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Delray Beach man accused of using social-media accounts to intimidate voters during 2016 election
Sun Sentinel ^ | 01 27 2021 | Andrew Boryga

Posted on 01/27/2021 10:48:47 AM PST by yesthatjallen

In the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, a Delray Beach man is accused of using his popular social-media accounts to intimidate and mislead voters in an effort to help former President Donald Trump win, according to a federal complaint.

Douglass Mackey, 31, used Twitter and Facebook accounts that operated under the alias “Ricky Vaughn” to spread disinformation in the form of memes, messages and hashtags that he developed for the goal of influencing voters, according to the complaint.

He was arrested on Wednesday and later released on $50,000 bond. Public records show he lives in Delray Beach.

His Twitter handle and alias is a reference to the character Ricky Vaughn played by Charlie Sheen in the 1989 film Major League. One of Mackey’s popular Twitter profile pictures featured a modified image of Sheen wearing a Make America Great Again hat.

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KEYWORDS: socialmedia; voting
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To: phoneman08

+1

5.56mm


21 posted on 01/27/2021 11:12:38 AM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho ain't my president.)
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To: VA_Gentleman

He’ll be pitching in The Florida Penal League next season.


22 posted on 01/27/2021 11:13:15 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: usurper
Gotta "protect the integrity of our elections"™
23 posted on 01/27/2021 11:15:09 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine
Isn't that basically what half the people on twitter do every day?

That's what I thought. People post texts and memes everyday to influence people.

Influencing people is a crime? I don't get it.

24 posted on 01/27/2021 11:16:36 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: FreeReign

So you could go to jail for posting those jokes that tell Democrats that they are supposed to vote on Wednesday?


25 posted on 01/27/2021 11:20:51 AM PST by Defiant (Worst traitor in American history: Penceadick Arnold)
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To: yesthatjallen

Manipulating stupidity does not “intimidate.”


26 posted on 01/27/2021 11:21:44 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Allegations of vote fraud cause you to 1)Provide contrary evidence or 2)Censor and erect razor wire)
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To: FreeReign
this guy allegedly conned people into thinking that they could text their vote and have it count

LOL, that;s funny, not a crime.

27 posted on 01/27/2021 11:22:41 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: yesthatjallen

Sounds like a standard Democrat campaign:

“spread disinformation in the form of memes, messages and hashtags that he developed for the goal of influencing voters”


28 posted on 01/27/2021 11:22:49 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Allegations of vote fraud cause you to 1)Provide contrary evidence or 2)Censor and erect razor wire)
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To: yesthatjallen

How about the Russian collusion hoax. I would say that is worse than someone sending out memes. If they are going to do this then hillary should be in jail now.


29 posted on 01/27/2021 11:23:33 AM PST by glimmerman70
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To: yesthatjallen

Waiting for many arrests to occur to Imgur posters. . . . waiting . . .


30 posted on 01/27/2021 11:23:59 AM PST by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: yesthatjallen

Isnt this the same thing as saying Pubs vote on Tues and Dems vote on Wed.

Who hasnt done that?


31 posted on 01/27/2021 11:30:41 AM PST by joshua c (Jan 20th is Dump Day. Dump them all. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon, cable tv etc)
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To: New Perspective

No, it will be selectively applied.


32 posted on 01/27/2021 11:31:21 AM PST by joshua c (Jan 20th is Dump Day. Dump them all. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon, cable tv etc)
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To: Steve_Seattle

Just the conservative ones


33 posted on 01/27/2021 11:32:37 AM PST by joshua c (Jan 20th is Dump Day. Dump them all. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon, cable tv etc)
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To: FreeReign
...they describe how this guy allegedly conned people into thinking that they could text their vote and have it count. The article claims that 4,900 people actually did that.

Wow. There are some really dumb people out there.

34 posted on 01/27/2021 11:33:33 AM PST by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: yesthatjallen

Mitch, Ducey, and Kemp own all of what we are seeing now. Traitors all.


35 posted on 01/27/2021 11:33:50 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: glimmerman70
How about the Russian collusion hoax.

This is just like the claim Russian Facebook ads influenced the election.

Google Russian Facebook Ads and tell me they influenced anyone.

36 posted on 01/27/2021 11:36:44 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

well this should take care of half of HOllyood


37 posted on 01/27/2021 11:38:29 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: yesthatjallen

He needs a good lynchin’ for crimes against tte Republic

Right away


38 posted on 01/27/2021 11:43:12 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) History: Pelosi was pitiful vindictive California crone)
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To: yesthatjallen

“Intimidate???”


39 posted on 01/27/2021 11:48:18 AM PST by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: FreeReign

ROTFL!

Now that is funny!


40 posted on 01/27/2021 12:14:05 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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