Congressman accuses Obama of fake Twitter campaign over gun control

Examiner.com ^ | 02/27/2013 | Marv Dumon

[Marv Dumon]

On Tuesday, Rep. Steve Stockman (Texas, Rep.) accused President Barack Obama of using fake Twitter followers to pressure congress into passing new gun control legislation. Stockman announced that he will be releasing evidence that the Obama administration used fictitious messages to pressure lawmakers regarding Fourth Amendment-related bills.

[Marv Dumon]

What Stockman's office finds suspicious is that the scam accounts are sending coordinated political messages. Two phony accounts are both followed by former Obama digital strategist Brad Schenck. Oddly, Schenck found and followed the spambots before they were active on Twitter, which suggests that the ex-Obama staffer played a role in creating the bogus profiles.

[cripplecreek]

I hope he’s not just now figuring this out. The democrats have been using this tactic since the days of Woodrow Wilson.

[Triple]

This has got to be illegal - the executive branch creating false public sentiment in an effort to lobby congress.

There is fraud here, not to mention misappropriation of funds.

[cripplecreek]

Check it out. We had several threads about this tactic back in 2010.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ellielight/index?tab=articles

[Travis McGee]

[Washi]

Fourth amendment?

[firebrand]

Why a community organizer should never become president. What is appropriate when it comes from the grass roots is egregious overstepping when it comes from the president.