Around the time Kamala Harris was taking over the reins of the Democratic presidential ticket, a mysterious group reportedly began a smear campaign against her, paying social media influencers tens of thousands of dollars to promote posts, according to reports.

In late July, a network of influencers who had been recruited to push conservative messages about Donald Trump or President Joe Biden throughout the summer, received an email requesting they make colorful sexual insults about Harris, according to Semafor.

In return, they would be paid tens of thousands of dollars via Zelle, a digital payments network.

  • als@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    I don’t get why they don’t attack her on her policies (like supporting Israel’s genocide), not on superficial bullshit

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      Perhaps it’s because a) it works, and b) they know republican policy is less popular. They could lie about policy (well, more than they already have), but I think they’re going to save that for after the first debate, personally.

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      2 months ago

      You mean like they could try to get leftists to vote for Jill Stein or write in Che Gueverra instead? I think they already do that, but not through right wing influencers, if you know what I mean.

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      2 months ago

      They already attack her for not supporting Israel’s genocide enough.

      If you think Republicans are going to do anything to stop Israel from wiping every single Palestinian off the face of the earth, you’re an idiot.