Meta, the parent company for Facebook, is currently running ads for Protect Texas Kids, founded by right-wing extremist Kelly Neidert, to run ads “baselessly calling people pedophiles,” journalist Steven Monacelli reported today (Saturday, Sept.
3) via Twitter. “Meta has allowed these ads to reach thousands of people.” According to screen caps of the ad — which started running on Sept.
1 and is labeled as “sponsored” and “paid for by Protect Texas Kids” — show that it features photos of the drag brunch held Sunday, Aug.
28, at Anderson Distillery & Grill in Roanoke. Copy with the photos reads “ROANOKE, Texas: Skinny-armed communist John Brown Club pedophiles stand guard outside of a pedophile ritual involving children, with people on rooftops to act as snipers.” Members of an area John Brown Club did arrive armed at the event to provide security for those attending because right-wing protesters, including Neidert, had shown up to protest the drag brunch and harass attendees.