Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/04/09/intellectually-challenged-maga-scammers-try-to-suppress-black-vote-get-fined-1-million-instead.html
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They thought that by including their actual names in the robocall, they’d escape prosecution?
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They thought being white MAGAs would allow them to escape prosecution.
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Reading this, is the same modus operandi as the one used against a left wing politician here in my country. Autodialers, robocalls, sexual violence allegations. Matches hair by hair. Identical MO.
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I just realized I had not heard those names in a while. It’s refreshing to hear them again…
…in the context of a court judgment
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Does this mean Jacob Wohl has committed his big boy Federal crime now?
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I’m kinda bothered that these two have $1,000,000 that they can agree to pay.
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MAGA-world attracts a certain brand of proud ineptitude, but putting your names in the robo-call is some next-level-shit.
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I’m more bothered that this hasn’t resulted in significant jail time.
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I’m sure they’ve learned their lesson by paying (what for them) is a small fine, then going back to the business of dirty trickstering.
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I’m not convinced that’s an actual person. Tamika is such a common girl’s name in the African-American community, and Taylor is such a common surname, and nowhere can I find any real linkage between that name and actual people with that name. So, my assumption is that they faked a Black woman’s voice to lie to potential Black voters.
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I guess they’ll go back to the hipster coffee shop while they think up their next scam.
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I assumed as such, but was surprised Wohl and Burkman included their names in the robocall. Tamika may or may not be a real person, if she is real, it would be unsurprising if they misrepresented why they were having her read the copy. A similar robocall scheme deceived the voiceover artist.
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Perhaps they started with Tessa Thompson and iterated until they had a name that was different enough.
Again:
Efforts to suppress the Black vote have been going on ever since Black people were first given the right to vote.
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