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arcane1

(38,613 posts)
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 01:19 PM Feb 2016

These Latino Twitter Accounts All Have Suspiciously Identical Praise of Trump

Did you know that Donald Trump won around 40% of the Latino vote in Nevada with 1,300 votes, more than the two Hispanics on the ballot? Well a bunch of totally authentic Latino Twitter accounts want you to know that.

UPDATE: The tweets have all been deleted, but luckily screenshots are forever.



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http://www.mediaite.com/online/these-latino-twitter-accounts-all-have-suspiciously-identical-praise-of-trump/


looks like Hillary isn't the only one to buy fake Twitter followers

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These Latino Twitter Accounts All Have Suspiciously Identical Praise of Trump (Original Post) arcane1 Feb 2016 OP
Trump is getting nervous. As he nears winning the Republican nom, he's learned that he needs BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #1
But he loves the Mexicans, some of his best friends.. flamingdem Feb 2016 #3
In the era of YouTube, people need to be careful what they say... BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #4
I think so and it's frightening flamingdem Feb 2016 #5
I don't think it's frightening at all. I think it's a stroke of good luck! BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #7
I mean envisioning Trump as potus flamingdem Feb 2016 #8
Now that was terrifying. BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #9
Trump did say he has the poorly educated vote, he loves the poorly educated:) litlbilly Feb 2016 #13
That movie should be run on a loop continuously between now and election day kimbutgar Feb 2016 #22
Camacho wouldnt be anywhere near as bad IMO litlbilly Feb 2016 #25
"juan garcia" - they need to invent better names! flamingdem Feb 2016 #2
Was reading just this morning about businesses which supply paid supporters. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #10
Paid workers will make Twitter irrelevant flamingdem Feb 2016 #12
And the names are just SO Latino. Chemisse Feb 2016 #34
None of them looks old enough to vote...nt joeybee12 Feb 2016 #6
Challenge Twitter to validate the IP addresses. Betcha they're on the same service. Ford_Prefect Feb 2016 #11
Atlantic City or NYC, for that matter. ffr Feb 2016 #16
Almost all of the Twitter profiles cited in the article are supposedly located in Mexico. n/t Denzil_DC Feb 2016 #17
He outsourced the job? Nevernose Feb 2016 #33
Of those four, Denzil_DC Feb 2016 #14
NV GOP caucus was a joke, according to one that attended ffr Feb 2016 #15
End All Caucuses erpowers Feb 2016 #19
Point Out the 1,300 Number erpowers Feb 2016 #18
From Reading Several Articles.... cynzke Feb 2016 #26
The Mainstream Media erpowers Feb 2016 #31
Latinos love Trump! IronLionZion Feb 2016 #20
@vulgartalkingyam KamaAina Feb 2016 #21
Those look more like a slap than praise. Pointing out its only 1400 votes? 7962 Feb 2016 #23
Oy vey. rocktivity Feb 2016 #24
These guys don't even look old enough to vote, lol secondwind Feb 2016 #27
Isn't Latinos for Trump a bit like Jews for Hitler? nxylas Feb 2016 #28
Excellent find! Rider3 Feb 2016 #29
I received an email houston16revival Feb 2016 #38
Since only 10% of latinos in Nevada belong to the Republican party, That 40% translates to 4% Xipe Totec Feb 2016 #30
THEY ARE FAKE! yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #32
Actually, this is not surprising to me. Chan790 Feb 2016 #35
I you think this is bad, wait until the fraud that takes place at the polls. nt Jitter65 Feb 2016 #36
As usual houston16revival Feb 2016 #37

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
1. Trump is getting nervous. As he nears winning the Republican nom, he's learned that he needs
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 01:23 PM
Feb 2016

at least 40% of the Latino vote, and he'll only get Cubans (what? 10%?). I guess that's why you see that number, 40%, over and over again. It's the magic number for any Republican candidate to win the G.E.

And I doubt he'll even come close to that number.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
3. But he loves the Mexicans, some of his best friends..
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 01:27 PM
Feb 2016

I bet he wishes he could unwind some of those statements now.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
4. In the era of YouTube, people need to be careful what they say...
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 01:35 PM
Feb 2016

It's on there; each and every one of his disgusting, racist rant - and why he's doing so well compared to the others.

