Post by Fiddler on Nov 5, 2024 16:05:53 GMT
It wasn’t the first time
An American social media influencer said he was paid $100 by a pro-Kremlin propagandist to post a fake video of Haitian immigrants claiming to vote in the US presidential election. The payment was one of several the man said he received from the propagandist- a registered Russian agent - to post on social media in the run-up to the election.
The pro-Trump influencer, who uses the @alphafox78 handle on X, is an American man living in Massachusetts,
The account, which has a history of posting right-wing memes in support of former President Donald Trump, was the first to post the now-debunked video that purportedly showed a Haitian immigrant claiming he would vote at least twice in Georgia for Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Georgia Secretary of State said everything in that video was faked, from the actors to the ID cards, and was produced and disseminated by Russian influence actors.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is seen at a press conference providing an update on early voting in Atlanta, Georgia on October 30, 2024.
In phone and text interviews with CNN over multiple days, the person behind the account, which has amassed more than 650,000 followers on X, said he posted the video without fact-checking the claims made in it.
The pro-Trump influencer, who uses the @alphafox78 handle on X, is an American man living in Massachusetts,
The account, which has a history of posting right-wing memes in support of former President Donald Trump, was the first to post the now-debunked video that purportedly showed a Haitian immigrant claiming he would vote at least twice in Georgia for Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Georgia Secretary of State said everything in that video was faked, from the actors to the ID cards, and was produced and disseminated by Russian influence actors.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is seen at a press conference providing an update on early voting in Atlanta, Georgia on October 30, 2024.
In phone and text interviews with CNN over multiple days, the person behind the account, which has amassed more than 650,000 followers on X, said he posted the video without fact-checking the claims made in it.
"without fact-checking the claims"
Sounds like he'd fit right in with our MAGAts ..
