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James Besanvalle
Jul 15, 2020
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Trump supporters are absolutely fed up with what they think is the POTUS asking them to donate money through text messages that CAPITALISE random words.
Kurt Schlichter – author of 21 Biggest Lies About Donald Trump (and you) – took to Twitter on Friday to share a screenshot of a tweet that he said treats him “like an idiot”:
Don’t ever again send me a text that treats me like an idiot. I am hearing from A LOT of supporters of the Presid… https://t.co/XGafsRaWcV— Kurt Schlichter (@Kurt Schlichter) 1594414451
And it seems like Schlichter’s not the only one:
@KurtSchlichter @parscale @GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump I’ll take it a step further: Emails from “Don, Jr.” or… https://t.co/awkizhSuo4— Mr. Gary (@Mr. Gary) 1594473946
@KurtSchlichter @parscale @GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump I get several of these a day. For a marketing guy who un… https://t.co/UvW8HXRKJB— Robert Patrick Lewis (@Robert Patrick Lewis) 1594416915
One TikTok user – who signed up to receive texts after applying for Trump rally tickets as a joke – also shared her message history:
lmao https://t.co/ADKoq59ReV— Adam Parkhomenko (@Adam Parkhomenko) 1594528024
Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, responded to Schlichter’s tweet saying it’s not an official Trump text:
@KurtSchlichter @GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump That’s not a Trump text. We are 88022.— Brad Parscale (@Brad Parscale) 1594421563
But the URL in the text links back to WinRed, the Trump-endorsed Republican fundraising platform.
And people had a lot to say in response:
@parscale @KurtSchlichter @GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump Was getting a lot of the same. It is irritating when you… https://t.co/s1CwSJqmGY— Adam Knight (@Adam Knight) 1594422476
@parscale @KurtSchlichter @GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump I donated via a txt from 88022 and that's when the txts f… https://t.co/zIuyQKSdzv— ccdirtdawgs (@ccdirtdawgs) 1594424306
@parscale @KurtSchlichter @GOPChairwoman @realDonaldTrump Getting two fundraising requests a day is ridiculous. Was… https://t.co/Vyvkfz3AsT— Anne Ridge (@Anne Ridge) 1594464230
If the messages aren’t scams, it should be entirely possible to just text back “STOP” to cease receiving them...
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