Pro-Trump Twitter Bots Swarm Haley And DeSantis

March 6, 2023 Social Media, Trump cultists

The Associated Press reports:

Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump.

Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump’s critics from both parties and attacked Nikki Haley.

When it came to Ron DeSantis, the bots aggressively suggested that the Florida governor couldn’t beat Trump, but would be a great running mate.

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ah @elonmusk you’re doing amazing work, sweetie

Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis, Haley https://t.co/vJ7yS9NhUy

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 6, 2023