Trump is going to be the Republican nominee.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
5. I think so and it's frightening
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 01:37 PM
Feb 2016

but I'm feeling a Dem landslide. We're going to have to get more Latinos registered though

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
7. I don't think it's frightening at all. I think it's a stroke of good luck!
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 01:40 PM
Feb 2016

Latinos need a reason to get out and vote. Trump possibly becoming the president will be a major reason since they hate him with a passion!

The GOP are terrified that Trump will be their nominee. They know that it will hurt them badly.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
8. I mean envisioning Trump as potus
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 01:46 PM
Feb 2016

but even so he's better than Marco Rubio. However we don't know who he'd include in government, yesterday he was touting Jerry Falwell.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
9. Now that was terrifying.
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 01:51 PM
Feb 2016


The GOP old-timers want Rubio. They believe he can get the 40% Latinos that Trump can't. So be prepared for some serious vote-stealing come Super Tuesday.
 

litlbilly

(2,227 posts)
13. Trump did say he has the poorly educated vote, he loves the poorly educated:)
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 04:28 PM
Feb 2016

It proves the movie "Idiocracy" is a documentary

kimbutgar

(21,157 posts)
22. That movie should be run on a loop continuously between now and election day
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 09:19 PM
Feb 2016

Reminding people president Camacho is like trump.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
10. Was reading just this morning about businesses which supply paid supporters.
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 02:24 PM
Feb 2016

Twitter accounts, paid demonstrators, paid supporters, actors for media shots, for YouTube, etc.
Doesn't matter what party they work for, as long as the money is green.
And of course they do not announce their paid status.

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)
34. And the names are just SO Latino.
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 12:06 AM
Feb 2016

As though all Hispanics only name their children Hispanic first names.

It might not stand out so starkly if they used names like Justin Garcia, or Jen Moralez.

Ford_Prefect

(7,901 posts)
11. Challenge Twitter to validate the IP addresses. Betcha they're on the same service.
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 03:35 PM
Feb 2016

Located in a boiler-room set up in Las Vegas.

Denzil_DC

(7,242 posts)
14. Of those four,
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 06:07 PM
Feb 2016

according to twitteraudit:

@juangarx, @torpeluis and @guspereiraa2 haven't authorized audits, @guspereiraa2 is Account Suspended now anyway, as is @torpeluis, and of @pacopalpal's 228 followers, 34 are real and 194 are fake, giving "him" a 15% audit score, and the Facebook page linked in his profile is, erm, unavailable.

ffr

(22,670 posts)
15. NV GOP caucus was a joke, according to one that attended
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 06:17 PM
Feb 2016

Mimicking what has been said in the media already, the GOP caucus did not include a paper trail, because the ballots were not numbered nor accounted for.* He said they were photocopied pieces of paper. They gave you one as you walked in from the waiting line for precinct assignment and there was a stack you could take from as you entered your precinct room. WTF!!! He was thankful, because he had no interest in sticking around. They had an envelope at the exit where you could place your marked ballot or ballots if you wanted, he said. The only accounting they had to the system at all, was they had people sign in, within their precinct.

He said the old man assigned to do precinct lookup was asked to do that position, without knowledge or training, because he was the first person to show up.

Completely unorganized. He was very disappointed, but was pleased that a lot of people participated and that his guy won BIG!

Makes me wonder if the 75,216 number they reported was skewed. Why wouldn't it be!?
* NV Caucus goers: Dems trounce Reps by 12%
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1064143

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
19. End All Caucuses
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 07:24 PM
Feb 2016

I think all caucuses should be replaced by primaries. Primaries may have their problems, but I think they are, in the end, much better than caucuses. In primaries a person goes into a booth, pushes a button/pulls a lever, and their vote is likely counted. Caucuses seem like they can be fun, but they also seem to have the chance of turning into chaos. Then there is the chance of having a vote turn on a coin toss. No vote should hinge on a coin toss. A coin toss is okay to determine who starts a fairly meaningless game, but it is not okay for determining the future of a country, especially a country with the currently largest economy and largest military, which includes nuclear weapons.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
18. Point Out the 1,300 Number
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 07:13 PM
Feb 2016

