Michigan Investigating ‘Racially-Charged’ Robocalls Spreading Vote-By-Mail Disinfo | Talking Points Memo

Detroit residents have been receiving sketchy robocalls spreading false and “racially-charged” claims about vote-by-mail, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Thursday while announcing she and the Michigan Attorney General were reviewing the matter.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1329110

The call points out the very real risks of vote-by-mail, which is why all the well informed Trump supporters are going to vote absentee. :upside_down_face:

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Burkman blaming Soros is an admission of responsibility.

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So this is what they put Eric in charge of? It fits…

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Miller Time.

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The entire GOP platform, mission statement, and raison d’être in three simple words.

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People in Va. are getting those calls too.

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Are we really supposed to believe that they cannot figure out exactly who is behind these calls. The NSA has to have a mechanism to figure it out… but it might point the finger at the GOP, and they can’t do that.

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I am a registered Democrat in Virginia. I received a robocall the early afternoon of August 26 at home (I telework). Caller ID showed the call as being from a name I didn’t recognize. Thinking this to be one of the usual irritating but otherwise harmless solicitation calls we all get from time to time, I was tempted to ignore it, but on a whim picked it up.

What I got instead was a robocall, in a woman’s voice. The call lasted about thirty seconds and was a laundry list of all the bad things that can happen to people if they request a mail-in ballot. I can’t remember everything exactly, but it included things like “the police can track you down if you have an outstanding warrant” and “the IRS can find you to collect back taxes” and ended with words to the effect of “Don’t let The Man have your information!”

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@rascal_crone, @rucleare, @playitagainrowlf, we have a mole.

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Roger Stone is back…

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Was it your idea to blame Wohl and Burkman? That seems a little slap-dash for you.

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Don’t blame me, HR gets the call on which assets we leverage.

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Ah, so Wohl and Burkman are Soros’ assets! That makes so much sense.

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Hard to do insider damage and make a whole movement a laughingstock without folks on the inside.

Whyever do you think Bill recruited Trump in the first place?

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Yeah, this will be fairly simple to track down, but I think it may have to be done at a federal level, in which case not until after the election.

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I regularly receive various scam phone calls on my land line; the caller ID always shows a spoofed (fake) number. I am fairly certain it is possible to place a voice call from any internet access point, so those calls could be coming from anywhere in the world.

But I suspect you are right, the NSA could find where they are coming from, and the individuals involved. The question remains - who is paying them?

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"Benson called the calls an ‘unconscionable, indefensible, blatant attempt to lie to citizens about their right to vote’.”

So they’re coming from the White House?

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Bingo!

Regarding the voice actually taped for the calls - did they say “bigly” a lot? Will we get a Sarah Cooper Tik Tok out of it?

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