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Misleading ‘pro-Harris’ texts are bombarding swing state voters


“A lot of time passed before I realized it was fake.”

The vendor, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, works with Twenty Manor, a digital advocacy and fundraising company founded by Adam Waldeck, a longtime Republican strategist. Between May and September, Twenty Manor was paid over $12,000 from Defend Freedom, Tulsi Gabbard’s leadership PAC, primarily for “digital consulting,” according to disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission. The Progress 2028 texts appear to be targeted at moderate Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans and claim that Harris supports mandatory gun buybacks and policies that would make it easier for undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses.

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