Isaac Bryan may hold a new record forthirsty clout-chasingamong California legislators.
The lefty assemblyman from Los Angeles curiously spent a stunning $220,000 in campaign money last year on Facebook and Instagram ads to boost his social media posts, according to campaign records.
Bryan calls some of his campaign-funded posts a form of self-healing — along with other videos and images of him on the Assembly floor orprotesting President Trump’s policies— but the lavish ad blitz appears to have another purpose: buoying Bryan’s bigger political aspirations.
“He’s trying to get notoriety, but I think it’s a shame to spend that kind of money to boost himself, especially to an audience that he’s not going to help,” said Demetra Kaye, a YouTube host who recently took aim at Bryan in a video for the African Diaspora News Channel.
Kaye and others have taken issue with Bryan and leaders of the California Legislative Black Caucus not pressing harder on legislation calling for reparations funding,saying the group kowtowed to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“That’s what people need to know about him,” Kaye said.
Bryan did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Filings with the Secretary of State’s office show Bryan made 200 separate charges for Facebook services last year, which were described as “office expenses” and IT services, including email and internet.
Even if the posts had been labeled as political ad buys, the total spending is highly irregular in an off-election year.
Many of the ads also appear to have reached far more people outside of California than Golden State residents, according to Meta’s ad library.
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