Rep. Waltz blasts NBC's refusal to air his Olympics ad highlighting major companies' ties to 'genocide games'

NBC declined ad noting Visa, Proctor & Gamble, Nike, Coke's sponsorship of games hosted by Communist China amid Uyghur 'genocide', Waltz says on 'The Story'

Florida Republican congressman and retired Green Beret Michael Waltz blasted the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) after it refused to accept an ad he created to air during the Olympics that would have highlighted U.S. companies who are financially supporting what he called the "genocide games" and by extension, the Chinese Communist Party, in spite of its treatment of Uyghur Muslim minorities.

Waltz told Fox News on Monday during an appearance on ‘The Story’ that the ad also featured Turkish-American NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom – who has come under fire for being one of few U.S. athletes openly criticizing the actions of the brutal regime in Beijing.

"Just outside the show, rape, genocide, slave labor -- American companies are drunk on Chinese dollars – entangled with Communist dictators committing atrocities," Waltz says in the ad.

UNITED STATES - AUGUST 24: Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., conducts a news conference with House Republicans in the Capitol Visitor Center. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The lawmaker, who represents St. Augustine and Daytona Beach, told host Martha MacCallum that ad time had been purchased for later Monday evening, but that NBC instead demanded "material changes" – which consisted notably of removing all of the corporate logos of Olympics sponsors that he highlighted. NBC-Universal is owned by Philadelphia-based Comcast.

Companies including Atlanta-based Coca-Cola, Cincinnati-based Proctor & Gamble, and San Francisco-based Visa, are highlighted in the ad for