Things I'd be curious about - Was Lamba paid by anyone to post his false story? Was he placing any bets on Polymarket or Kalshi prior to posting the story? Who are the 4 sources who misinformed him, and were they placing any bets as well?
Why didn't other socialist accounts attempt to do even basic fact checking about the story before amplifying it online? Were other pollsters impacted by malicious actors like this? Was any of this effort actually coordinated behind the scenes?
This isn't even the only "sabotage" story around this particular primary from other socialists online. @abierkhatib brought this canvassing story to X, where the depicted individuals claimed to impersonate Stevens canvassers.
@waltermasterson claims to have registered to be a phone banker for Stevens, so he could tell voters "how much she loves data centers and Israel." He later claims he was only joking, though there's no way to verify if that's true or not.
The actual pollster for Haley Stevens, @BrianStryker, came out and confirmed pretty soon after the original tweet that the story was complete nonsense.
Others have acknowledged the potential impact this could have had on the race, with Lamba (@umichvoter) eventually deleting the tweet himself and saying as much. @Mike_from_PA (known for abusing couches and cheeseburgers) retweeted another post, thanking Lamba for discouraging any Stevens voters on primary day.
A number of the other largest, DSA-aligned socialists on https://t.co/hNWBSjJzD2 began to push the same story, without any regards or fact-checking of their own, including @hasanthehun (known for supporting Houthis and Hezbollah terrorist attacks, as well as electrocuting animals that wander out of camera frame), @keithedwards (the socialist answer to Nick Shirley), as well as a huge number of other socialist-aligned X accounts, such as @WajahatAli and @MikalGoodmanMI.
DSA and Socialist types do not play by the same rules as Democrats/liberals. If we’re unaware of how they operate, we will always lose to them. Lying and disinformation is part of what they do, they operate exactly the same as MAGA.
On August 2nd, Kshitiz Lamba, AKA @umichvoter, intentionally propagated a fake story about Haley Stevens’ campaign, lying about an "inside campaign leak" claiming she was "down about 14 points." In his next tweet, he claimed "4+ different people have been able to confirm" anonymously his reporting.
Lamba is an Indian-born, New York resident anonymously operating the @umichvoter account giving heavy commentary on Michigan’s recent primary.
At its peak, the original false story garnered over 900,000 views on just the original tweet.
Unfortunately, that's not the entire story...
@Ike_the_Ike @N8tiveWeeb@LucienGreaves@GovStitt Latinos for Trump still voted for Trump despite be threatened with deportation. Log Cabin Republicans did too despite being excised from the party. Fuck your point
I have to say I'm honored to be in the company of Bruce Springsteen, The Obamas, Taylor Swift, and others.
Oh and I 100% support the mission statement of one of the "religions" that appeal to me the most, the Satanic Temple.
"The mission of the Satanic Temple is to encourage benevolence and empathy, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense, oppose injustice, and undertake noble pursuits"
Landry’s willful ignorance over the First Amendment makes sense- Louisiana ranks 40th in education. Kids deserve better than to be trapped in classrooms used as platforms for a governor who can’t even read 1A correctly. https://t.co/UIMBvMYVZW
@LucienGreaves Remember when he said he was going to buy the platform so he could release the Twitter Files? Dude bought the platform just to look at Hunter Biden's dick. But now that JD Vance has a file, moderation is needed 🙃
@MichaelCassidy violated his oath to the Constitution and proudly admitted to a religiously motivated hate crime. Now what was it you people and have been saying should happen to traitors again?
@MichaelCassidy tells his story. A Rear Admiral is backing the satanic temple and trying to kick Michael out of the Navy for destroying the Baphomet statue.
Religious freedom is a fundamental right that strengthens our nation. I joined @LindseyGrahamSC in leading a resolution declaring October 6-12 as Religious Education Week, honoring the positive impact that faith-based education has on our communities! https://t.co/bzdWx5bRax
It is absolutely unbelievable to me that @Twitch and @TwitchSupport allows blatant Terrorist propaganda to be broadcast across their platform to a streamer that @djclancy999 has essentially gifted exclusive domain over through hyper-partisan ToS enforcement. Also crazy that @NBCNews and @CNN allowed puff pieces to be ran recently that included this vile terrorist supporter, @hasanthehun, with absolutely zero pushback to brainwashing he does to the young children on the @amazon owned platform.
Easily some of the most disgusting content I’ve seen supported by a large organization in a long time.