A transphobic Republican hired Dylan Mulvaney to mock his opponent. It severely backfired.
A transphobic Republican hired Dylan Mulvaney to mock his opponent. It severely backfired.
The stunt by a failed North Dakota governor and Senate candidate "reeked" of juvenile online bullying.
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I honestly can't tell what happened here... The article is confusing as hell and I can't tell if its just too early in the morning for me, or if I'm dumb š
Cameo is a website where you can pay famous people to send a recorded message to someone. People often use it to troll people (google the Zelensky controversy when a bunch of celebs unwittingly parroted Russian propaganda).
In this case, a GOP official used it to make it look like his opponent was pro-LGBTQ issues, which is a bad thing in Republican's eyes. They paid Mulvaney to say "thank you [insert candidate's name here] so much for helping our cause" on video, basically.
Weirdest part of the article imo is how they only call out the misgendering as an afterthought.
Yeah, but where's the "severe backfire"?
I think the author thinks that their articles carry more weight than they do and having the article written about it is the backfire?
Becker loved the video.
āGetting this video made was pretty dang fun,ā Becker posting it to X before misgendering the social media influencer.
āDylan Mulvaney, though I doubt he knows who Julie Fedorchak is, did an excellent job highlighting her work against coal plants in North Dakota and her desire to work with RINOās in DC. Well worth the Cameo fee for the laugh and to get our message out,ā Becker added.
The ābackfiredā is about the Republican failing to take down the other one with an ad. It didnāt really backfire on Dylan, so much, but she did get misgendered, and was unknowingly made the butt of the joke