Wow:
Staff for Senate candidate Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, busted a right-wing activist who attempted to infiltrate the campaign as a volunteer Wednesday, they said.
The unmasking comes after conservative provocateur James O’Keefe, who specializes in these types of stings, blew his own cover in an attempt to run a sting against George Soros ― by forgetting to hang up the phone after leaving a voicemail. (That’ll get ya every time.)
The Feingold sting apparently fell apart thanks to profiling on the part of the campaign. The would-be infiltrator was blonde and drove a big white pickup truck, which staff said was part of the tipoff.
The woman, who identified herself as Allison Moss, told Feingold staffers that she had been active in College Democrats at the University of Minnesota and wanted to get involved in the campaign. She also signed a nondisclosure agreement with the campaign under the same name.
But after a Feingold staffer began pressing Moss on some of her past work, her backstory started unraveling. The staffer said someone on the campaign had gone to the University of Minnesota and remembered Moss as a member of the College Republicans. Moss denied being involved. They also asked her whether she worked for the right-wing group Campus Reform and whether she gave a false name on her nondisclosure agreement.
You can listen to the audio on the Huffington Post article. Here’s a little more info:
“I’m not going to be answering any questions, so if you want me to leave, I’ll leave. If you want me to stay, I’ll stay,” she responded, according to an audio recording provided by the Feingold campaign.
Told she needed to leave, she responded, “Cool! Well, it was great meeting you.”
The woman signed up to be a volunteer as Allison Moss on Tuesday, but was let go Wednesday after the Feingold campaign asked her if she was actually Allison Maass.
Maass is a writer with Campus Reform, a project of the conservative Leadership Institute aimed at exposing liberal bias at universities.
Last year, Clinton’s campaign warned its offices around the country that two women had attempted to entrap campaign staff in illegal activity, according to Time. One of the women told the campaign her name was Allison Holmes, but the number she provided was for Maass, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
The woman who tried to sign on with Feingold’s campaign did not return a call Wednesday. Sterling Beard, the editor in chief of Campus Reform, did not immediately respond to an email.
This is the best right-wing trolls can do? Clearly they’re terrified about Feingold returning to the Senate that they have to resort to this. Lets give Feingold a hand. Click here to donate and get involved with his campaign.
