Invest 3 minutes of your time to watch this ad, then tell me why Facebook banned it

When you see a headline about Facebook blocking ads or messages, it’s easy to assume there is some line that was crossed that was the ammunition.

Invest 3 minutes of your time to watch the video for this woman and tell me how a story like hers is anything but the American Dream we all want to believe is still possible.

The fist 10 seconds or so are the reality of the life in Cambodia that her parents fled. I’ve been there and seen the Killing Fields, Tuol Sleng, and the trafficking of children that still goes on. We are still very involved with a shelter there that works to keep young boys (less than 10 years old) out of the sex trade.

Then tell me why Facebook would block her campaign from using it in an ad.

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National Review article on Facebook Block

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Elizabeth Heng nearly beat incumbent Democratic congressman Jim Costa in California’s open primaries in early June. The 53–47 outcome would have made her the darling of the national political media, had she been a Democrat. She will face Costa again in the general election in November. My colleague Alexandra DeSanctis wrote an excellent piece last month profiling the young, smart, 33-year-old Republican contender.

So this happened yesterday. Heng’s campaign had tried to place this video as an ad on Facebook. It begins with her family’s roots — amidst the horror of Cambodian genocide.

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