Ben & Jerry's spent more money on political Facebook ads last week than nearly every 2020 candidate

Talk about living the Americone Dream.

Ben & Jerry's has truly dipped its cone into the political sphere, spending $83,152 in the last week alone on Facebook ads that advocate for criminal justice reform. That puts the ice cream company's political ad spending from May 20 to 26 ahead of all but five 2020 candidates, CNBC notes via Facebook's publicly available ad library.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.