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BumRushDaShow

(142,278 posts) Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:01 AM Oct 22

Trump ground game faces new fraud claims as video shows door-knock hack

Source: The Guardian

Tue 22 Oct 2024 08.00 EDT

Donald Trump’s ground game in Arizona and Nevada may be undercut by canvassers working for America Pac using GPS spoofing to pretend they have knocked on doors when they haven’t, according to multiple people familiar with the practice and a leaked how-to-fake-location video. The ramifications for Trump may be far reaching, given America Pac has taken on the bulk of the Trump campaign’s ground game in the battleground states, and the election increasingly appears set to be decided by turnout.

A bootleg how-to-spoof video, made by an America Pac canvasser in Nevada and obtained by the Guardian, shows the apparent ease with which locations can be changed to fake door-knocks, calling into question how many Trump voters have actually been reached by the field operation.

The video, shared with a few hundred canvassers, walks through the setup: a user downloads a GPS-spoofing app to falsely place themself at the door of a Trump voter, fakes responses to the survey and takes steps to cover up the fraud by varying the survey responses to make it believable.

The scope of the GPS-spoofing practice is unclear because it is difficult to catch cheaters without cross-referencing data with another tracker. It is also not a problem limited to America Pac; GPS spoofing has been a problem for years and it has become increasingly resource-intensive to catch cheaters.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/22/trump-ground-game-door-knock-hack-gps

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Trump ground game faces new fraud claims as video shows door-knock hack (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 22 OP

Ratfucking the ratfuckers! Fiendish Thingy Oct 22 #1

So Trump the great scammer is being scammed? Autumn Oct 22 #2

Good. That's just too on the mark. underpants Oct 22 #3

I like what you did there Marthe48 Oct 22 #5

....or at least at the mark's address. jaxexpat Oct 22 #13

It's way less costly to adopt the Democratic approach FakeNoose Oct 22 #4

I did the postcards in the past Marthe48 Oct 22 #6

Thank you for doing God's work FakeNoose Oct 22 #9

We are all doing what we can Marthe48 Oct 22 #10

Deceiving the deceivers is a double pleasure. SupportSanity Oct 22 #7

cheating howardmappel Oct 22 #8

They are just screwing themselves. Idiots IronLionZion Oct 22 #11

It's another reason why their Party will self-destruct FakeNoose Oct 22 #12

I best stock up on catscup as it seems trump will be using most of what in the US!! riversedge Oct 22 #15

"It calls into question how many Trump voters have actually been reached by the field operation, which uses paid canvass riversedge Oct 22 #14

Knock! Knock! Beartracks Oct 22 #16

Trump always gets "the best people." CaptainTruth Oct 22 #17

Grifters get grifted---HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Maeve Oct 22 #18

Fiendish Thingy

(18,510 posts)

1. Ratfucking the ratfuckers!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:07 AM

Oct 22

I love it!

This is why it should be easier to accept the flawed uncertainty of the polls- because we have a clearly superior ground game.

Autumn

(46,295 posts)

2. So Trump the great scammer is being scammed?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:08 AM

Oct 22

Don't think I care.

underpants

(186,637 posts)

3. Good. That's just too on the mark.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:09 AM

Oct 22

Literally on the mark.

Marthe48

(19,012 posts)

5. I like what you did there

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:20 AM

Oct 22

jaxexpat

(7,785 posts)

13. ....or at least at the mark's address.

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 11:47 AM

Oct 22

FakeNoose

(35,666 posts)

4. It's way less costly to adopt the Democratic approach

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:15 AM

Oct 22

Send postcards!

I bet I've received 10 postcards in the last couple weeks. And I've already voted by mail.

Marthe48

(19,012 posts)

6. I did the postcards in the past

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:23 AM

Oct 22

We volunteers often donate stamps

The hq always has drinks, sometimes snacks, for people who come in to help campaign.

FakeNoose

(35,666 posts)

9. Thank you for doing God's work

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:23 AM

Oct 22

Marthe48

(19,012 posts)

10. We are all doing what we can

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:29 AM

Oct 22

Thanks for all you do

SupportSanity

(1,111 posts)

7. Deceiving the deceivers is a double pleasure.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:29 AM

Oct 22

howardmappel

(86 posts)

8. cheating

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:35 AM

Oct 22

Aah, this makes me so so so very very sad. Let them rip off charlie Kirk and tRump, all while Kirk is ripping off tRump. so sad.

IronLionZion

(46,968 posts)

11. They are just screwing themselves. Idiots

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:33 AM

Oct 22

Everyone on the MAGA side is defrauding and grifting each other. Good job

FakeNoose

(35,666 posts)

12. It's another reason why their Party will self-destruct

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:43 AM

Oct 22

... after this election.

Just sayin'

riversedge

(73,126 posts)

15. I best stock up on catscup as it seems trump will be using most of what in the US!!

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #12)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 12:13 PM

Oct 22

riversedge

(73,126 posts)

14. "It calls into question how many Trump voters have actually been reached by the field operation, which uses paid canvass

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 12:10 PM

Oct 22

I can only hope that Trump feels the need to throw a lot of catsup on Nov 5 evening!

"It calls into question how many Trump voters have actually been reached by the field operation, which uses paid canvassers, not traditional volunteers or campaign staff."
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/22/trump-ground-game-door-knock-hack-gps