✅ Bernie has never had one
✅ Hillary had David Brock's "correct the record" PAID trolls
✅ CTR is a pro-Clinton super PAC
✅ Russian trolls did not promote Bernie, they attacked Hillary
✅ Pro-Hillary twitter still includes troll farms
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David Brock is a Clinton ally. Hillary was fully aware.
"How much does trolling does $6 million dollars buy you in 2016? Ask a Bernie Sanders supporter on social media – they are receiving the brunt of it."
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"Correct the Record, which is the super PAC that I have, coordinates its activity with the campaign." - David Brock, who later apologized to Bernie.
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"Several notable Bernie Sanders Facebook groups were taken down following a coordinated cyber attack by Clinton supporters.."
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Even Democrats & strong Clinton loyalists denounced David Brock.
“I don’t think David Brock has been helpful to the party to date, and I don’t think he will be a big part of its future,” a former Clinton campaign official told The Daily Beast.
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"Around the middle of July [2015], however, I received notification that the team would be focusing not on pro-Hillary forum management, but on “mitigation” (the term our team leader used) for a Vermont senator named Bernie Sanders."
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"We do know, however, that a pro-Hillary PAC used an online zombie army against Bernie."
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The Clinton campaign knew and approved.
"Clinton campaign attorney Marc Elias wrote a memo that expressed confidence that Correct the Record and the Clinton campaign would be allowed to legally coordinate."
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And the beat goes on. Still. We see you, Sally.
"Twitter allows users to automate their accounts, including setting up automatic retweeting and liking of other accounts."
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Kiddie Porn / CTR
"Hillary has spent over $1 mil in trying to close down various pro-Bernie FB groups, employing an army of professional trolls to post explicit sexual content (including child porn) & promote hate speech on the groups pages."
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“Rather than changing attitudes, these counter-messages may only serve to increase polarization.” -Natalie Stroud, communication studies professor.
(There's a lesson here.)
“..these counter-messages may only serve to increase polarization,”
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