Republicans busted paying for phone calls to 'jam the phone lines of House Democrats': report

[babylonsister]

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Republicans busted paying for phone calls to ‘jam the phone lines of House Democrats’: report
Published 4 mins ago
on November 4, 2019
By Bob Brigham
Full NYT report @ link~


Republicans are investing campaign funds in defending President Donald Trump as the impeachment inquiry heats up.

“The Republican National Committee paid to generate thousands of calls to the congressional offices of nearly three dozen House Democrats in recent weeks, an effort that was aimed at both shaping opinion around the impeachment inquiry and tying up the phone lines of the elected officials,” The New York Times reported Monday, citing “two people briefed on the effort.”

“The calls were part of a broader effort by Republicans to influence public opinion around the investigation into President Trump. The Trump campaign and the Republican committee have taken the lead on political messaging defending Mr. Trump at a moment of political vulnerability, using television and digital ads, as well as the phone calls,” the newspaper noted. “The fact that the calls to congressional offices, estimated to number 11,000, were partly intended to jam the phone lines of House Democrats — potentially thwarting access to government offices — was described at a recent dinner of more than a dozen Republican aides, advisers and elected officials, known as the ‘Off the Record’ dinner.”

[dewsgirl]

1. They literally are behaving like a group of 12 yr olds.

[Wednesdays]

2. That, and totalitarians

It was MO for Castro's Cuba and the Soviet Union to jam transmissions from unfriendly entities.

[dewsgirl]

4. Of course.

[htuttle]

3. SAD

Bigly.

[triron]

24. 12? Maybe 7 or 8.

[Dem2theMax]

28. I was thinking more like 5 year olds as I was reading the post.

At least they're three years older than the idiot in Chief.
I have him coming in at two years of age, in a constant full-on tantrum.

[barbtries]

37. thank you.

i've been saying he's emotionally approximately 2 years old for years. most people don't want to go that young, but i'm totally serious about that. he has multiple personality disorders and those get started at a very young age.

[Dem2theMax]

38. You are most welcome.

Seriously, he totally reminds me of a two year old. They live in their own world, everything is about them, and when they don't get what they want, tantrum time.

Every single time I see him, I think of a two year old.
I picture him in a sandbox, fighting with everyone because he can't have the toy he wants.

It's time for him to be put on a permanent timeout!

[dewsgirl]

49. +1000

[ArcticFox]

48. Trump has always been the bratty kid

The bratty kid who takes his ball and goes home when the other kids call out his cheating or penalty

[Scotch-Irish]

5. So friggin' childish!

Unbelievable!

[GitRDun]

6. Should be illegal NT

[Mr.Bill]

12. Unfortunately, Congress and other elected officials

are exempted from most robocall laws. Just another example of how they have different rules for themselves than they have for us.

[Mc Mike]

7. The only way they can show a groundswell of support, buy a fake one and lie about it.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Wow,old tactic is now new.

[TheRealNorth]

9. Is this just more Republican astroturf where they hired people to call in

Or were they using autodiallers to just tie up phone lines like a DOS attack will cause websites to be inaccessible?

If it is the latter, that sounds illegal.

[Anon-C]

29. Voip autodialers, essentially. It sounds like a vendor called CallFire, that does

...mass dialing in the political space. They have the functionality described; to provide an automated survey and then connect or "bridge" the call to the congressman's office.

[Roland99]

10. Not the first time

Nor the second

Nor the third

Nor...

2002 in NH
https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20101101/NEWS/101109975

[defacto7]

11. And the calls go something like this:

Hello, is your refrigerator running?
Well you'd better catch it.
Ha, ha, ha, ka, ka, ka, click

Hello, Is there a John there?
No
Then what do you use, the sink?
Ha, ha, ha, ka, ka, ka, click

Hello?
penis
Ha, ha, ha, ka, ka, ka, click

etc.

[Aviation Pro]

21. Bababooey

The old standby.

[CaptainTruth]

25. Do you have Prince Albert in a can?

Yes, I'm old ... Lol

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. they can only possibly win by cheating. Sad.