The media needs to point out that even though Donald Trump received 40% of the Hispanic vote, that percentage only equates to 1,300 votes. From what I can tell, the media, this morning, was making out like Trump winning 40% of the Hispanic vote was an extremely big deal. 40% is not that big of a deal when 40% equals only 1,300 votes.

cynzke

(1,254 posts)
26. From Reading Several Articles....
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 01:59 AM
Feb 2016

Trump did not get 40% of Latino voters in Nevada. He got 40% of Hispanic REPUBLICANS which account for 9% of the Republican Caucus. So it was 40% of 9%. These tweets are DISTORTIONS to make us believe that Trump is making inroads with Latinos.

http://theweek.com/speedreads/608039/donald-trump-handily-won-nevadas-latino-vote-according-iffy-entrance-exit-polls

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
31. The Mainstream Media
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 12:19 AM
Feb 2016

For me the problems is that the mainstream media is doing worse than those tweets. At least the tweets pointed out that Donald Trump only received about 1,300 votes. The mainstream media is not putting out the information you stated in your post, or the information that was mentioned in those tweets. They are saying Trump won 46% of the Republican Latino vote in Nevada.

IronLionZion

(45,450 posts)
20. Latinos love Trump!
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 08:41 PM
Feb 2016

and share his hatred of those other Latinos....

Trump also trotted out muslim supporters and black supporters to prove how much he's not racist.


nxylas

(6,440 posts)
28. Isn't Latinos for Trump a bit like Jews for Hitler?
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 07:28 AM
Feb 2016

I wonder why any Hispanics/Latinos would vote for Trump. I have a theory, but it's probably best to keep it to myself, since I'm not a member of that group, and so run the risk of whitesplaining.

Rider3

(919 posts)
29. Excellent find!
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 01:34 PM
Feb 2016

This election is so full of fakers, fraud, dishonesty, non-compassion, hate... the list goes on....

houston16revival

(953 posts)
38. I received an email
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 12:17 PM
Feb 2016

during election 2000, about late August, from a Republican, he said,

who advised that those with the best stealth ops win

Felt like I was under surveillance

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
30. Since only 10% of latinos in Nevada belong to the Republican party, That 40% translates to 4%
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 08:26 PM
Feb 2016

Of all latinos in the state.

Good luck with that.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
35. Actually, this is not surprising to me.
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 09:15 AM
Feb 2016

What is surprising to me is that nobody has noticed until now. It's not uncommon for political candidates, cause based organizations and even fast-food companies to employ copy writers to write pre-packaged tweets distributed by their clients to followers and supporters to be posted and reposted to social media. (That's pretty much exactly how Twitter works for most things, minus the paid copywriting...someone posts something smart-->9,000,000 people hit repost and say the exact same smart thing they didn't actually think of.)

A amuse bouche of several from my Twitter feed this morning:

  • 'Release the transcripts' is an ENTIRELY FABRICATED political hit and media are carrying water for Hillary's rivals. (This one is from a Democratic-leaning political commentary publication.)
  • ICYMI: @Chevrolet is one of first brands to jump on @Facebook Reaction buttons http://bit.ly/21o3nmG (This one is a copy written post about, in a very meta sense, Chevrolet being one of the best early adopters of the use of the new Facebook "emotion" buttons for their use in combination with copy written posts in Chevy's new social media campaign.)
  • Justice should not be reserved for those who can afford it, it's a basic human need: http://chn.ge/1hGBgon PLEASE SIGN share & RT (This one from The Petition Site)
  • It's outrageous that students are being asked to pay interest rates higher than you would pay to buy a house. (This one from the Clinton primary campaign)
  • It's time to ensure that every worker in this country has access to paid family leave, paid sick time and paid vacation leave. (This one's from the Sanders campaign.)


I know because I sometimes write them.

I'm hardly a defender of Trump, he called me out on Twitter yesterday because something I wrote for a social commentary site went viral in which I called him "a racist, fascist asshole" and said he had "coasted through life on his daddy's money and hubris."...but can we save the efforts to scandalize for actual scandals before we become the political "boy who cried 'wolf!'" and people tune out?

houston16revival

(953 posts)
37. As usual
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 12:15 PM
Feb 2016

we're being duped with paid shills

Let's hope they don't change many minds

And do your part, take to News media discussion boards
and make your voice heard

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