CO-04 (Special Election) See Full Big Line

(R) Greg Lopez

(R) Trisha Calvarese

90%

10%

President (To Win Colorado) See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Biden*

(R) Donald Trump

80%

20%↓

CO-01 (Denver) See Full Big Line

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90%

CO-02 (Boulder-ish) See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Neguse*

90%

CO-03 (West & Southern CO) See Full Big Line

(D) Adam Frisch

(R) Jeff Hurd

(R) Ron Hanks

40%

30%

20%

CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado) See Full Big Line

(R) Lauren Boebert

(R) Deborah Flora

(R) J. Sonnenberg

30%↑

15%↑

10%↓

CO-05 (Colorado Springs) See Full Big Line

(R) Dave Williams

(R) Jeff Crank

50%↓

50%↑

CO-06 (Aurora) See Full Big Line

(D) Jason Crow*

90%

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(D) Brittany Pettersen

85%↑

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(D) Yadira Caraveo

(R) Gabe Evans

(R) Janak Joshi

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35%↓

30%↑

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REPUBLICANS

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20%

State House Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

95%

January 26, 2022 09:05 AM UTC

Warning: Ron Hanks' Videos Will Get You Banned From YouTube

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by: Colorado Pols

Last October, we uploaded to our Youtube account a copy of U.S. Senate candidate Ron Hanks’ campaign kickoff video–the video made famous by its ending in which Hanks detonates an old copy machine labeled “DOMINION VOTING MACHINE” with a rifle shot after laying out his case that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. Because we are set up to easily use YouTube videos, we re-uploaded the video to our account after having noticed that Hanks hadn’t uploaded it there himself.

Yesterday, we found out the hard way why Hanks’ campaign kickoff video is not on his YouTube account:

That’s because the video violates YouTube’s Community Guidelines against the posting of misinformation about the 2020 elections. As we said in our appeal response you can mostly see above, amplification of Hanks’ misinformation was not our interest in uploading this video, rather the exposure of Hanks’ misinformation. With that said, we recognize in hindsight that this video was not properly disclaimed in the title and description as such–and there is a case to be made that without titling and even editing this video to clearly call out falsehoods therein for any who stumble upon it, we may well have earned Youtube’s ire.

Because this is the first time in our many years of using YouTube that we’ve run afoul of their Community Guidelines, it looks like we’re getting off with a warning–and we appreciate the opportunity to do better. It’s our hope that they’ll understand our intentions upon review of the case and restore our unblemished record.

And it’s another reminder: in our news bubble, we laugh at Ron Hanks. But we’re not everyone watching.

One thought on “Warning: Ron Hanks’ Videos Will Get You Banned From YouTube”

bullshit! says:

January 26, 2022 at 12:08 pm

I hate to say it Pols but Youtube did its job correctly this time. In the future you need to put BULLSHIT across the bottom or otherwise make it clear throughout that it's misinformation. Otherwise it just spreads.

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