Posted on 10/22/2020 12:26:38 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump political group, appears to have helped an Iranian disinformation effort go viral.
Federal authorities concluded that Iran was behind a string of threatening emails targeting Democratic voters in swing states, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The email senders claimed to be members of the Proud Boys, a fringe right-wing group.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Ratcliffe confirmed the Iranian efforts during a press conference Wednesday evening.
Ratcliffe told reporters that we have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump. You may have seen some reporting on this in the last 24 hours or you may have even been one of the recipients of those emails.
The Lincoln Project helped the Iranian misinformation go viral on social media, garnering more than 12,000 retweets by amplifying the false claim that the Proud Boys were trying to intimidate Democratic voters.
The Proud Boys are attempting to scare voters away from the polls. This is punishable by up to a year in jail and a blatant attempt to prevent people from voting. Lets find them and make them famous, the Lincoln Project tweet said.
The political group, which was founded by anti-Trump Republican consultants, deleted the tweet Wednesday night.
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I’m sure they’re pleased.
Who to believe? All the disinformation is misleading me into believing stuff that isnt true and keeping me from seeing the actual truth. Not to mention that I cant tell the difference between information and disinformation. So I am really confused. It is exactly like the fake news from 2016. There was real news and there was fake news and I was so confused that I didnt know how to tell the difference. I think there is something familiar about the disinformation angle but it escapes me because I am so confused.
Why are they always leaving out the major player in this BS.... China.
Are they involved with DonaldTrump.Watch too?
If voters see that happen, it should hurt the left. But that would assume:
- The media won't censor and gaslight
- Voters are smart enough to underatand what happened
I'm not sure what you are talking about, since this group is working to defeat Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, Thom Tillis, Mitch McConnell, Joni Ernst, Corey Gardner, and others in addition to President Trump.
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