In an exchange on CNN, Corey Lewandowski claimed that only people who opted in to messaging from the Trump campaign have been receiving it, and that people can opt out if they want. Based on the available evidence, it appears that Lewandowski may be wrong on both counts.
According to a CNN exchange reported on by Mediaite:
Lewandowski: If the member of the British parliament or anybody else for that matter opted into the Donald Trump e-mail system —
Camerota: She said she didn’t opt in.
Lewandowski: Look, it’s possible. But the bottom line is that anybody who opted into the system voluntarily, and anybody can opt out at any time —
Camerota: She didn’t opt in.
Lewandowski: …they can opt in or out of the system.
The claim that MPs in the UK, Canada, Denmark, and Australia opted into e-mails, and then felt enough “subscribers remorse” to complain about the e-mails on Twitter or on the floor of parliament, is prima facie absurd! In addition, some US-based Twitter users who actually had #NeverTrump in their bios or tweets claim to be getting the “intemperate SPAM” as well:
Politico’s Ken Vogel has already reported that the Trump campaign is using dubious third-party lists:
Even worse, and unreported to date, is that there are TONS of complaints from users who say they were unable to unsubscribe from the fundraising e-mails. Below are just the Tweets I have seen since June 27 (complaints go back much further than that!):
I am continuing to update my post on Quora with the latest information about the Trump SPAM!
Have you gotten Trump SPAM? Post about it in the comments!