Trump Campaign's Voter Fraud Hotline Flooded by Prank Calls
A voter fraud hotline set up by President Donald Trump's campaign team has reportedly been flooded by prank calls from supporters of President-elect Joe Biden.
In a report from ABC News, it was said that the hotline has been flooded by messages mocking the campaign against alleged voter fraud.
The hotline became a target for TikTok users who made false, often silly reports of voter fraud to clog the hotlines, said NBC News.
It became a popular social media trend and some people have shared their silly phone calls online.
"Gravity Falls" creator Alex Hirsh also gave the campaign's hotline a try, according to Daily Mail.
In one call, Hirsch reported seeing a suspicious man but described the McDonald's Hamburglar.
As he described his "voter fraud situation," he described a man who was wearing a black hat, black mask, a stripped shirt, a red tie and "had hamburgers in his bag."
The staffer handling his call hung up immediately.
In another call, he imitated the "Gravity Falls" character Stanley Pines.
Hirsch said he could hear how exhausted the staffer was from the mocking.
True to form, the campaign staffers were getting tired of the pranksters.
Situated in the re-election headquarters in Virginia, the voter fraud hotline was intended to unearth or collect cases of fraud.
It was the Trump's campaign hope for overturning Biden's victory.
But the movement so far has just turned into a "nightmare" that involved a lot of mocking from callers before hanging up, said The Guardian.
Some early voters appeared to be motivated in keeping the lines busy so the Trump won't get the help they're looking for.
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The Trump did not give NBC News immediate comment on the situation.
Trump Campaign Addresses Hotline Pranksters
One of the president's sons, Eric Trump, addressed the prank calls on Twitter, blaming the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for it.
"The @DNC is spamming our voter fraud hotline to bog down the thousands of complaints we are receiving!" he wrote.
A Trump campaign spokesman told The Hill in a statement that the hotline had been "very effective," claiming there were thousands of calls concerning experiences while voting.
"We are gathering information as we prepare to move forward," the statement read.
Months before the election, the president and his allies have repeatedly claimed that this year's election would be subject to widespread fraud and corruption.
As it appears, it's also the same basis for Trump's refusal to concede defeat in the election.
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He insisted that he'd press ahead with legal challenges starting Monday.
This is despite lawsuits he filed earlier found to have no evidence of election irregularities.
Social Media Trends Trolls Trump Campaign
This isn't the first time young people used TikTok to troll the Trump campaign, noted NBC News.
TikTokers have also banded together to reserve tickets to a Trump rally in Oklahoma, limiting turnout for the event.
Only 6,200 attended the rally in the 19,000-seat venue, according to Tulsa Fire Department.
There was no evidence showing that the trend truly affected turnout but it was possible that the prank inflated the campaign's expectations.
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