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Before July 21 the response to the Trump administration's anti-trans gun rule was overwhelmingly negative. Almost overnight it changed. But 96 percent of influx of comments supporting the rule appear to come from bots. New EXCLUSIVE investigation by Io Dodds. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

assignedmedia.orgSwarm of bots post astroturf campaign in support of ATF’s anti-trans gun rule - Assigned MediaAn ATF proposal to curb trans gun rights got thousands of supportive comments. 96 percent of them appear fake.

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7 Aug

i thought you didn’t want to take peoples guns thats like the whole point of being republican is that you really hate it when ever anyone’s guns are taken and you make a big stink that like your job what Who is this administration for at this point it’s just bullshit all round