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The Iowa caucuses are seven weeks from today. While AFP Action says it will deploy “the largest grassroots operation in the country and a presence in all fifty states” behind Haley, it’s hard to imagine her beating Trump. It feels like another exercise in political delusion: a powerful mainstream Republican force pretending Trump doesn’t control the party.

There’s also deep irony here. As the major financial and political force behind the reactionary, anti-Obama Tea Party movement, AFP helped create Trump, the man it is now trying to defeat.

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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can we please stop using these FAKE AFFIRMING NAMES? She's NIMARATA Haley! Why does she get to choose her name but I can't?

[–] mek2600@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

You can choose whatever name you want, BigMacHole.

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just received this. My name isn’t Daniel and this is the worst scam attempt I’ve received yet.

[–] HWK_290@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I got one recently, classified as spam by Android, asking to participate in a presidential poll and with links to click. Of course I didn't, but I do wonder if it was real... If so, they're doing an awful job getting people who aren't complete morons to respond

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I admit I assume it’s a scam attempt. No way in hell I’m clicking that link or going to that website. Report spam and delete.

If it is real, they need to do much better, not that it will matter to me.

[–] Blackbeard@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Part of me hopes it's real.

"Hey boss, I've figured out exactly what we need to do to get our supporters to give us money! It's something they fall for every day already!"

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago

The part of me that reported it as spam also hopes it’s real.

[–] Additional_Prune@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Narrator: but they won't.

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I keep seeing ads from them on YouTube. It gets just far enough to hear a guy saying some BS about supporting legislation that is pro-entrepreneur. I give him the finger and hit skip every time. Gotta love sprinkling anti-union anti-labor messages into the commercial with shit that sounds reasonable.

[–] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

It's a make work project for their progeny. Won't accomplish a thing besides.