HBO Bought a Full-Page Ad in a New Hampshire Paper for Veep's Jonah Ryan

Fake congressional run gets real placement

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The sheer lunacy of our current election cycle is frightening, but it's also very watchable. The same could be said for HBO's Veep, a show that many Washington, D.C., insiders have reportedly called the most realistic portrayal of politics.

It shouldn't be surprising, then, that the marketing gurus at HBO decided that New Hampshire voters would appreciate an ad for the show's most-hated character and his current campaign for a congressional seat. (Obviously if you're not caught up on the current season, this post will have light spoilers.) 

In the fifth season, Jonah Ryan, the show's catch-all for hilariously cruel insults, is running for Congress in his home state of New Hampshire.

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