ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoSo bad they're paying people to watchdiscuss.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down16
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minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoThis is almost certainly the answer. Once again, Lemmy just doesn’t pick up on satire.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI mean, they were paying people to go to rallies and the inaugural, is it that beyond the pale to question if this is real?
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoIs there any hard evidence that actually happened?
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoHere’s an instance in 2015. Here’s an example of his paying for a fake union rally Here’s another where workers were told they wouldn’t be paid for the day unless they attended a rally. I will admit I may have been duped about the inaugural, and his weird military parade nobody went to. Those were Craigslist ads too.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYeah, all of those were done through legit casting agencies or other organisations, and hired experienced actors. I still think it’s a joke, not because he’s above this, but because it’s not how his people have typically done this.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYeah, I tend to agree the more I’m thinking about it
This is almost certainly the answer. Once again, Lemmy just doesn’t pick up on satire.
I mean, they were paying people to go to rallies and the inaugural, is it that beyond the pale to question if this is real?
Is there any hard evidence that actually happened?
Here’s an instance in 2015.
Here’s an example of his paying for a fake union rally
Here’s another where workers were told they wouldn’t be paid for the day unless they attended a rally.
I will admit I may have been duped about the inaugural, and his weird military parade nobody went to. Those were Craigslist ads too.
Yeah, all of those were done through legit casting agencies or other organisations, and hired experienced actors.
I still think it’s a joke, not because he’s above this, but because it’s not how his people have typically done this.
Yeah, I tend to agree the more I’m thinking about it