In the early morning on Thursday, Cincinnati's WLW began airing an anti-Semitic campaign ad in which a candidate spouted conspiracies involving "billionaire communist Jews."

Then the complaints started rolling in. The AM radio station faced a threatened boycott on social media.

The station has no choice, said Scott Reinhart, program manager for WLW-AM and 55KRC-AM.

Federal law prevents stations from refusing candidates ad time, even if the ad is racist or anti-Semitic and aired in the days following the massacre of worshipping Jews at a synagogue in Pittsburgh.

"We can't edit it," Reinhart told The Enquirer. "We really don't have much of a choice. The only way people can do something about that is to write the FCC and change the law. We don't like carrying it."

Penalties for preventing candidates access can include a station losing it's license, according to the Federal Communications Act.

So that's why WLW listeners nine times on Thursday morning heard an ad from Jim Condit, Jr., a candidate for Congress running in the 2nd Congressional District, the seat currently held by Brad Wenstrup, a Republican from Cincinnati's Columbia Tusculum neighborhood.

Condit, 65, of Green Township, is on the ballot under the Green Party ticket, but the Green Party has disavowed him.

He's run in different congressional districts in different parties. In his prior campaigns, he has denounced "Zionist" control of world politics and alleges Jews played a role in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (Those attacks were conducted by the al-Qaeda terrorist group.)

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In his latest ad, Condit rails against "fake lying polls put out by the big TV networks, all controlled by billionaire communist Jews." He also slams billionaire investor and political donor George Soros, a common target of right-wing conspiracy theorists.

The ad touts the "massive Trump crowds" that greet the president while "Democrats can't fill the foyer to a Pizza Hut."

Condit said he bought time for the ad to play 26 times on WLW-AM and 55KRC-AM from Thursday to Saturday. It aired Friday during Sean Hannity's radio show on 55KRC-AM.

He also bought an hour-long ad space Sunday night a 10 p.m. on 55KRC-AM. He estimated he had spent $7,000.

Condit told The Enquirer he doesn't mind the backlash.

"I'm not going to complain they don't like it," Condit said. "Politics is controversy."

Almost immediately after the ad aired on WLW, the phone began ringing at the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati.

People were concerned over the ad, said Jackie Congedo, director of the Jewish Community Relations Council.

"We realize there are certain First Amendment protections that radio stations have to abide by as it relates to political advertisement," Congedo said. "At the same time, when people talk about Jewish conspiracies, that is anti-Semitism. We're encouraged people are disgusted by this."

The ad is airing less than a week after a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue killed 11 people. Authorities say Robert Bowers, 46, stormed into the synagogue in the affluent Squirrel Hill neighborhood shouting hate for Jews and killing worshipers in a 20-minute attack.

But this ad is offensive no matter when it aired, she said. She hopes people can use the ad to at least teach people what anti-semitism looks like.

"I think it's a teaching moment for people," Congedo said. "I would hope that when most people hear "Jewish conspiracy," that is a direct anti-Semitic dog whistle. I think there's an opportunity to help people understand what anti-Semitic speech looks like. This is a classic example."