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Republicans are staging walk in DC today in propaganda campaign to convince people that Democrats are leaving their party in droves, promoted by the hashtag #Walkaway used during the 2016 election by pro-Trump operatives.
Russian bots are using #WalkAway to try to wound Dems in midterms

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/07/17…
#Walkaway campaign "founder" Brandon Straka appeared on RT. rt.com/usa/431666-wal…
Russian bots don't physically walk and will not be attending the event.
salon.com/2018/07/09/rus…
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Imagine being this willfully ignorant.
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Also for reference: nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna8…
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On the second episode of Hasan Minhaj’s new show, he highlights the role Saudi money plays in propping up Silicon Valley companies. Now @Netflix has removed the episode at the request of the Saudi government. ft.com/content/5121f0…
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The #Walkaway hashtag, hypothetically used by former Democrats who have recently switched parties, has been around for a few months. Its mirror image, #GOPVotingBlue (indicating a Republican voting Democrat in the midterms) has recently surfaced. Let's compare.

cc: @ZellaQuixote
We downloaded all tweets containing #GOPVotingBlue, resulting in 122428 tweets from 40137 accounts over the last two days. We then downloaded the most recent 122428 tweets containing #Walkaway (45855 accounts) for comparison.
We compared the accounts involved by four criteria that are more common among sockpuppet accounts (default picture, low tweet count, low follower count, recent creation date). #WalkAway set has a higher percentage of accounts flagged for each trait other than low follower count.
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canadafreepress.com/article/walkaw…
#WalkAway
#MarchAway
Washington DC - October 26-28
We are walking away from the lies, the hate, the violence, and vandalism. We are walking away from the vitriol, the name-calling, the censorship, the Fake News.
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We are walking away from the phony & crooked investigations, the divisiveness, the race-baiting. We are walking away from the attacks on our America. It is time to fight back w/the greatest weapon at our disposal—the truth.
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We walked away alone, but now we march together.—Brandon Straka “#WalkAway March on Washington—October 26-28”

The moderate to conservative Democrats, the so-called “Blue Dog” Democrats (“Trumpocrats”), are leaving the Democrat Party in droves.
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My new column is up:

Why People of Good Conscience Should Make Sure the Kavanaugh Situation Never Happens Again

theepochtimes.com/why-people-of-…
"Not only must the spectacle of what this Democratic leadership has put Kavanaugh and his family through never be forgotten, it must also never be repeated."
"It’s clear at this point what the Democratic strategy is: to go so low, to become so vile in their relentless attacks on the character of any nominee that in the future, potential picks such as Amy Coney Barrett will rush to tell Trump, “Please remove my name from your list..."
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🚨Foreign gov't official patronized Trump Hotel DC today. Ford is shown here talking with the Trump Hotel DC's managing director.🚨
U.S. ambassador to Canada—nominated by @realDonaldTrump—invites two Canadian gov't officials to lunch at —

Trump Hotel DC.

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The founder of the #WalkAway Movement — an astroturfed campaign of Trump supporters pretending to be Dems leaving the party — gave an exclusive interview to Russian propaganda outlet RT this week.

...and much more, in my latest deep dive:
arcdigital.media/pro-trump-russ…
The average engagement rate for tweets using the hashtag #WalkAway was over 500%, with many exceeding 1000% and some even reaching rates of 3000% to 4000% and above.

A typical engagement rate is in the single-digits.
arcdigital.media/pro-trump-russ…
The #WalkAway movement has been around since May, but it really took off last weekend (June 23-June 25).

By July 2, "Walk Away Movement" was the #3 suggested search term that popped up when I typed the word "walk" into Google's search engine. 👀
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President and Mrs. Trump are dining at the Trump Hotel DC right now.
It’s a 7:41 drive from the White House to the Trump Hotel DC (with a motorcade; slower for you).
Wash Times contributor and member of Trump Advisory Board “brought my parents to meet the Boss” at Trump Hotel DC instagram.com/p/Baz6EFADXp7/
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