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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump to supporters: "Be outraged, don't accept the election results...and send money."
....this barrage is doing more than squeezing cash out of Trump fanatics. For the recipients, it is solidifying a dangerous message: the election was illegitimate. Though campaigns typically do not disclose such information, it is a fair assumption that millions of people are receiving these solicitations on a daily basis. Your pro-Trump uncle or auntthey are constantly being told that the evil Democrats have mounted a coup to topple Trump. Yes, Trump tweets this every day. But for those Trump-supporting Americans not on Twitter, these emails form a ceaseless reinforcement of Trumps false counter-narrative: the 2020 election was rigged...
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/11/every-day-trump-repeatedly-emails-his-supporters-a-dangerous-message-democracy-doesnt-work/
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world wide wally
(21,742 posts)Now, I am still getting about 10 emails a day from the Orange whatever and his family and friends. Every one of them claiming fraud and asking for money. I wish I could get out of this, but they are so fucking persistent, it makes me want to puke.
malaise
(268,967 posts)Asking for a friend
MerryBlooms
(11,769 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,787 posts)Well, who's going to pay Rudy $20,000 per day?