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Mystery group paid influencers tens of thousands to push sexual smears about Harris

Around the time Kamala Harris was taking over the reins of the Democratic presidential ticket, a mysterious group reportedly began a smear campaign against her, paying social media influencers tens of thousands of dollars to promote posts, according to reports.

In late July, a network of influencers who had been recruited to push conservative messages about Donald Trump or President Joe Biden throughout the summer, received an email requesting they make colorful sexual insults about Harris, according to Semafor.

In return, they would be paid tens of thousands of dollars via Zelle, a digital payments network.

als ,

I don’t get why they don’t attack her on her policies (like supporting Israel’s genocide), not on superficial bullshit

CM400 ,

Perhaps it’s because a) it works, and b) they know republican policy is less popular. They could lie about policy (well, more than they already have), but I think they’re going to save that for after the first debate, personally.

FlyingSquid ,
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They also support Israel’s genocide, so…

AmidFuror ,

You mean like they could try to get leftists to vote for Jill Stein or write in Che Gueverra instead? I think they already do that, but not through right wing influencers, if you know what I mean.

nova_ad_vitum ,

Because most Americans support it.

TexasDrunk ,

I would guess that most Americans have zero opinion on it at all. Money supports it.

Darkard ,

“mystery group”

Oh yeah, a real head scratcher.

casmael ,

Oh my god who could it be I have literally no idea

Diplomjodler3 ,

Nobody could ever possibly guess who it is.

solsangraal ,

she could be a coke snorting hooker with her own line of designer buttplugs, and i’d still vote for her over trump

kescusay ,
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Russia. It’s Russia.

pezhore ,
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Hey! It could totally be some other nation state that has strong, documented ties to the party running against Harris!

/s

AmidFuror ,

It could be a fat Chinese guy in his basement.

homesweethomeMrL ,

You mean with the cyber? Yeah probably. Of course the cyber is very big.

LEDZeppelin ,

Myste🇷🇺y group indeed

HootinNHollerin ,

Influencers are trash people

homesweethomeMrL ,

“Hucksters”

kn0wmad1c , (edited )
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I think it’s hilarious that the lede makes it appear that this story was broken by George Santos, who lies about literally everything.

zaph ,

Trump is literally a rapist. What could she have possibly done that could compare in the slightest?

AmidFuror ,

Had sex voluntarily.

zaph ,

The nerve!

TransplantedSconie ,

She was born a woman. That’s enough in the eyes of fascists.

schnurrito ,

The Internet used to be a common resource and information system.

Now it is a propaganda warzone.

homesweethomeMrL ,

Well, yes. But only because it’s cheap as dirt and massively effective.

cabron_offsets ,

Blyat!

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