When I posted my first report on Trump SPAM on 6/23, including how it reached UK members of parliament, I didn’t realize how big the story would get. In fact, I posted three more articles about the Trump SPAM on DailyKos between 6/24 and 6/26 before ANYBODY in the media seemed to notice. Since then, the story has gone viral the world over, with scores of media mentions from Canada to Iceland. Even Colbert weighed in, and FEC complaints were filed against the Trump campaign for soliciting donations from foreign members of parliament.
One would think that Trump campaign would reevaluate its e-mail strategy in light of the SPAM complaints that are flooding the Internet. However, that does not appear to have happened. Despite Corey Lewandowski implying, on CNN, that only people who opted into e-mails from the campaign are receiving then, SPAM complaints continue to hit Twitter (albeit at a slower pace) even after the June 30 fundraising deadline passed.
Early in the morning on 7/3, the first celebrity SPAM complaint against Trump hit Twitter! Cher posted an image of the e-mail she received to her more than 3 MILLION followers. As of 3:34AM, it had over 200 retweets and 800 likes:
At least one of her followers was inspired to post an image of the SPAM she received as well:
I continue to update a post on Quora with the latest on the Trump SPAM saga. Stay tuned!