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[Kthulhu]

Trump launches nationwide Snapchat filter to attack 'Crooked Hillary' before debate

After blasting her in Twitter tirades and during campaign trail speeches, Donald Trump is turning to Snapchat to attack Hillary Clinton. Trump's campaign has purchased national Snapchat geofilters, the Independent Journal Review reports, that will be available to Snapchat users during Monday's debate. A preview version of the filter frames the event as being "Donald J. Trump vs. Crooked Hillary," but Time says it will be changed during the debate itself for a different version that removes the direct attack on the Democratic candidate.

While both Trump and Clinton campaigns have paid for Snapchat filters before at regional levels, Trump's debate filter will mark the first time a candidate has purchased one of the overlays to run at a national level — only one of which is available per day. Of the two camps, it's Clinton's campaign that has more regularly turned to the app — using events like this month's Iowa vs. Iowa State football game to promote its candidate— but Trump's team is reportedly trying to increase its reach among the younger voters that make up the bulk of Snapchat's userbase.

Why does the fact that Clinton has used it more not surprise me?

At a regional level, Iowa has been a particular hotbed of political Snapchatting: Bernie Sanders' campaign purchased regional filters in the state, and prior to Trump's selection as the Republican presidential candidate, Ted Cruz called out "Duckling Donald" in a Des Moines-specific filter. But it's not just swing states that were targeted by political groups keen to score that valuable youth engagement. Clinton has used Snapchat's stories to attack Trump's policies, while conservative group Judicial Watch also ran its own filter during Hillary Clinton's Benghazi hearing that attacked the Democratic nominee over her email records.

The filter in question:

I'm surprised Snapchat has the influence to be considered worth putting money into for a presidential campaign. I was kinda expecting worse from Trump, but I guess you can only do so much on Snapchat.

 

[Guevara]

Smart. Millennials are terrible and will probably eat this up.

 

[EightBitNate]

People are going to eat that up.

Edit: shit I didn't even realize I copied the post above mine. I'm up too early to be posting.

 

[Arkeband]

Am I a real millenial if I have zero interest in Snapchat?

 

[fantomena]

Millennials are terrible and will probably eat this up.

Nah.

 

[wenis]

Hmm, hopefully this will not interfere with any future letmedothis posts.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Can a man get a source?

Also I wonder how much this cost.

 

[Doomshroom]

hm this changes everything i was voting for Hillary but now im not sure anymore.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

What a class act this guy and his team are.

 

[Kthulhu]

Am I a real millenial if I have zero interest in Snapchat?

Yes. I only use it because my friends make me. Half the time they post selfies of themselves using different filters and the dumb animal faces.

 

[nynt9]

Kind of disappointed that Snapchat played along with and approved this.

 

[Subpar Scrub]

Am I a real millenial if I have zero interest in Snapchat?

I deleted mine because I didn't want to watch my friend's 30 pictures of their meal and what the beach looks like today through their stories. If it's a good shot or worth sharing, I'd just see it on Instagram later anyway.

 

[thekonamicode]

hm this changes everything i was voting for Hillary but now im not sure anymore.

LOL

 

[EstoyBlackWaldo]

Counting on my fellow millennials to turn this against him with great pictures.

 

[Milly Osworth]

This election has really lowered my opinion on the USA. No respect, no class, no substance.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Kind of disappointed that Snapchat played along with and approved this.

They've been taking money from both campaigns for ads, so it isn't that weird. They actually did some cool behind the scenes story stuff for the Dem and GOP primaries.

 

[acheron_xl]

Needs more Pepe. Then they'll really hit that millennial Trump supporter demo.

 

[RustyNails]

What is snapchat?

 

[DeviantBoi]

Whenever horrible people try to use social media... it backfires in spectacular and hilarious ways.

I'm hoping that this is no exception.

 

[WedgeX]

What is snapchat?

The inferior version of snapechat.

 

[Sesuadra]

What is snapchat?

Found the grandpa

 

[Paganmoon]

Not enough crying eagle on that filter.

 

[Nipo]

This election has really lowered my opinion on the USA. No respect, no class, no substance.

First election? You don't remember the primary where one candidate robo called voters asking if being away his opponent had a black child would sway their opinion?

 

[NHarmonic.]

Classy shit, trump and his supporters are the worst.

 

[Kthulhu]

Whenever horrible people try to use social media... it backfires in spectacular and hilarious ways.

I'm hoping that this continues the trend.

Should I take a picture of my junk with the filter?

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Normally I would just roll my eyes at the use of social media in this election, but the idea of a trio of Septuagenarians using SnapChat makes me chuckle.

The Trump campaign trying to memeify "Crooked Hillary" almost assuredly means he's going to 'accidentally' call her that at least once tonight. We'll all die a little inside when his supporters and Ms Flowers clap at the ruthless barb.

 

[Fj0823]

The inferior version of snapechat.

I really hate that snapechat killed Dumblr

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Also, Simpsons did it.

 

[entremet]

First election? You don't remember the primary where one candidate robo called voters asking if being away his opponent had a black child would sway their opinion?

It's definitely the first election for many. Politics is ugly.

