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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsgop pays people to call Democratic reps with anti-impeachment message. Ted Lieu's response:
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Dear @GOP: You're supposed to keep it a secret that you funded this phony phone campaign. It's supposed to feel like there was some sort of organic surge. Instead, the American people now know that you had to pay to find people to call Dem offices.
Weak.
Julia Davis:
The Republican Party jammed about three dozen House Democrats congressional office phones with ~11,000 calls, paying to find people who oppose impeachment & patch them through
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gop pays people to call Democratic reps with anti-impeachment message. Ted Lieu's response: (Original Post)
catbyte
Nov 2019
OP
K&R, It looks like the KGOP is cheating at every single step of our democracy. Nothing even close to
uponit7771
Nov 2019
#4
Russia if you're listening?? I appears there are many paid recruits (is the check in rubles)?
Evolve Dammit
Nov 2019
#6
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)1. Two could play at that game...
Except there would be enough volunteers to call Republican members of Congress and they would not require payment.
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)2. would have been better if....
Dear @GOP: You're supposed to keep it a secret that you funded this phony phone campaign. It's supposed to feel like there was some sort of organic surge. Instead, the American people now know that you had to pay to find people to call Dem offices to complain about the Dems actions on impeachment.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)3. Where do we sign up to get the GOP to pay us to call people??
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)4. K&R, It looks like the KGOP is cheating at every single step of our democracy. Nothing even close to
... what dems do
ffr
(22,669 posts)5. Just as tRump paid onlookers during his run for prez announcement.
Even the firm that hired actors to cheer Trump's campaign...
Washington Post
Washington Post
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)6. Russia if you're listening?? I appears there are many paid recruits (is the check in rubles)?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,957 posts)7. Ouch
That's going to leave a mark
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)8. "It's supposed to feel like there was some sort of organic surge"
It did.
Collimator
(1,639 posts)9. Do you suppose some of the congressional aides check out sites like this one from time to time?
Is there a place to see how many people have registered to use this forum?
No doubt, we are hardly the only one out there.
keithbvadu2
(36,793 posts)10. This is how republicans create jobs. Hiring laid off coal miners?
This is how republicans create jobs.
Hiring laid off coal miners?