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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumps shady data firm is already trying to hijack the next election
https://shareblue.com/cambridge-analytica-facebook-data-trump-campaign-midterm-elections/Cambridge Analytica has already set its sights on the 2018 midterm elections.
As the scandal surrounding the Trump campaigns shady data firm Cambridge Analytica continues to grow, the company is quietly offering its services to Republican campaigns for the upcoming 2018 midterm elections.
According to a report by Colorado-based ABC affiliate Denver7, a Cambridge Analytica employee recently contacted the campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Robinson, offering to help him win however we can.
Hello, this is Michael calling with Cambridge Analytica in Washington, D.C. Just wanted to give you a call because weve been tracking the governors race here in Colorado for the last few weeks, and we would love to offer services, and help you win, by however we can, the Cambridge Analytica employee said in a voicemail left with Robinsons campaign and later obtained by Denver7.
As Denver7 noted, the GOP-backed Senate Majority Fund used two Colorado political nonprofits to pay Cambridge Analytica nearly half a million dollars in 2014 and 2015. Republicans successfully regained the majority in the state Senate in 2014 the year when most of that spending took place.
Just three months ago, Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix who has since been suspended amid the fallout from the unfolding scandal said the company was backing away from seeking work in America.
As the scandal surrounding the Trump campaigns shady data firm Cambridge Analytica continues to grow, the company is quietly offering its services to Republican campaigns for the upcoming 2018 midterm elections.
According to a report by Colorado-based ABC affiliate Denver7, a Cambridge Analytica employee recently contacted the campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Robinson, offering to help him win however we can.
Hello, this is Michael calling with Cambridge Analytica in Washington, D.C. Just wanted to give you a call because weve been tracking the governors race here in Colorado for the last few weeks, and we would love to offer services, and help you win, by however we can, the Cambridge Analytica employee said in a voicemail left with Robinsons campaign and later obtained by Denver7.
As Denver7 noted, the GOP-backed Senate Majority Fund used two Colorado political nonprofits to pay Cambridge Analytica nearly half a million dollars in 2014 and 2015. Republicans successfully regained the majority in the state Senate in 2014 the year when most of that spending took place.
Just three months ago, Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix who has since been suspended amid the fallout from the unfolding scandal said the company was backing away from seeking work in America.
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Trumps shady data firm is already trying to hijack the next election (Original Post)
CousinIT
Apr 2018
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Until we know what exactly they did do and what laws they broke, they should not be
OregonBlue
Apr 2018
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OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)1. Until we know what exactly they did do and what laws they broke, they should not be
allowed to offer services to anyone. I think the Dems should sue to stop them.
CousinIT
(9,256 posts)2. Agree. How best to ask Dems to do that?
Twitter, email, snail mail, phone calls?
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)3. Tell Zuckerberg to stop them from mining FarceCrook......
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)4. Bet Zuckerberg had planned to use them for his own presidential run.
He should be barred from ever running after lying his ass off throughout this whole fiasco.