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2016 Postmortem

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Her Sister

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Mon Jun 27, 2016, 08:11 PM Jun 2016

Trump fan busted for posing as black woman on Twitter to win over minority voters (GD16 GP) [View all]

In case you haven’t noticed, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has a serious problem with minority voters — in fact, some polls have found that more than 90% of black voters have an unfavorable opinion of him.

Because of this, it’s not surprising that at least one Trump fan has come up with a wacky gambit to win over minority voters by impersonating a young black woman on Twitter using the account handle, “BlackGirl4Trump.”

How do we know that they’re impersonating a black woman? Because the woman whose photo is being used in BlackGirl4Trump’s profile is not happy about it.

Here was her initial reaction after being alerted by a friend that her photo was swiped for a pro-Trump Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/Ohh_so_Exotic/status/747062720684494848

This was followed by demands that the Trump fan stop using her photo:

As of this writing, BlackGirl4Trump is still using the stolen photo, despite the fact that many users say they’ve reported the account to Twitter.


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/trump-fan-busted-for-posing-as-black-woman-on-twitter-to-win-over-minority-voters/#.V3G-YuG0jKw.twitter
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