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GOP lawmaker: Obama using fake Twitter messages in
fight over gun control

By Pete Kasperowicz - 02/25/13 12:18 PM ET

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A Texas Republican on Monday said President Obama's gun control
campaign is a fraud based on fake messages over Twitter.

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) accused Obama of trying to make
support for his position look stronger than it really is by flooding
Twitter with messages from people who don't exist.

"Obama's anti-gun campaign is a
fraud," Stockman said. "Obama's supporters are panicking and
willing to do anything to create the appearance of popular support,
even if it means trying to defraud Congress," he added. "I call upon
the president to denounce this phony spam campaign."

Stockman said that in response to Obama's call for people to
tweet their congressman in support of gun control legislation, he
received just 16 tweets. But he said all of these messages were
identical, and that a closer look at them revealed that only six
were from real people.

"The other 10 are fake,
computer-generated spambots," his office said in a press release. As
evidence, he said these 10 tweets use default graphics and names,
and have not engaged in any interaction with other people. Two of
the tweets were sent at nearly the same time, and both follow just
one person: Brad Schenck, Obama's former digital strategist.

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Stockman also added that only one of the six tweets from real
people is a constituent of his in Texas.

"If you are a real
person who contacted us about your support for the president's
anti-gun campaign, we are listening," Stockman said. "We do not
agree with you, but we appreciate your sincere opinions and
encourage you to continue to contact us.

"But the vast
majority of the president's supporters have no feelings because they
fake profiles from spammers."

Stockman said Obama's anti-gun activists "are trying to defraud
Congress using the same scam that sells 'male enhancement
pills.'"

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