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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis 21-year-old tweeted lies about Robert Mueller and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Now, he's eyeing 2020
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/02/26/jacob-wohl-spread-twitter-lies-mueller-rbg-2020-election/2917226002/Jacob Wohl, 21, who left a career in finance amid allegations of fraud, specializes in deceitful schemes and spreading false claims in support of President Trump.
COSTA MESA, Calif. A false claim bubbled up from the internet last month that Sen. Kamala Harris, the recently announced presidential candidate, wasnt eligible for election because she had immigrant parents and spent part of her childhood in Canada. The claim, an echo of the birther conspiracy that trailed President Barack Obama, was widely debunked but still addressed seriously by mainstream news pundits, including CNNs Chris Cuomo.
Even better for Jacob Wohl, the 21-year-old Californian who ignited the Harris birther claim with a tweet, some people actually seemed to accept it as fact.
The believability stuck at about 15 to 18 percent by my measurement, Wohl said in an interview shortly afterward, declaring it not a bad campaign.
Wohl, a self-professed political and corporate intel consultant and supporter of President Donald Trump, is dedicated to plying the malleable fringe of the electorate with dubious claims and disinformation schemes.
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manor321
(3,344 posts)The press is sick.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Wherever he surfaces in future, people responsible enough to google his name will be able to find this article, and others linked to it, etc.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)raise and restore our standards as an electorate before he ends up with a lifetime seat on SCOTUS to continue his career as a dirty political operative there.
Dorian Gray
(13,493 posts)so he's twisting in the wind.
Without a platform, he's toothless.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,493 posts)which is why what he had doing was mocked so much.
Without a social media platform, he literally has to start over again. I don't see how he does that.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Still in adolescence, not even a man yet. That time he presumably has in great abundance will tell if he's too disordered to function successfully or if this is just a stupid stumble he'll learn from. It'll also produce plenty of new platforms and other opportunities.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)Piece of shit, but a piece of shit nonetheless! Lowlife fucker!! 😡
Traitor
Racist
Unscrupulous
Misogynistic
Pussygrabber
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)still_one
(92,187 posts)from a public figure or not, and I think that they will be able to show malice and intent to commit harm on knowingly propagating false information
A HERETIC I AM
(24,367 posts)Right up there with Stephen Miller.
The fact that someone hasn't beaten the living shit out of him yet is frankly astounding.
Fucking criminal punk. How he hasn't been jailed is also beyond me. Barred for life from trading futures contracts, however. Why the SEC didn't ban him as well is hard to understand.
pecosbob
(7,538 posts)for forging a federal document.
watoos
(7,142 posts)he's in some deep shit. The FBI is looking into it.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Well, that's one way to put it, I suppose.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)School of Fuckery. He probably has a big trump tattoo on his back.
I hope he gets indicted for something.
erpowers
(9,350 posts)He should be indicted based on what he did to the woman who he tried to get to make false claims against Robert Mueller. He did more than just ask her to make false claims against Mueller; he seems to have stolen money from her.
erpowers
(9,350 posts)American schools need to do a better job of teaching the whole United States Constitution. Schools should not just teach that there is a Constitution, they should also teach what is in the entire Constitution. Also, Americans should be encouraged to read the Constitution every year. There seems to be far too many people who do not know what is in the United States Constitution.