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Democrats Blast Hulu For Not Running Ads About Gun Laws & Abortion Amid Midterm Campaigns

<div dir&equals;"auto">As Democrats prepare for midterm elections in November&comma; it appears the political party accuses a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;hulu&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post">Disney owned streaming service<&sol;a> of refusing to run ads&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;washingtonpost&period;com&sol;politics&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;25&sol;disney-hulu-democrats-ads&sol;">Washington Post<&sol;a> reports&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto">Hulu&comma; popular among young voters&comma; did not run ads submitted by Democrats and has failed to issue a reason why&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Hulu’s censorship of the truth is outrageous&comma; offensive&comma; and another step down a dangerous path for our country&comma;” the executive directors of the three committees&comma; Christie Roberts&comma; Tim Persico and Noam Lee&comma; said in a statement provided to The Washington Post&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto">The statement continues to say&colon;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto">Voters have the right to know the facts about MAGA Republicans’ agenda on issues like abortion – and Hulu is doing a huge disservice to the American people by blocking voters from learning the truth about the GOP record or denying these issues from even being discussed&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto">Democrats submitted ads on July 15th&comma; and they ran across social media but not on Hulu&period; When asked about the ads&comma; they were reportedly told it was &&num;8220&semi;content related&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto">Hulu later followed up and stated they would run the ads but &&num;8220&semi;followed up to say the message had been sent in error&comma; according to the national Democratic Party official&comma;&&num;8221&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thehill&period;com&sol;policy&sol;technology&sol;3573352-hulu-wont-run-democrats-ads-on-abortion-guns&sol;">The Hill reports<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto">Hulu refused to speak with the Post about the matter&comma; but someone familiar with their process stated &&num;8220&semi;the company does not publicly disclose its advertising guidelines&comma; but it prohibits advertising that takes a position on a controversial issue regardless of whether it is a political ad&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto">Roomies&comma; what do you think of this story&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"94822" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;blast-hulu-for-not-running-ads-about-gun-laws-amid-midterm-campaigns&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0d81ef196e"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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