Trump is using Facebook ads to unload Inauguration tickets
With just a few days remaining until is inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump seems to be taking strange steps to unload tickets for the big event, scheduled for this Friday, January 20, 2017.
Several users have noticed a sponsored video from Trump appearing on their Facebook timelines with Trump offering them a chance to register for free tickets for the big event, which includes both the welcome concert and the swearing-in ceremony.
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The post is similar to another video that was posted to his Facebook page, offering the same opportunity to register for free tickets. Clicking the video takes the user to the official Presidential Inaugural website.
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The difference, of course, that the recently flagged videos are paid content, ads purchased by Trump (or his campaign) to spread the word about the opportunity.
Another user noted that she was fed the video in her timeline because it was targeted at adults 27 years old and up living in New York.
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The ad has also popped up on Instagram.
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Similar ads have been noted on other platforms, as well, paid for by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
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Meanwhile, ticket demands for those available to constituents from their congressional representatives has been high for some Republican lawmakers while significantly lower in Democratic districts.
In all, nearly 250,000 tickets were printed for the inauguration ceremony with a certain number allotted to each House rep and Senator, plus additional tickets distributed to Trump and the press.
Mashable has reached out to the Inaugural Committee for more information on ticket availability.
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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