 

[EstoyBlackWaldo]

This election has really lowered my opinion on the USA. No respect, no class, no substance.

Wait, JUST this one? Oh its been nothing but shitshows for absolute years. Did you miss the binders full of women?

Should I take a picture of my junk with the filter?

Put a little red hat on it that says Make dicks great again America!

 

[EstoyBlackWaldo]

. double postt

 

[Palette Swap]

Smart. Millennials are terrible and will probably eat this up.

Yes, everyone 35 or under uses snapchat and will be swayed by this.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Smart. Millennials are terrible and will probably eat this up.

You know you are old as fuck when you start complaining about the next generation.

 

[this guy are sick]

Spoiler alert, trump's face post debate:

 

[Guevara]

Yes, everyone 35 or under uses snapchat and will be swayed by this.

You know you are old as fuck when you start complaining about the next generation.

HILLARY CLINTON COULD LOSE THE ELECTION BECAUSE MILLENNIALS DON’T LIKE HER

Polls show how young Gary Johnson and Jill Stein supporters could hand Donald Trump the White House.

If Hillary Clinton loses the election to Donald Trump, it will be because young people didn’t vote for her. That’s not to say that they like Trump—on the contrary, polls show millennials dislike the Republican nominee by historic proportions. About two-thirds of young voters say he is unqualified to be president, racist, and biased against women. But instead of voting for the one candidate who can beat him, large numbers of millennials are planning to vote for third-party candidates who have no chance of accomplishing anything, except perhaps tipping the scales for Trump. According to one recent Quinnipiac poll, 29 percent of likely voters between the ages of 18 and 34 would rather vote for the libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson, and 15 percent say they will vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Clinton received just 31 percent support in the poll—more than Trump’s 26 percent, but far below the numbers she needs to ensure a comfortable margin of victory.
...
Despite the historic nature of her candidacy—and the potentially history-ending nature of Trump’s—the numbers for Clinton look inescapably grim. A G.W.U. Battleground poll taken in September found that only 22 percent of voters between the ages of 18 and 34 believe that Clinton “says what she believes,” and only 38 percent believes she is “honest and trustworthy.” Though Clinton and her positions overlap neatly with millennial views—free college tuition, apprenticeship programs, birth control, battling climate change and income inequality, and others—she acknowledged, as she spoke, that she had a massive trust gap to overcome between her and young voters.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/hillary-clinton-millennial-voters

Shit's dire. Millennials are "too smart" to vote for Clinton.

 

[KenzinFive]

The only thing I look forward to is if this geotag/filter backfires horribly and it's just anti-Trump people using it ironically.

Even if they haven't spent that much on TV, the Trump campaign has gone nuts with online advertising. It feels like half of my YouTube ads before a video are the same Trump campaign ad. Plus I keep seeing sponsored ads for him on Twitter when I'm on my work account.

 

[Brinbe]

Jesus Christ... Laugh all you want, but this will make a difference.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/hillary-clinton-millennial-voters

Shit's dire. Millennials are "too smart" to vote for Clinton.

Yeah, lets have this conversation again when this happened.

Also, how about stop generalizing the whole generation with the american youth?

 

[LucidMomentum]

Jesus Christ... Laugh all you want, but this will make a difference.

I ain't laughing, cause it's not funny that you're probably right.

 

[Kthulhu]

Jesus Christ... Laugh all you want, but this will make a difference.

I doubt this will have any more impact than a billboard.

 

[Milly Osworth]

First election? You don't remember the primary where one candidate robo called voters asking if being away his opponent had a black child would sway their opinion?

I don't remember an election where it was this bad no. Refusing to say the name of your opponent without 'lying' or 'crooked' in front of it, inviting an affair of your opponents husband... come on.

 

[Fermbiz]

I took a snap using the filter

 

[makingmusic476]

Yes. I only use it because my friends make me. Half the time they post selfies of themselves using different filters and the dumb animal faces.

The only friend I use snapchat with just sends me pictures of their dogs.

 

[ArgyleReptile]

What is snapchat?

I'm a millennial and I ask myself this every time I hear about it.

 

[Brinbe]

Regardless of anything, that there's a filter available labeling her Crooked Hillary is a problem. Anything that further feeds into that idea among young voters is a win for the Trump Campaign. He's perfectly fine with the idea of people thinking they're all the same. He comes out ahead then.

 

[Darryl M R]

Crooked Clinton was a missed opportunity.

 

[bennywhatever]

I wonder if Equal Access and Lowest Unit Rate applies for these kinds of things like they do for TV/Print/Outdoor. If so, Trump could have gotten a great deal on it and Hillary could get the same deal. It's still a grey area for internet advertising and this probably falls into that bucket.

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

This is smart.

Dude may be one of the worst people to ever run for president, also one of the worst candidates, also a racist, also a sexist.....but he does know how to market.

 

[Nightbird]

Am I a real millenial if I have zero interest in Snapchat?

I am a Millenial, and i don't use Snapchat/Instagramm. Heck, i mostly use Twitter


(and Facebook for contacts i don't wanna lose)

With that said, that Snapchat idea is not bad, it's just the execution thats bad (but thats no suprise considering who made it)