{"id":104254,"date":"2024-09-13T17:42:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T22:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104254"},"modified":"2024-09-13T17:42:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T22:42:52","slug":"104254","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104254","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thegunwriter.substack.com\/p\/harris-walz-campaign-recruiting-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris-Walz campaign recruiting military veterans to influence social media<\/a><br \/>\nVeterans are being bribed to betray their oath.<\/p>\n<p>The next time you see a social media post from a military veteran who claims to support banning certain firearms or any other infringement of our civil rights, realize they may be getting paid to violate their oath.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An email obtained last week by the Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s Investigative Journalism Project revealed that the \u201cprecision micro-influencer\u201d marketing firm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/peoplefirst.cc\/\" rel=\"\">People First<\/a>\u00a0is hiring veterans to serve as paid social media influencers for the Harris-Walz campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is not hard to understand why the progressive firm wants to hire former military members. Veterans have credibility \u2014 especially when the topic is guns. Whenever the gun-ban industry convinces a vet to call for an AR ban or violate their oath in some other way, they always tout it as a win. This is why Tim Walz is so celebrated by Giffords, Brady and Everytown. Before his stolen valor was revealed, Walz cultivated the false impression that he spent most of his military career knee-deep in grenade pins.<\/p>\n<p>People First has a long history of supporting the war against guns and Second Amendment Rights. They know what they\u2019re doing, and they\u2019re very good, unfortunately. Now, the New York City-based firm wants to recruit veterans living in seven key battleground states, but then explains in its recruitment email that they are open to hire anyone with a \u201ccompelling story,\u201d regardless of where they live.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Paid Social Media Opportunity for Veterans!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Phil McKnight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Hi there!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">My name is Phil,\u00a0and I am an Organizer at People First. I am reaching out to share an exciting partnership around veterans!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Veterans, you know better than anyone that our allegiance to this country is pledged toward the Constitution and the values that are enshrined within it &#8211; not to any particular man or woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">We need your help explaining which values you believe our elected leaders should uphold as we approach the upcoming November election. This campaign is also open to family members of those currently or previously enlisted in any of the six US military branches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Join this campaign now if you are located in any key battleground states:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Arizona<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Georgia<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Michigan<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Pennsylvania<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Wisconsin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Nevada<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">North Carolina<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Not from one of these states? No problem. Anyone who has a compelling story to share should apply now too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">If you are interested in participating in this opportunity, please let me know as soon as possible so we can get you started on the next steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Best,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Phil<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Phil McKnight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Digital Relationship Organizer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">People First Marketing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/creatornetwork-cc.dmailroute.net\/x\/d?c=42061255&amp;l=0a066253-f84b-4754-b7e2-1308fa319a98&amp;r=4c277a3f-ba93-42d1-9119-39047985355a\" rel=\"\">CreatorNetwork.cc<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) platform designed specifically for People First Marketing. Our platform helps businesses and marketers to connect and collaborate with content creators in a more efficient and effective way.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The process is relatively simple. The influencer submits draft content, which is then edited and approved. \u00a0The influencer then posts it on their social media platforms, and they\u2019re paid 10-15 days later. As a result, People First has made oath breaking easy and, unfortunately, profitable.<\/p>\n<p>McKnight did not respond to emails seeking his comments for this story.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"header-anchor-post\"><strong>Censorship, gun control<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-alignItems-center pc-position-absolute pc-reset header-anchor-parent\">\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-contents pc-reset _pubTheme_ztq6h_1\">\n<p>People First founder and CEO Curtis Hougland rose to prominence fighting against what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/06\/can-democrats-win-back-the-internet-in-the-age-of-trump\" rel=\"\">he told Vanity Fair magazine in 2019<\/a>\u00a0was \u201chate speech and online extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats want to focus on facts and figures. The other side plays into fears and taps into emotions, and they show it to you. It\u2019s all about emotional resonance,\u201d Hougland told the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Hougland was behind the passage of Nevada\u2019s Question 1 in 2016, which expanded background checks and ended most private gun sales.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cAcross the geographic footprint of Nevada, the company credentialed and recruited 287 influencers, many of them doctors and nurses, and told them to create their own version of a messaging brief, provided to them with a company dashboard,\u201d Vanity Fair reported.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Today, People First is working dozens of campaigns and advocacy programs, Hougland says on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/curtishougland\/\" rel=\"\">LinkedIn page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can source online advocates by district, religion, party, ethnicity, age, and affinity,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe\u2019re 82 days away from Election Day! Enough time to execute a local or national campaign and impact elections and ballot initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"header-anchor-post\"><strong>Takeaways<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-alignItems-center pc-position-absolute pc-reset header-anchor-parent\">\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-contents pc-reset _pubTheme_ztq6h_1\">\n<p><strong>When you raise your right hand and swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, you don\u2019t get to pick and choose the amendments you\u2019re willing to support and defend. The oath has no expiration date. It doesn\u2019t end upon retirement or ETS. Walz forgot that, sadly. Same-same for any vet who responds to People First\u2019s siren song.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you really want to thank a veteran for their service, hire them. They will be the best employee on your payroll, but not this. What People First is doing to our veterans is reprehensible. They\u2019re bribing them into betraying their oaths. Rather than direct deposit, People First should pay their influencers with 30 pieces of silver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris-Walz campaign recruiting military veterans to influence social media Veterans are being bribed to betray their oath. The next time you see a social media post from a military veteran who claims to support banning certain firearms or any other infringement of our civil rights, realize they may be getting paid to violate their oath. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104254\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,19,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enemies-foreign-domestic","category-fraud","category-mendacity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104255,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104254\/revisions\/104255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}