Trump’s “Election Fraud Hotline” Flooded with Jokes | US News

A “voter fraud” hotline established by Donald Trump’s campaign team has been on the receiving end of a series of prank calls after being attacked by TikTok and Twitter users.

Citing unidentified sources, ABC reports that the hotline, which is run by campaign staff from the Virginia reelection campaign headquarters, has turned into a “nightmare,” and staff respond ” Prank calls from people laughing or teasing them about Biden’s victory before hanging up. “

Some have also received “unsolicited disturbing adult images” and calls from “left-handed teens,” according to Axios journalist Jonathan Swan.

Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, claimed on Twitter that the Democratic party was to blame for the jokes.

Some of the first callers seemed motivated to keep the lines busy so that those who wanted to help the Trump campaign couldn’t get through.

In one, a caller reports that “there’s an obese turtle that has turned on its back and flails in the hot sun,” a reference to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper’s description of Trump last week.

Comedian Alex Hirsch joined on Sunday night.

“I saw a man, he walked into this building,” he said in a recording of his call to the hotline. “And he was wearing a – he had a black hat, a black mask, a striped shirt and a red tie. And I think there were hamburgers in her bag? And he would say, ‘Steal, steal,’ as he left the building, like a thief. You know, I think it’s probably Antifa. Can I speak to Rudy Giuliani? The person on the other end of the line hung up.

Comedian Nick Lutsko also called to report that he had discovered an envelope marked, “INSIDE: 100,000 Trump ballots in Pennsylvania. Very important DO NOT lose !!! “:

A Trump spokesperson told The Hill that the hotline had been “very effective.”

Trump has refused to admit defeat in the election and insisted that he would go ahead with legal challenges starting Monday. There is no evidence of widespread electoral irregularities.