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RandySF

(59,020 posts)
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:07 AM Jan 2021

Salesforce 'Takes Action' to Prevent RNC Emails From Inciting Violence

The Donald Trump campaign has not used its millions-strong email list since the riots at the Capitol. Its email provider says it has taken action to prevent Republicans from using "our services in any way that could lead to violence."

“We have the TRUTH,” the Donald Trump campaign emailed its tens of millions of subscribers at 1:24 PM on January 6. “Every single Patriot from across the Country must step up RIGHT NOW if we’re going to successfully DEFEND the integrity of this Election. President Trump is calling on YOU to bolster our Official Defend America Fund.”

Less than 30 minutes later, the gates of the Capitol were breached by hundreds of Trump supporters in a violent insurrection that left at least five people dead. Since then, the Trump campaign, which normally sends multiple emails a day from the address contact@victory.donaldtrump.com, has been eerily silent.

To send its emails, the Trump campaign uses infrastructure from a company called ExactTarget, an email marketing firm now owned by Salesforce, according to a Motherboard analysis of the emails. The emails are sent in conjunction with the Republican National Committee, according to the emails themselves. In response to a question about whether the company had taken action to prevent Trump from using the "contact@victory.donaldtrump.com" email infrastructure, Salesforce said it had "taken action" against the RNC to "prevent its use of our services in any way that could lead to violence."




https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdmdv/salesforce-takes-action-to-prevent-rnc-emails-from-inciting-violence

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Salesforce 'Takes Action' to Prevent RNC Emails From Inciting Violence (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2021 OP
Grifting to the end! Karadeniz Jan 2021 #1
Oh yeah.... SergeStorms Jan 2021 #2
Couldn't happen to a more deserving person! Karadeniz Jan 2021 #3
Excellent. Now to get some of those other mass mailers to follow. erronis Jan 2021 #4

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
2. Oh yeah....
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:46 AM
Jan 2021

the legal bills just multiplied exponentially, and Trump's revenue stream has dried right up. All of his MAGA stores have been shut down, and now theres not even email hustling. His golf courses are hemorrhaging money, the Trump "brand" is a urinal cake, and he owes so much money he'll probably have a yard sale at the White House before the 20th.

I love it. If things could only be 20x worse, then it would be perfect.

erronis

(15,313 posts)
4. Excellent. Now to get some of those other mass mailers to follow.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 05:20 PM
Jan 2021

ConstantContact to name one. There are thousands.

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