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.

  • @[email protected]
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    282 months ago

    Hey! It could totally be some other nation state that has strong, documented ties to the party running against Harris!

    /s

      • Optional
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        42 months ago

        You mean with the cyber? Yeah probably. Of course the cyber is very big.

        • AmidFuror
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          22 months ago

          I don’t know why I didn’t realize before today that it could have been Barron Trump!

    • @kescusay
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      32 months ago

      There must be dozens! At least eight! No doubt five other nations are doing it, and when we catch both of them, boy howdy won’t that country be upset!