MISSOURI – A week after Republican Missouri congressman Billy Long released a Senate campaign ad claiming the 2020 presidential election was rigged, YouTube has removed the ad for violating its guidelines.
Long responded late Thursday by accusing YouTube and other tech companies of censoring conservative candidates and public figures.
YouTube spokeswoman Ivy Choi says the website prohibits “content uploaded after official election results were certified advancing false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.”
Long is the latest Republican to do battle with YouTube.
FORSYTH, Mo. – U.S. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri says he plans to attend a fundraiser at former President Donald Trump’s golf resort in Florida. Long has expressed an interest in running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Roy Blunt.
In remarks at Taney County Lincoln Day Saturday, Long, who represents southwest Missouri, said Trump asked him to attend the event at Mar-a-Lago on April 28. He emphasized his long-standing support for Trump. U.S. Rep. Rep. Jason Smith, who represents southeast Missouri, has a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser set for April 30.
Attorney General Eric Schmitt and former governor Eric Greitens are the only officially declared candidates in the GOP primary.
MISSOURI — Congressman Billy Long says he didn’t hear about Monday’s news until he landed in Washington.
He and Blunt have worked closely together on several projects in the past. Long said the senator has been a mentor to him.
Congressman Billy Long (R) Mo, said, “He did so much for the Republican Party. He pretty much rebuilt the Republican Party in Missouri. And a lot of people don’t know that. When he first got elected in congress he opened the seventh congressional district office, which operated for all 14 years he was in congress and the first six or eight I was in congress. He did a lot for a lot of people in the state of Missouri.”
Congressman Long says he is considering running for Blunt’s Senate seat and says he has more to consider before running.