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kpete

(71,984 posts)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 11:42 AM Nov 2020

Trump to supporters: "Be outraged, don't accept the election results...and send money."

....this barrage is doing more than squeezing cash out of Trump fanatics. For the recipients, it is solidifying a dangerous message: the election was illegitimate. Though campaigns typically do not disclose such information, it is a fair assumption that millions of people are receiving these solicitations on a daily basis. Your pro-Trump uncle or aunt—they are constantly being told that the evil Democrats have mounted a coup to topple Trump. Yes, Trump tweets this every day. But for those Trump-supporting Americans not on Twitter, these emails form a ceaseless reinforcement of Trump’s false counter-narrative: the 2020 election was rigged...


https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/11/every-day-trump-repeatedly-emails-his-supporters-a-dangerous-message-democracy-doesnt-work/


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Trump to supporters: "Be outraged, don't accept the election results...and send money." (Original Post) kpete Nov 2020 OP
I got on Trump's mailing list so I could see firsthand what bullshit he was spreading. world wide wally Nov 2020 #1
Is sedition a crime? malaise Nov 2020 #2
Meh, his wife probably helped write that shit. MerryBlooms Nov 2020 #3
Well, who's going to pay Rudy $20,000 per day? keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #4
A parting grift to MAGAt suckers. BlueWavePsych Nov 2020 #5

world wide wally

(21,740 posts)
1. I got on Trump's mailing list so I could see firsthand what bullshit he was spreading.
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 12:32 PM
Nov 2020

Now, I am still getting about 10 emails a day from the Orange whatever and his family and friends. Every one of them claiming fraud and asking for money. I wish I could get out of this, but they are so fucking persistent, it makes me want to puke.

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