Delray Beach man accused of using social-media accounts to intimidate voters during 2016 election

Sun Sentinel ^ | 01 27 2021 | Andrew Boryga

[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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[M Kehoe]

+1

5.56mm

[dfwgator]

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

[monkeyshine]

Gotta "protect the integrity of our elections"™

[yesthatjallen]

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.

[Defiant]

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

[Uncle Miltie]

Manipulating stupidity does not “intimidate.”

[1Old Pro]

this guy allegedly conned people into thinking that they could text their vote and have it count

LOL, that;s funny, not a crime.

[Uncle Miltie]

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”

[glimmerman70]

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.

[aimhigh]

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

[joshua c]

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

Who hasnt done that?

[joshua c]

No, it will be selectively applied.

[joshua c]

Just the conservative ones

[Flick Lives]

...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.

[Robert DeLong]

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

[yesthatjallen]

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.

[blueplum]

well this should take care of half of HOllyood

[bert]

He needs a good lynchin’ for crimes against tte Republic

Right away

[Demiurge2]

“Intimidate???”

[ConservativeMind]

ROTFL!

Now that is funny!