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Beaverhausen

(24,470 posts)
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 11:54 AM Sep 2016

New alt-right lie? The Wells Fargo fraud caused by Hillary

Not sure who is saying it but I'm seeing it on Facebook.

See below:

Jordan Ward what I'm talking about is the supposedly one time donation from donors to her campaign and the campaign withdrawing from their account two-three times.
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Campaign Systematically Overcharging Poorest Donors

Wells Fargo fraud department inundated with calls from low-income Clinton supporters reporting repeated unauthorized charges


But the person did not post a link.

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progree

(10,908 posts)
2. Here's Snopes on it -- status: "undetermined"
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:26 PM
Sep 2016
http://www.snopes.com/clinton-campaign-overcharging-donors/

Its not only Wells Fargo that is reportedly having these recurring charges

If someone wants links galore, this Google search will do it:

[font color = blue]hillary clinton campaign repeatedly charging donors[/font]

Mostly an echo chamber of the same story being repeated by rightwing websites like "thefederalistpapers.org", "libertyalliance.com", "abovetopsecret.com", "libertyunyielding.com", LOL

I don't know where they got the "poorest donors" part of it -- did they do a socio-economic demographic analysis of them? <sarcasm>

(I remember reading an article a few months ago that the Trump campaign was also being widely accused of repeatedly charging people who made a one-time donation)

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
7. Exactly. The "poorest donors" part is what shows this is a lie. No way to know if "poorest donors"
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:55 PM
Sep 2016

who all seem to have Wells Fargo accounts (?) were charged more than once for a campaign contribution. I think this is an obvious smear trying to link the actual Well Fargo story to the "evil Hillary campaign" n the minds of low-info voters.

dubyadiprecession

(5,711 posts)
4. Why is no one talking about Trump repaying himself from campaign contributions?
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:31 PM
Sep 2016

He's charging his campaign for his plane, rental space at trump plaza just to name a few.

Lets talk about things that are actually happening, instead of right wing bullshit!

BlueInPhilly

(870 posts)
6. Time to start investigating the Trump camp's method
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 12:33 PM
Sep 2016

Whenever he accuses HRC of something, it is usually a projection.

BTW, Wells Fargo's issue was with its over aggressive sales team, not customer service.

progree

(10,908 posts)
8. Guess who owns the newspaper that Snopes calls the source of the story?
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 10:02 PM
Sep 2016

[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#CEF6FE;"]ORIGIN: On 15 September 2016, the New York Observer — based on a single, three-month old complaint — published an article reporting that Hillary Clinton's campaign was systematically "stealing" money from low-income supporters by using stored credit card information provided by one-time donors to make multiple unauthorized charges
More: http://www.snopes.com/clinton-campaign-overcharging-donors/

In July 2006, Jared Kushner, a 25-year-old law student and son of a wealthy New Jersey developer, Charles Kushner, purchased the paper {{the New York Observer}} for just under $10 million. In April 2007, Bob Sommer became president. Jared Kushner is married to Ivanka Trump
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Observer


Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
9. I heard on DU that the trump campaign was doing repeat
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 11:43 PM
Sep 2016

Charges on donor credit cards without their permission.

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