[forgotmylogin]

18. This is what we pay them for?

How about they do some legislation work?

[rockfordfile]

14. That's illegal

[SnowCritter]

39. For Republicans, the ends justify the means

It doesn't matter to them if it's illegal or immoral - as long as it contributes to them keeping or obtaining power it's all good.

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Deplorables. SMDH.

[MagickMuffin]

16. Well this stood out 'Off the Record'

It appears they are always doing their part ‘Off the Record’

Cheney's Halliburton days of having more than 1 set of books, 1 book for legal business 'On the Record', 1 book for illegal activity and ‘Off the Record’.

And with this misAdministration everything is ‘Off the Record’

[Evolve Dammit]

17. It certainly should be, but is it illegal? As vile as they are, it is consistent...

[TheRealNorth]

22. It sounds like a coordinated harassment campaign to me

[DENVERPOPS]

26. More like

More like the definition of conspiracy for the organizers.......but then again, who is going to go after them, Trump's wholly owned DOJ????????

[DBoon]

47. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Causing damage to a computer system part of interstate commerce

And phones qualify as computer systems

[Pepsidog]

19. Rat bastards the whole lot of them.

[keithbvadu2]

20. The new jobs that repubs generate

The new jobs that repubs generate

[CanonRay]

23. Cheating

It's all they know now. They haven't been able to win honestly in decades

[C_U_L8R]

27. That's not telemarketing - that's hacking

Jamming phone lines is really just an old-school DOS attack.
It should be very illegal.

[DBoon]

46. I believe it is a federal felony

Per the CFAA

[elias7]

30. They literally spend their time thinking about this bullsh*t

What a waste for the human race. We had so much potential...

[orangecrush]

31. More motivation

For Pelosi and Schiff to lay into these assholes.

[NoMoreRepugs]

32. This kind of information serves to reinforce my opinion that Repugs are useless meat popsicles.

[lastlib]

44. I tend to think of them more as plant life,,,

rather than sentient animal life. They have far more vegetable properties than meat ones--IMHO. In another post, I commented that Jim Jordan and Devin Nunes together had the alpha-wave output of a rutabaga.

[StarryNite]

33. Scum bags

[BadgerMom]

34. Time for Resistbot!

Text RESIST to 50409. You can address your congressional representatives. It’s efficient and I’ve received responses back so I know they are receiving them. It’s more timely than snail mail. Ordinarily I’ll use both Resistbot AND phone. If these assholes gum up the works, at least Resistbot is an alternative.

It’s free but I throw some funds their way when I use them a lot. They need the support.

https://resist.bot/

[UpInArms]

35. Brats are not as malicious

These people are attempting to obstruct the will and silence the voice of the people

[democratisphere]

36. rethuglicons just can't refrain from submursing themselves

in lying, cheating, stealing and corruption.

[Scarsdale]

40. This is a prime example of why

the gop is so awful at governing. They never GREW UP. Childish pranks that even teenagers would scoff at. That is the level of intelligence in the gop. No wonder truly educated, intelligent people run as democratic candidates. The gop are mostly trust fund brats, wanna be millionaires, or just plain STUPID. This explains why Donald Jackass Trump wants to run for office. He would fit in perfectly with the current group. Childish, irresponsible (he has 5 kids) never worked a day in his life, except for daddy. One thing to remember, WE the people pay them to WORK, plus give them free medical coverage. They are running an out of control fraternity house right there at the halls of power. Disgusting.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

41. Aren't Denial Of Service Attacks illegal?

[DBoon]

45. apparently not when you are a republican

Denial of service attacks against business phones are a serious problem. Attackers target hospitals and other critical services, attempting to extort money for a promise to halt the attack

[Nitram]

42. Vile corrupt traitors.

[not fooled]

43. They can't "win"

without cheating.

[SergeStorms]

50. The republican party.....

deserves to be destroyed. They are the seed of fascism in fertile ground of our democracy.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

51. My first thought...why don't we have any messaging?