2. In the ad, Barr speaks directly to the camera and declares, “It’s not a sin to be white.”

The language used by Barr is a variation of the phrase “It’s OK to be white,” which has been adopted by white supremacists.

It has been designated as a “hate slogan“ by the Anti-Defamation League.

3. “It’s OK to be white,” sometimes abbreviated as IOTBW, was popularized on the notoriously racist message board 4chan in 2017.

It was then adopted by neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

Former KKK grand wizard David Duke, a prominent white supremacist, promoted the campaign.

4. The purpose of the 2017 campaign was to “trigger“ liberals and journalists with a purportedly innocuous phrase.

The Barr campaign appears to have similar goals.

Barr concludes the ad by stating, “I’m Andy Barr, and I approve this message to give woke liberals something else to cry about.”

5. Barr decries “woke liberals,” the ad features a still image of a Black man in a Martin Luther King Jr. t-shirt, holding a sign that reads “Stay Woke America.”

6. Barr’s campaign announced it would spend $1 million to promote the ad across Kentucky on broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is Black, is Barr’s top Republican primary opponent.

7. Barr’s Senate campaign has raised nearly $1.4 million from PACs, including dozens of PACs representing corporations and trade associations.

A Popular Information review of Barr’s filings with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) revealed contributions from at least 67 major corporations.

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8. Popular Information contacted all 67 corporate PAC donors to Barr’s Senate campaign for comment, including Ally Bank, Goldman Sachs, Toyota, TD Bank, Comcast, AllState, Delta, Capital One, and American Express.

All either declined to comment or did not respond.

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