INSIDIOUS. Russians Tried to Recruit Black Students to Bash Hillary Clinton
Source: The Daily Beast
Williams and Kalvin weren't alone: In 2016 Russian agents approached Nigerian students in Moscow hoping they’d help convince American blacks Hillary Clinton was a “racist b*tch.”
PHILIP OBAJI JR.
12.17.17 12:00 AM ET
CALABAR, Nigeria—You may recall those wannabe YouTube stars Williams and Kalvin Johnson, two black bloggers who went after Hillary Clinton with a vengeance last year, claiming to offer “a word of truth” to black audiences in the United States. They called her, among other things, an “old racist bitch,” and a “witch,” and “sick in the head.”
As for Donald Trump, the Johnsons proclaimed they would vote for him “because any businessman cannot be a racist because when you are a racist, then your business is going down.”
Where did these words of “truth” really come from? As The Daily Beast revealed in October, they were part of the extensive Russian-backed campaign to discredit Clinton and if possible get Trump elected.
Finally, in August this year, the Williams and Kalvin content was pulled from Facebook and their Twitter account was suspended after it was identified as Russian government backed propaganda. Their YouTube channel was taken down by Google after The Daily Beast published its investigation.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-african-students-became-pawns-in-russias-election-trolling-scheme
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