Posted on 05/19/2020 8:08:12 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
It was a campaign video that reached seemingly every Democratic corner of the internet: former President Barack Obamas 12-minute endorsement of his former vice president and indictment of the current president. On Obamas Facebook page, one of the most popular destinations in politics with 55.3 million followers, his endorsement of Joe Biden was viewed more than 4 million times.
But another Facebook page, run by twin brothers who immigrated from Mexico, reached substantially more eyes. Their reposting of Obamas endorsement, with a simple BREAKING text over the video, clocked more than 23 million views.
Meet Rafael and Omar Rivero, the co-founders of Occupy Democrats, the social media mavens of the left who are quickly emerging as a counterweight to the dominance of right-wing online sites.
In a presidential race playing out on iPhones and screens more than any in history, in part because of the coronavirus pandemic, these digital entrepreneurs can drive the political conversation online and influence how candidates are seen as much as a campaigns well-funded digital advisers can.
The twins, 33, started the Occupy Democrats Facebook page eight years ago and, combined with an accompanying website, they have reached a digital dominance rarely seen among liberals one that keeps pace with viral news sites and regularly outperforms President Donald Trumps own page, as well as the Daily Caller, Fox News and other right-wing websites or personalities. What was once a hobby between gigs has grown into a full-fledged, full-time operation with five additional staffers.
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Capitalism is cool - when they do it.
“I wonder how many are bots.”
Great question
Another question might be, how many commenters are paid social media commenters, employed by interests unknown?
Ugh. Another phony underdog story.
So foreign interference of the presidential election...got it.
Facebook shadow bans, censors, and deletes conservatives and falsely elevates in ranking posts by lefty activists.
Exactly, and also “pumping” these guys! You know FB can push out whatever they wish to do and jimmy the stats!
I’ve run into Occupy Democrats before. Someone I know listed them as a “friend” on Fakebook.
Unfollowed them right then and there.
There are a lot of America-hating losers around the planet.
“Whose Socialist Security Numbers are they using?”
That’s an excellent question. They, twin brothers, were born in Mexico and didn’t immigrate here until they were seven, to Miami. I can’t find any information if they naturalized or not. But they don’t qualify as anchor babies. Their parents still live in Miami. The twins worked for Obama hustling Mexican votes. Still do.
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Follow the $$$.
This is one of the MANY fully funded attack machine facilities.
There is one in Portland, OR and at least two in CA.
The one in Portland used to be funded by Portland NBA players under a fake Non-Profit.
Not sure if they still are funded by NBA players but its been there since 2007.
So does Twitter.
“So, probably they werent even real, or there was some Old Hag using that same script.”
Some old guy in Slovakia named “Bernice”?
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