The Trump campaign is defending the ads, saying the red inverted triangle is also used by Antifa groups.
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Facebook is removing ads from President Trump’s reelection campaign for featuring a red inverted triangle—a symbol once used by the Nazis to label prisoners at concentration camps.
On Wednesday, the Trump campaign began displaying the ads, which encourage Facebook users to take a stand with Trump against Antifa groups. “Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups are running through our streets and causing absolute mayhem,” the ads say in apparent reference to the looting during the George Floyd protests.
However, a Jewish advocacy group noticed the use of the red triangle and its historical connection to Nazi Germany. “The President of the United States is campaigning for reelection using a Nazi concentration camp symbol,” tweeted Bend the Arc.
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The red triangle was specifically used as an identification badge for political prisoners, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
