Trump campaign staffers pushed Russian propaganda days before election

[Jacque67 7,328]

Some of the Trump campaign’s most prominent names and supporters, including Trump’s campaign manager, digital director and son, pushed tweets from professional trolls paid by the Russian government in the heat of the 2016 election campaign.

The Twitter account @Ten_GOP, which called itself the “Unofficial Twitter account of Tennessee Republicans,” was operated from the Kremlin-backed “Russian troll farm,” or Internet Research Agency, a source familiar with the account confirmed with The Daily Beast.

The account’s origins in the Internet Research Agency were originally reported by the independent Russian news outlet RBC. @Ten_GOP was created on November 19, 2015, and accumulated over 100 thousand followers before Twitter shut it down. The Daily Beast independently confirmed the reasons for @Ten_GOP's account termination.

The discovery of the now-unavailable tweets presents the first evidence that several members of the Trump campaign pushed covert Russian propaganda on social media in the run-up to the 2016 election.

A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment, “for privacy and security reasons."

Two days before election day, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway tweeted a post by @Ten_GOP regarding Hillary Clinton’s email.

“Mother of jailed sailor: 'Hold Hillary to same standards as my son on Classified info' #hillarysemail #WeinerGate” the tweet reads.

Three weeks before the election, Brad Parscale, the Trump campaign’s digital director, retweeted a separate post from @Ten_GOP.

“Thousands of deplorables chanting to the media: "Tell The Truth!" RT if you are also done w/ biased Media!” the tweet read.

President Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. followed the account until its closure on August 23rd of this year. Trump Jr. retweeted the account three times, including an allegation of voter fraud in Florida one week before the election.

“BREAKING: #VoterFraud by counting tens of thousands of ineligible mail in Hillary votes being reported in Broward County, Florida Please, RT,” the tweet read.

Trump Jr. also retweeted the account on Election Day.

“This vet passed away last month before he could vote for Trump.. Here he is in his #MAGA hat.. #voted #ElectionDay,” the account wrote.

 

Former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn retweeted the Russian-backed troll account at least once. His son, Michael Flynn Jr., retweeted the account 34 times before it was removed from Twitter in August for its ties to Russian propaganda.

The account notably pushed for Flynn’s reappointment as Trump’s national security advisor, a job Flynn lost after press revelations that he’d lied about his telephone discussions with the Russian ambassador after the election hacks. It also repeatedly pushed Breitbart-backed talking points, including a fake news story about a gang rape in Twin Falls, Idaho that merited dozens of articles from Breitbart News.  

Flynn Jr. will likely receive a Senate subpoena after he refused to be interviewed for the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation, ABC News reported on Tuesday.

Former Trump campaign advisor and longtime confidante of the president Roger Stone retweeted the account three times in 2017, twice to rail against commentators on CNN.

On the same day as the account’s permanent ban, @Ten_GOP was caught passing a photo of the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Championship parade in Cleveland as a picture of the crowd gathered outside a Trump rally in Phoenix.

[Jacque67 7,328]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-campaign-staffers-pushed-russian-propaganda-days-before-the-election

 

good old TEN_GOP. They had the bestest pics and conspiracy theories.

[Jacque67 7,328]

The account’s original bio was “I love God, I Love my Country,” which was then changed to “Unofficial Twitter of Tennessee Republicans. Covering breaking news, national politics, foreign policy and more. #MAGA #2A” after the actual Republican Party of Tennessee denied having any affiliation with @TEN_GOP. After being suspended by Twitter, the account then switched to a number of alternate aliases, one of which — @10_GOP — was retweeted by Trump himself.

Despite Twitter knowing about the questionable credibility of the account for nearly a year, it wasn’t shut down until last month. Upon @TEN_GOP’s removal from the social media network, many Trump-supporters expressed outraged and claimed it was part of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey‘s grand conspiracy against conservatives. The subreddit r/the_donald and Pizzagate-truther Jack Posobiec both demanded answers as to why their friend-account @TEN_GOP was removed — answers they now have.

