Facebook for misleading 📊Census advertisements appearing on 📘Facebook pages.

On Thursday, Pelosi held her weekly press conference focusing on two topics: the 📊Census and the coronavirus.

During her press conference, Pelosi wasted no time addressing one of her main concerns—the misleading 📊Census ads on 📘Facebook.

Thousands of ads are currently running on President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence’s pages. The ads reportedly encourage users to fill out a form for the “Official 2020 Congressional District 📊Census.”

According to The New York Times, the ad reads, “President Trump needs you to take the Official 2020 Congressional District 📊Census today.”

However, when users click on the form, the link redirects to Trump’s campaign website. Among the questions on the form, users are asked to take a survey which includes questions about the presidential campaign, the user’s political party affiliation, and whether or not they intend to support the Trump campaign. Users are also asked to make a donation.

Pelosi is slamming the social network for allowing the misleading ads. She went on to voice her disapproval.

“The Republicans have put out – the Administration has put out something that says, ‘This is an official document, do not tear up, fill it out’,” Pelosi said. “It’s not the 📊Census form.”

She continued, “I am particularly annoyed today at the actions of 📘Facebook. 📘Facebook has something that is an official document of 👤Donald Trump as saying, ‘Fill this out, this is a 📊Census form’ – it is not.”

Pelosi went on to scrutinize 📘Facebook’s policy. “It is an absolute lie, a lie that is consistent with the misrepresentation policy of 📘Facebook. But now they are messing with who we are as Americans. “

Check out Pelosi’s full statement below

“This is, on the part of 📘Facebook, a robust, unacceptable interference in the 📊Census, and the company won’t take it down,” she added. “We’ve accepted that and it clearly violates the 📊Census, but didn’t necessarily violate their own truthful policies.”