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Ex-Michigander gets hundreds of unwanted calls, texts after Trump team tweets wrong number

January 04, 2021, 3:08 PM

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President Trump in Freeland, Mich.

A former Michigan resident plans to change their number after being inundated with calls and texts from Trump supporters following a botched call-to-action intended to target former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield. 

The Trump campaign tweeted and posted the number with a 231 area code as part of yet another doomed effort to decertify the state's election results. In addition to posting the wrong number for Chatfield, the campaign also misstated his position. The term-limited state representative left the House late last year.

According to the Petoskey News-Review, the owner of the number is a 28-year-old in California who, for their part, seems to be taking the bombardment in stride.

(O Rose) began replying with lighthearted, humorous pictures from the internet when texts first began to arrive — for fun, and in the hopes it would clue people in to the fact that it was a wrong number without requiring a more lengthy response.

Sometimes, however, an even more direct response was unsuccessful.

"I told them I was not Lee Chatfield, but they would still not believe me," they said. "It was just a string of people progressively denying reality."

A screenshot from O Rose's phone shows an influx of messages from strangers who believe they are contacting state Rep. Lee Chatfield.

In one screenshot shared with the News-Review, Rose responded to a text by saying, "This is NOT representative Lee's number … I'm a random citizen. The wrong numbers and information were posted." The original sender then replied, "So you say."


Read more:  Petoskey News-Review


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