This story was originally published by the WND News Center.

A campaign by Democrats that involved putting up billboards in various districts where they believe GOP congressional incumbents could be vulnerable, making false accusations about "cuts" to Medicaid, have been taken down.

The House Majority Forward organization had launched the billboards in districts involving Reps. Gabe Evans, Colo., Don Bacon, Neb., Ryan Mackenzie, Penn., Monica De La Cruz, Texas, Jen Kiggans, Va., and Rob Wittman, Va., all Republicans.

But a report from the Washington Examiner explains they now are gone.

The vendor providing the billboards, Lamar Advertising, confirmed they were gone after it was warned by the National Republican Congressional Committee in a demand letter that it would be "liable for the defamatory messages spread to voters in each district."

The billboards accused the elected Republicans of "voting to cut Medicaid and give tax breaks to Elon Musk."

The GOP letter, obtained by the Examiner, warned, "Medicaid has not been cut by the federal government. No member of Congress has voted for cuts to Medicaid. House Majority Forward can only point to wishful speculation that cuts could occur sometime somewhere in the future— they cannot point to any cuts that have already taken place."

The letter warned the Democrats' agenda "willfully ignores the fact that their Republican targets have publicly voiced their support for Medicaid and perpetuates false claims to the contrary."

Lamar lawyer Wendi Loup responded, in a letter reviewed by the Examiner, that her staff confirmed the billboards are "no longer running."

The report cited a controversy about whether every billboard had been taken down, as some had been run by another vendor, but the Republicans said they would be taken down "in seconds."

Mike Marinella, a spokesman for the NRCC, explained to the Examiner, "This proves what we've been saying all along: Democrats have no winning message so they resort to lies and fear-mongering in a disgusting effort to distract voters. The American people aren't buying it, and House Democrats should be ashamed of themselves."

Such accusations against Republicans, false claims they want to cut Medicaid and Social Security, have "been the rallying call for Democratic lawmakers and progressive opposition groups since President Donald Trump took office," the report said.

The report said the billboards were up only some 24 hours in some districts.

Democrat spokesperson CJ Warnke said the claims were "verified," and the dispute involved Republicans trying to "silence free speech…"