Pro-impeachment group targets vulnerable House Republicans with new ads


This story features data from the Online Political Transparency Project at NYU Tandon, led by Computer Science and Engineering Professor Damon McCoy, and Ph.D. student Laura Edelson.

A group pushing for President Donald Trump's impeachment will launch a six-figure digital ad campaign on Tuesday, targeting vulnerable Republicans in the House of Representatives at a time polls show a growing percentage of Americans favor impeachment. … Trump has denied any wrongdoing. His re-election campaign has stepped up its digital advertising, spending $1.4 million on thousands of digital ads designed to reach voters in every state as the inquiry unfolded, according to data analyzed by Laura Edelson, a researcher at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. 

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