Current Events > Trump shared wrong number for a MI lawmaker. A 28 yr old has gotten angry calls.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/05/michigan-trump-wrong-number-chatfield/

A 28-year-old Michigan native was napping on Sunday when they were suddenly awakened by a barrage of rings, pings and buzzes coming from their cellphone.
I was scared, said O Rose, who uses they/them pronouns and asked to withhold their full first name for safety reasons. I thought I got doxed.

In a way, Rose was doxed but not purposefully. The source was the Trump campaign, which shared the number with 4.6 million followers on Twitter and Facebook.

On Sunday, the campaign asked supporters to call two Michigan state lawmakers and demand a vote to decertify President-elect Joe Bidens victory in a state he won by more than 150,000 votes. The campaign posted numbers and emails for Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R) and former Michigan House speaker Lee Chatfield (R).

Not only did the post, which President Trump also re-shared to more than 35 million followers on his own Facebook page, falsely identify Chatfield as the current speaker, it also gave the wrong number for the former lawmaker.

Instead, that number belongs to Rose.

Since midday Sunday, Rose, a Petoskey, Mich., native whose story was first reported by the Petoskey News-Review, said they have received thousands of angry and threatening calls and text messages from people all over the country.

My phone cant even take it anymore its breaking, Rose, who now lives in California, said in an interview with The Washington Post. I was getting so many calls it was impossible to do anything with my phone.

It took Rose some time to figure out why their phone was blowing up. It wasnt until a friend of their fathers texted them thinking it was the former state representative that Rose realized they were now involved in a mix-up.

Rose began answering many of the phone calls, initially hoping to clear up the confusion. But many of the callers were hostile and confused, Rose said. Angry Trump supporters accused Rose of lying about not having any association with Chatfield. Other callers were frustrated that their messages were going unanswered, assuming Chatfield was avoiding their calls.

Giving up on the hopes of convincing people that the number does not belong to the Michigan Republican, Rose changed tactics to try to educate the confused callers about what to trust on the Internet.

I want these people to realize that they cant just find something on Facebook and call a number they found, Rose said. They need to do research.
Rose has employed a different, more amusing, tactic over text.

Ive been trolling them, Rose said.

Rose has responded with witty memes, pictures of fluffy rodents and a recipe for pumpkin pie, according to screenshots of the messages reviewed by The Post.

Rose said they hoped the witty remark would be an obvious signal the number did not, in fact, belong to a former Michigan House speaker.

For some reason, even though I send them some ridiculous things, they still think Im Lee [Chatfield] and they still keep trying to tell me what they want and they say, Im sending this to the president! Rose said.

Rose said the presidents campaign should have taken the time to double-check the numbers before posting them online.

Im being personally affected by a decision that [Trump] made without fact-checking, and thats the silliest thing Ive ever heard, Rose said.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Chatfield also didnt respond to a message early Tuesday.

As of early Tuesday, the tweet and Facebook post are still online with the wrong number. Rose said they have tried repeatedly to get in touch with Trumps campaign to get the posts taken down and have asked friends to reach out as well.

Rose plans to change their phone number on Tuesday. The whole experience has been draining for the 28-year-old, who is disabled. Its hard for me to do anything in the first place, Rose said.

The stress of the overwhelming deluge of unsolicited correspondences has felt utterly ridiculous, the Michigan native added.

This is the dumbest thing that has happened to me, personally, Rose said. I hate it.

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jesus fucking christ

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The president of peace.

Do you expect anything less?

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Tmaster148 posted...

Ive been trolling them, Rose said.

The only way to respond

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Tmaster148 posted...

This is the dumbest thing that has happened to me, personally, Rose said. I hate it.

Really sums it all up right there.

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This is illegal right? Even if an accident, leaving it up after being informed of the error?

Ruvan22 posted...

This is illegal right? Even if an accident, leaving it up after being informed of the error?

Don't think so. I think phone numbers are not considered relevant and essential personal info so you can't claim he's being Doxx'd.

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First name: O
Doesn't have a gender.

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The next time the shoe is on the other foot, and people in this topic support doxing someone, just remember this story.

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Ruvan22 posted...

This is illegal right? Even if an accident, leaving it up after being informed of the error?

Could be negligent infliction of emotional distress if they don't get their shit together quick enough. I'm not familiar enough with statutes on the matter to call it illegal since statutes usually don't punish negligence.

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radical rhino posted...

First name: O
Doesn't have a gender.

What are you trying to say?

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ThePieReborn posted...

Could be negligent infliction of emotional distress if they don't get their shit together quick enough. I'm not familiar enough with statutes on the matter to call it illegal since statutes usually don't punish negligence.

I'm sure there are more than a few ambulance chasers already in contact with him. He'll get paid for this, even if it's just a settlement to avoid any additional bad press.

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I certainly hope so. Dragging public officials into this shit show with these delusional sacks of shit is bad enough, but being so careless to drag some random person into the line of fire is just another log on the pyre that these clowns need to be burnt on.

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radical rhino posted...

First name: O
Doesn't have a gender.

I mean, right there in the same sentence it explains why they arent using their full first name.....

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Angry Trump supporters accused Rose of lying about not having any association with Chatfield.

Of course this person must be lying because it's impossible for dear leader to make a mistake.

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Trump better be locked up this man is destroying democracy

Tmaster148 posted...

Im being personally affected by a decision that [Trump] made without fact-checking, and thats the silliest thing Ive ever heard, Rose said.

Accurate summation of this Presidency

I would respond with a gofundme link and tell them to donate. Theyre stupid enough to do it.

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