Facebook, Instagram ads target Gavin Newsom over past relationships with women
A social media campaign attacking gubernatorial frontrunner Gavin Newsom for an old affair, and subsequent romantic relationship with a 19-year-old when he was 39 is seeking to raise moral and ethical questions about the former San Francisco mayor before the June 5 primary.
An anti-Newsom independent campaign committee, which in the past has supported Democratic rival and state Treasurer John Chiang, has purchased a California-wide advertisement buy to draw attention to Newsom’s behavior more than a decade ago.
Operators behind the Asian American Small Business political action committee, running the independent expenditure campaign, confirmed to The Sacramento Bee that it is funding ads on social media sites, including Facebook and Instagram, that include posting links to old articles about Newsom's past.
The attacks
One paid Facebook asks. "Do you think it was inappropriate for Newsom to have a relationship with a subordinate staff member suffering from substance dependency?"
Another says, "We know Gavin Newsom dated a woman 20 years his junior and awarded catastrophic illness pay to a former mistress, but did you know he doesn't like to work unless his job is powerful and glamorous?"
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What's next? "Did you know he has a collection of unicorn posters?"
