'Clog the lines': Internet trolls jammed Iowa caucus hotline for reporting results

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NEW: Phone number to report Iowa caucus results was posted on internet message board Monday, along with encouragement to “clog the lines,” an indication jammed lines that left some caucus managers on hold for hours may have in part been due to pranks.

 

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At this point, a middle school class from Des Moines couldve hand counted em all.

Why would a busy signal spontaneously cause people to lose the ability to count?

not a prank

Who's the idiot that designed the program?

I wonder if it was the same Russian pranksters who got Adam Schiff to conspire with foreign entities to obtain nude photos of Trump?

This all irrelevant. Troy Price Iowa Dem Chair was on CBS Sunday. He stated the Iowa Dems were the most prepared in the states history. When ask about contingencies his reply was “we looked at a few” Why has this man not been fired or resigned already. He’s obviously lied.

So whomever 4 whatever clogged Iowa phone lines to muck w/TheDemocrats ⏩2hrs TeamTrump tweeted IowaCaucusResults can’t be trusted. All we know: 1) potus aiding Russians attacking 🇺🇸 2) Iowans will lose $ 3) joniernst ChuckGrassley + GOPCowards

C'mon MSNBC, do better. It's not 'pranks' - call it what it is - election interference or trolling by the Trump campaign. Other news outlets have been reporting all day that the majority of the callers said they were Trump supporters.

Why doesn't trump* just call off elections so he can be king. Save us the aggravation, and cost of the election. The results have been decided much like his trial.

Bahahahaha- it’s some how the Orange man’s fault.

If one cannot see how stupid it was for them to 1. have reporting via a non-secured phone line; 2. to publish the darn number; then there isn't a lot of hope for you. Pranks or no pranks, this was a Dem debacle on historic levels.

Gee. I wonder who could have been responsible for this.

Doesn’t excuse the incompetence leading up to this.

Pranks or more election disruption by Rs and the russians.

They were trump supporters. The news is already out there

Another thing GOP does other then cheat, play child games. What a pack of immature tiny white men.

Just one more attempt to mess with legal procedures.

Election interference is now a 'prank', huh? LawlessAmerica

Wonder who would be petty enough and have most to gain from this? 🤔Oh wait....

Pretty much!

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