[Jacque67 7,328]

https://www.mediaite.com/online/pro-trump-twitter-account-with-massive-clout-was-run-by-russian-trolls/

 

hmm...

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Psst hey buddy. The fake Russian narrative died a painful death a month or 2 ago.

 

We are currently on fake, Trump hates Puerto Rico and Gold Star families,   Trump derangement syndrome rants.

 

  Thats why the regular TDS, MDL are not giving you any love on this subject. Your on the wrong current narrative. 

The fake Russian narrative is causing them painful butthurt memories.

 

 

 

 

 

[Jacque67 7,328]

Interestingly Eric (Blackwater) Prince isn't mentioned in the article...he also shared Russian propaganda b4 election...

 

what a bunch of "useful idiots" these campaign staffers in OP were.

[Jacque67 7,328]

28 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Psst hey buddy. The fake Russian narrative died a painful death a month or 2 ago.

 

We are currently on fake, Trump hates Puerto Rico and Gold Star families,   Trump derangement syndrome rants.

 

  Thats why the regular TDS, MDL are not giving you any love on this subject. Your on the wrong current narrative. 

The fake Russian narrative is causing them painful butthurt memories.

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers buddy. I guess I'll spend my time on this shocker...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4995134/Conspiracy-theory-suggests-Melania-using-body-double.html

 

now lets get back on topic in this thread.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kevincollier/twitter-was-warned-repeatedly-about-this-fake-account-run?utm_term=.kkgA7wAQw#.xgY1rz1xz

 

Some of its tweets were deliberately outrageous, the archive shows, such as one in December 2016 that claimed that unarmed black men killed by police officers deserved their fate. It also trafficked in deliberate fake news, claiming just before it was shut down that a photo of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA championship parade was actuallya crowd waiting to hear Donald Trump speak.

[JimandChristy 1,689]

16 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Psst hey buddy. The fake Russian narrative died a painful death a month or 2 ago.

 

We are currently on fake, Trump hates Puerto Rico and Gold Star families,   Trump derangement syndrome rants.

 

  Thats why the regular TDS, MDL are not giving you any love on this subject. Your on the wrong current narrative. 

The fake Russian narrative is causing them painful butthurt memories.

 

 

 

 

 

They why won't the Moron-in-Chief acknowledge that Russia interfered in the 2016 election? Then invites Russian government officials into the White House? Thank God we got some competent people elsewhere in the government who do acknowledge it and take another possible attack from Russia seriously. 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

16 minutes ago, JimandChristy said:

They why won't the Moron-in-Chief acknowledge that Russia interfered in the 2016 election? Then invites Russian government officials into the White House? Thank God we got some competent people elsewhere in the government who do acknowledge it and take another possible attack from Russia seriously. 

Of course the Russians did, so did most countries on the planet, and have for every election in Modern history. Remember all the Chinese money that went to Bill Clinton.That is not the Moronic narrative.

The accusation was  that that the colluded with Trump to rig the election and somehow hacked it. Not true and has been proven.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Here is some proof Russia tried to influence our elections

 

Grassley probes Clinton 'conflicts of interest' amid new questions in Russia uranium deal

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Here is so more proof of foreign govts trying to influence elections, just as the US does in most foreign elections 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hacked-emails-show-extent-of-foreign-government-donations-to-clinton-foundation/2016/10/16/ce871a82-9319-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html?utm_term=.a58e47fc7dbf

Hacked emails show extent of foreign government donations to Clinton Foundation

 

 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

NB, you are WAY outta line.   You should know it's different when the left gets foreign support for an election.  Much better to make up stories when the right is involved.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

11 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

NB, you are WAY outta line.   You should know it's different when the left gets foreign support for an election.  Much better to make up stories when the right is involved.

They all act like a foreign govt backing one candidate or the other is something new. Heck some have gone so far as to back coups or have people killed.  Oh what that's us