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Quixote1818

(28,946 posts)
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 04:40 PM Jul 2018

Just a reminder that the Sanders campaign informed the Clinton campaign of the influx of trolls

Last edited Fri Jul 27, 2018, 05:48 PM - Edit history (1)

There seems to be a lot of speculation about Devine and Sanders. Divine may have been up to no good but I seriously doubt Sanders knew what he was up to, otherwise the Sanders campaign would not have informed the Clinton campaign that there seemed to be a lot of troll activity kicking in even as Sanders was campaigning for Hillary.


Snip: On Tuesday, Sanders described one spike in anti-Clinton sentiment that he attributed to the Russian campaign. In September 2016, an aide noticed hundreds of “new names” appearing on pro-Sanders Facebook pages to denigrate Clinton and her candidacy — despite the fact Sanders himself was campaigning on her behalf during that same period.

The influx of social media trolls was alarming enough that the aide approached the Clinton campaign to inform them of the situation, Sanders said.


https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/02/20/bernie-sanders-mueller-indictment-hillary-clinton-2016/356453002/


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Just a reminder that the Sanders campaign informed the Clinton campaign of the influx of trolls (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jul 2018 OP
How did Bernie know about it before Clinton? Wwcd Jul 2018 #1
They saw the bots start arriving on the Sanders facebook group htuttle Jul 2018 #2
He was getting numerous new hits.... NCTraveler Jul 2018 #6
2018 article. NCTraveler Jul 2018 #3
Will HaHa Goodman Support Sanders or His New Hero Trump in 2020? Stallion Jul 2018 #11
He recently said he is all Trump. Nt NCTraveler Jul 2018 #12
Post removed Post removed Jul 2018 #4
It's Devine. Trust Buster Jul 2018 #5
Post removed Post removed Jul 2018 #7
+1, I don't believe for a second any of that was initiated by Sanders himself uponit7771 Jul 2018 #8
Yep. I don't remember where I saw it or I'd link kcr Jul 2018 #9
Dragged it out as long as possible. NCTraveler Jul 2018 #10

htuttle

(23,738 posts)
2. They saw the bots start arriving on the Sanders facebook group
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 04:48 PM
Jul 2018

Lots of new users all saying the same things, etc

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
6. He was getting numerous new hits....
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 05:01 PM
Jul 2018

And the coffers weren't filling. It's a simple equation. Always gotta wonder when new people show up and they aren't dropping 27.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
3. 2018 article.
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 04:52 PM
Jul 2018

Tad was hired well before Sanders mentioned this and well after the Uretsky/Sanders scandal.

Additionally, saying Sanders campaigned for her is kind of funny. Katy Perry put in a stronger effort.

It's also very difficult to tell the difference between what Russians were saying and what hardcore Sanders supporters like HA Goodman were saying. Even Sanders says it was the "increase" that made it noticeable. It was all already there, there was simply an increase. Amazing that so much of what was already there sounded exactly like what the Russian came in later to do.

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kcr

(15,317 posts)
9. Yep. I don't remember where I saw it or I'd link
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 05:26 PM
Jul 2018

but the campaign worker said Sander's response was basically whatever, what do you want me to do about it? So they took it to Clinton on their own. I think he figured it helps him so he wanted to keep pretending to believe it was just more of that "youthful energy" so long as it kept working for him.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
10. Dragged it out as long as possible.
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 05:29 PM
Jul 2018

Run of the mill discussion board and social media users recognized it before Sanders said anything. Like they were incubating it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58c34d97e4b0ed71826cdb36/amp

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