The video, which had recently begun generating thousands of views, features raw footage of rioting and destruction and begins with a narrator recalling how "our cities were under attack, from coast to coast, businesses were burned, livelihoods were destroyed, while 25 people died."
The video then directs attention to mayhem that occurred in Boston on May 31, 2020, and Healey's subsequent description of the looting, fires, and damage that resulted: "Yes, America is burning, but that's how forests grow."
The MassGOP filed an appeal with YouTube.
"Here are Republicans, yet again, being censored by left-wing technocrats," MassGOP Chairman Jim Lyons said. "Our advertisement simply shows viewers what they already witnessed in 2020 and serves to remind them of how Democrats like our Attorney General Maura Healey reacted to the violence and destruction.
