Democrats used corrupt and crooked methods to defeat a Republican for Senator in Alabama.
“Democrats in Alabama created a deceptive online campaign in 2017 meant to help defeat Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in a special election, The New York Times reported Monday.
The “Dry Alabama” campaign reportedly featured a Facebook page and a Twitter account suggesting that Moore supported a statewide ban on alcohol.
The campaign is the second revelation of a disinformation campaign used by Democrats in the special election, according to the Times. The newspaper reported last month that New Knowledge, a cybersecurity research firm, used social media posts to spread disinformation in the race.
If Doug Jones was a decent and honest person, he would resign from the Senate and let Alabama hold an honest election—were it not for the total corruption of the Democrats he would have lost—and they admit it,
“Matt Osborne, a progressive activist who worked on the “Dry Alabama” campaign, told the newspaper that Democrats had no choice but to use disinformation if they wanted to level the playing field with Republicans.
“If you don’t do it, you’re fighting with one hand tied behind your back,” Osborne said. “You have a moral imperative to do this — to do whatever it takes.”
Why are jail cells being filled with Democrats that abuse the decent people of our nation?
Democrats trying to defeat Roy Moore created fake online campaign: report
By Michael Burke, The Hill, 01/07/19
Democrats in Alabama created a deceptive online campaign in 2017 meant to help defeat Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in a special election, The New York Times reported Monday.
The “Dry Alabama” campaign reportedly featured a Facebook page and a Twitter account suggesting that Moore supported a statewide ban on alcohol.
The campaign is the second revelation of a disinformation campaign used by Democrats in the special election, according to the Times. The newspaper reported last month that New Knowledge, a cybersecurity research firm, used social media posts to spread disinformation in the race.
Both campaigns were reportedly modeled after the disinformation campaign carried out by Russia on social media ahead of the 2016 presidential election, a campaign that aimed to help then-candidate Donald Trump defeat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Each of the disinformation campaigns in Alabama received $100,000 from Investing in Us, a group that supports progressive political causes, according to the Times.
Matt Osborne, a progressive activist who worked on the “Dry Alabama” campaign, told the newspaper that Democrats had no choice but to use disinformation if they wanted to level the playing field with Republicans.
“If you don’t do it, you’re fighting with one hand tied behind your back,” Osborne said. “You have a moral imperative to do this — to do whatever it takes.”
Moore lost the special election to Democrat Doug Jones, who is serving the remainder of the term that ends in 2021. The special election was triggered after former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) left his post to serve as attorney general.
Jones last month condemned the first disinformation campaign that was revealed by the Times and called for an investigation.
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