Ted Cruz electrified the GOP convention with his brilliant speech on liberty, wherein he did not endorse Donald Trump, but told watching millions to vote their consciences.
The thrill of real conservative commentators was matched only by the bot army Donald Trump’s troll farms in Russia deployed immediately on Trump’s behalf. It seemed that online sentiment was against Ted Cruz – but really it was hundreds of bot accounts all spamming the same message:
This seems to be a popular opinion. pic.twitter.com/3WrH08qBmj— Andrew Klavan (@andrewklavan) July 21, 2016
However, the anti-Cruz bots for Trump didn’t just tweet at Kavan. They employ names and spam content likely to appeal to real Cruz voters – eg, the persona of an evangelical or ‘Wisconsin for Cruz’ in the account name.Read the rest of the story HERE.
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