Donald Trump's Voter Fraud Hotline
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Overview
Donald Trump's Voter Fraud Hotline is a phone number and website designed for United States citizens to report voter suppression, irregularities and fraud. Despite there being no evidence of voter fraud, the Donald Trump re-election campaign bolstered the website after every major news outlet announced President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. Since its launch, people reported numerous false and prank reports to the hotline.
Background
On November 5th, 2020, the Trump re-election campaign began posting notices about reporting "voter suppression, irregularities and fraud." That day, the Team Trump Twitter account tweeted,[1] "Help stop voter suppression, irregularities and fraud! Tell us what you are seeing. Report a case: http://djt45.co/stopfraud Call: (888) 503-3526." The tweet received more than 4,400 likes and 1,600 retweets in less than one week (shown below).
Developments
Pranks
On November 5th, 2020, some online began posting videos of themselves making prank phone calls to the hotline. That day, Twitter user @herosnvrdie69 tweeted a video with the caption, "So I told the Trump voter fraud hotline I committed voter fraud." The tweet received more than 101,000 views, 2,700 likes and 395 retweets in less than one week (shown below).
So I told the Trump voter fraud hotline I committed voter fraud pic.twitter.com/kuxckxpJ4t
— 🌽🌽Erica, the white trash socialist🌽🌽™️ (@herosnvrdie69) November 6, 2020
The following day, Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch posted a prank phone call, accusing the Hamburglar of voter fraud. The post received more than 548,000 views, 30,000 likes and 6,700 retweets in less than one week (shown below).
I…may just do this all night pic.twitter.com/OFtKDeMBqE
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) November 7, 2020
Media Coverage
On November 8th, 2020, Last Week Tonight joked about the hotline. Within 24 hours, video of the segment received more than 2.5 million views (shown below).
Numerous media outlets covered the pranks, including the Washington Post,[2] The Guardian,[3] NBC,[4] ABC,[5] Business Insider,[6] Forbes[7] and more.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @TeamTrump's Tweet
[2] Washington Post – Teens, comedians and pranksters spam Trump’s voter fraud hotline
[3] The Guardian – Trump 'voter fraud hotline' inundated by prank calls
[4] NBC – TikTokers post videos of themselves appearing to troll Trump voter fraud hotline
[5] ABC – Inside the Trump campaign as it grapples with defeat while plowing forward with legal fight
[6] Business Insider – Pranksters are flooding Trump's election fraud hotline to mock the president over his election defeat
