In the previous installments of this investigation into how the Harris-Walz presidential campaign is dishonestly manipulating online platforms, I noted the existence of a Discord server where campaign employees coordinate with a volunteer army to flood social media sites with campaign propaganda.
On X, the campaign appears to have successfully voted down Community Notes accurately calling out the Harris campaign for tweeting out brazen lies.
After years of Democrats erroneously insisting that Donald Trump had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election and otherwise warning of foreign election manipulation, the Harris-Walz campaign is actively recruiting foreigners to work on the campaign and is even encouraging them to donate to American political causes.
There appears to be no vetting, and given that the Harris-Walz campaign's Discord community overtly engaged in disinformation campaigns, it was ripe for infiltration and abuse by foreign intelligence and other bad actors attempting to influence the election - although I saw no concrete proof of that.
Their comments ranged from showing excitement at how they could volunteer to "Save democracy" to Canadians sharing their plans to make road trips to Michigan, where they aim to go door-to-door canvassing and asking how they, as foreigners, could donate money to "Help fund the Harris-Walz campaign" using a legal donation loophole which was praised by the server's moderators, who went on to distribute the link to other channels in the Discord server.
While the Federal Election Commission does prohibit foreign nationals from making monetary donations and contributions to U.S. campaigns directly, it does explicitly allow foreign nationals to volunteer for campaigns as long as they are uncompensated.
American elections should be for Americans, and the Harris-Walz campaign is actively inviting foreign influences into their campaign.
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