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MiniMe

(21,716 posts)
Fri May 15, 2020, 05:30 PM May 2020

Is anybody else getting phone calls from the RNC?

It comes up on my caller ID as SPAM RNC. I don't answer it. One of these days I'm going to answer it and tell them not to call me. They are driving me crazy. What can I do about it?

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Is anybody else getting phone calls from the RNC? (Original Post) MiniMe May 2020 OP
no but I have been swamped qazplm135 May 2020 #1
I'm sure the RNC would ask me for money too MiniMe May 2020 #2
What always works for me is I tell them I'll donate if mitch96 May 2020 #16
A bunch of them were coming from one domain LeftInTX May 2020 #11
I like reading the desperation qazplm135 May 2020 #12
LOL!!! LeftInTX May 2020 #14
Same here. All of the sudden I'm swamped with Republican emails. lkinwi May 2020 #18
Wanna buy a thermometer? jberryhill May 2020 #3
I received a robocall early this week Mike 03 May 2020 #4
I got a call from Congress, yesterday. I didn't answer it because I'm sure it is from Joni Ernst. Frustratedlady May 2020 #5
I get phone calls from my congress critter too MiniMe May 2020 #6
We've been getting them. I engage their tape, then leave the phone off the hook for awhile. woodsprite May 2020 #7
Figure that MiniMe May 2020 #8
Yes and answer SallyHemmings May 2020 #9
Yes, there was voice mail today on our landline, Croney May 2020 #10
Yes LeftInTX May 2020 #13
Their calls come DAILY at either 9:00 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. (must be Totally Tunsie May 2020 #15
Not since I told them Trump was a racist and to f... off Darwin2019 May 2020 #17
Been getting pro-Trump texts for a few days sweetloukillbot May 2020 #19
Nope I've been getting texts though Luciferous May 2020 #20

mitch96

(13,904 posts)
16. What always works for me is I tell them I'll donate if
Fri May 15, 2020, 06:42 PM
May 2020

They stop shooting black people... I do it in my best southern accent... When they try to spin it I go back to the "stop shooting black people and I'll give you a donation" .. The calls usually stop.
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LeftInTX

(25,332 posts)
11. A bunch of them were coming from one domain
Fri May 15, 2020, 06:05 PM
May 2020

The Daily Grind...

There is an unsubscribe button and that is what I did and it got rid of 90% of those emails. (They aren't really "spam" in the true sense, as opposed to some yahoo selling boner pills, who next month will be selling covid cures etc or someone who wants you to click a link to infect your computer with malware, or a phishing scheme) Their focus is political fundraising as opposed to infecting your computer, so unsubscribing stops them.

LeftInTX

(25,332 posts)
14. LOL!!!
Fri May 15, 2020, 06:13 PM
May 2020

From Mitch McConnell:

"Help!! My opponent is outspending me by millions!!"

I got tired of wading through through their emails and was having trouble locating legit emails, so I parted ways!

lkinwi

(1,477 posts)
18. Same here. All of the sudden I'm swamped with Republican emails.
Fri May 15, 2020, 07:58 PM
May 2020

I thought one of my friends put me on a Republican list as a joke.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
4. I received a robocall early this week
Fri May 15, 2020, 05:34 PM
May 2020

and I didn't catch the Caller ID. To paraphrase, "I'm calling you to set the record straight on President Trump's miraculous response to the coronavirus pandemic, in spite of Beijing Biden's..." and then I hung up.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
5. I got a call from Congress, yesterday. I didn't answer it because I'm sure it is from Joni Ernst.
Fri May 15, 2020, 05:36 PM
May 2020

I have no clue why she calls me.

MiniMe

(21,716 posts)
6. I get phone calls from my congress critter too
Fri May 15, 2020, 05:38 PM
May 2020

I don't answer those either. At least my congress critter is a Dem.

woodsprite

(11,914 posts)
7. We've been getting them. I engage their tape, then leave the phone off the hook for awhile.
Fri May 15, 2020, 05:42 PM
May 2020

It's a robocall.

SallyHemmings

(1,821 posts)
9. Yes and answer
Fri May 15, 2020, 05:49 PM
May 2020

I politely tell them hell would freeze over before I will vote for ANY Republican traitor.

For some reason they stopped ringing my phone.

Croney

(4,660 posts)
10. Yes, there was voice mail today on our landline,
Fri May 15, 2020, 06:00 PM
May 2020

which we keep for this purpose. It was a woman's voice, serious like the one who calls with "Your Social Security has suspicious activity and it has been suspended."

As mentioned above, the term "Beijing Biden" caught my ear. That told me all I needed to know. I listened for 30 seconds but it went in one ear and out the other.

LeftInTX

(25,332 posts)
13. Yes
Fri May 15, 2020, 06:08 PM
May 2020

I made the stupid mistake of going "under cover" to spy on Ted Cruz...LOL I signed up for a campaign event (I never went, but got an insightful email on how their campaign was operating), but I'm stuck with them..LOL

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
15. Their calls come DAILY at either 9:00 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. (must be
Fri May 15, 2020, 06:30 PM
May 2020

robo-call scheduled). This past week, they've also called around 6:00 p.m.

Thank heavens for call blocker- best $$$ ever spent!

I've been tempted on occasion to answer and blast the pants off them, but don't want to encourage with a live line.

Darwin2019

(217 posts)
17. Not since I told them Trump was a racist and to f... off
Fri May 15, 2020, 07:35 PM
May 2020

I told them that Trump is a blatant racist and they asked me if we could have a civil conversation. I say "What do you think? "Then I told them to f off and never effin call me again. Have not heard from them since.

sweetloukillbot

(11,023 posts)
19. Been getting pro-Trump texts for a few days
Fri May 15, 2020, 09:30 PM
May 2020

Or at least anti-Biden texts - usually subjects like "Bidentruth.com"
Seen to targeting the disgruntled left.

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