There u have it. Facebook’s “MVP” from Project Alamo.
“Barnes became the Trump campaign’s go-to resource for figuring out how to maximize those tools. In April 2016, after a wknd at the Coachella music festival in CA, he & his manager flew to San Antonio to meet w/ Parscale...”
“Barnes became the Trump campaign’s go-to resource for figuring out how to maximize those tools. In April 2016, after a wknd at the Coachella music festival in CA, he & his manager flew to San Antonio to meet w/ Parscale...”
"In Parscale’s office, and later at Bohanan’s, a local steak house, they discussed how Facebook could help the campaign."
"Barnes frequently flew to Texas, sometimes staying for 4 days at a time & logging 12-hour days. By July, he was solely focused on the Trump campaign. When on-site in the bldg that (was) Trump campaign’s digital HQ in San Antonio, he sometimes sat a few feet from Parscale."
"The Trump campaign would give Barnes certain videos or images, such as a video of Trump Jr. urging voters to build the border wall. Barnes would experiment w/ different ways to display the ad."
Oh.
"The Trump team also wanted to pay for ads with a credit card, but Facebook’s payments system wasn’t set up to handle payments of as much as $300,000 to $400,000 a day on a credit card..."
"The Trump team also wanted to pay for ads with a credit card, but Facebook’s payments system wasn’t set up to handle payments of as much as $300,000 to $400,000 a day on a credit card..."
Sounds familiar.
"As employees looked for ways to mend the problem, Parscale texted Barnes to say Trump would go on TV and “say Facebook was being unfair to him” if the issue wasn’t resolved quickly, Barnes said. Eventually, Facebook came up with a fix."
"As employees looked for ways to mend the problem, Parscale texted Barnes to say Trump would go on TV and “say Facebook was being unfair to him” if the issue wasn’t resolved quickly, Barnes said. Eventually, Facebook came up with a fix."
"At one point they asked him if he noticed any Russians hanging around the campaign. "You wanna make a joke in that scenario,” he said, but “it’s not the opportunity to make a joke.” He told them he didn’t see Russians." 
So Facebook knew it was wrong.
"...in mid-2018, Barnes helped design Facebook’s war room...Shortly before a press junket to showcase it, 2 Facebook...officials advised him to stay away from the event in case journalists raised questions about his role helping the Trump campaign."
"...in mid-2018, Barnes helped design Facebook’s war room...Shortly before a press junket to showcase it, 2 Facebook...officials advised him to stay away from the event in case journalists raised questions about his role helping the Trump campaign."
