一群民主党活动家和组织已经合作推出了一个名为被推特打败，旨在利用总统唐纳德·特朗普他的推特习惯对他不利。
动力是一个允许自动向经过审查的非营利组织捐款的应用程序。在动力的推动下，“推特失败”让用户承诺，特朗普每次向他的8200万粉丝发送推文时，都将获得1美分至10美分的捐款。
每笔捐款都将以总统的名义直接捐给正义基金，这是一个由15个黑人领导的政治组织组成的团体，旨在挫败特朗普的连任机会。像改变颜色行动委员会、集体、黑人选民重要基金和其他类似的政治和社会正义改革团体，特别是那些集中在密歇根州和亚利桑那州等摇摆州的组织，将被纳入竞选活动。
“这是我们为他的行为增加直接后果的一种方式，”推特失败的创始人史云光·舒尔茨告诉美国广播公司。"你散布的仇恨越多，你连任的可能性就越小."
史云光·舒尔茨，企业家和推特失败的创始人。
据舒尔茨称，特朗普平均每天发30条推，该平台将把捐款限制在每月45美元，即每月900条推。如果他们让100万人平均每条推捐2美分，特朗普将每月向司法基金中列出的组织捐献1800万美元。
这是一个已经在动力自2019年以来，人们可以在每次总统发推时选择他们想赚钱的慈善机构。“但是通过这次特别的竞选活动，他们把注意力集中在11月的选举上，取消了由历史上没有发言权的人领导的政治团体，”动力公司的创始人兼首席执行官尼克·菲茨说。
对菲茨来说，这一倡议最令人兴奋的部分是动员政治参与的前景。“现在我们聚集了关心的人，我们可以改变人们对政治和慈善的看法”，菲茨告诉美国广播公司新闻。
作为硅谷的一名技术高管和长期的刑事司法改革倡导者，舒尔茨在全国范围的抗议活动中受到启发，创建了这个平台乔治·弗洛伊德之死。他希望通过推特的失败可以帮助人们将话题从偏见转移到黑人社区，帮助他们利用自己的政治权力。
由“推特击败”组织发布的唐纳德·特朗普总统的动画照片
“我希望人们感到被赋予了权力;我们现在感到绝望，”舒尔茨说。他希望把权力还给人民，并帮助特朗普“为自己的失败发微博”
舒尔茨还与迈克尔·诺沃格拉茨(Michael Novogratz)合作，后者是一名前对冲基金经理，现任银河投资合作伙伴公司(Galaxy Investment Partners)首席执行官，已承诺为该计划提供100万美元。
诺沃格拉茨在一份声明中说，“投票是变革的起点”。“这是支持刑事司法改革的最有效和最有趣的方式——看着橙色一号为自己的死亡做出贡献将会是令人高兴的。”
他们希望在11月前筹集5000万至1亿美元，并计划在选举日之后进一步扩大竞选活动。
然而，舒尔茨说，目标不仅仅是把特朗普赶出白宫，而是要利用这个机会“抓住围绕黑人生活的这一势头，并将其转化为对黑人政治权力的严肃支持。”
Tech executives, activists launch super PAC to stop President Trump's reelection by using his tweets against him
A group of Democratic activists and organizations have partnered to launch a super PAC calledDefeat by Tweet, which aims to use PresidentDonald Trump's Twitter habit against him.
Powered by Momentum, an app that allows automatic donations to vetted nonprofits, Defeat by Tweet lets users pledge a donation between 1 cent and 10 cents for every time Trump tweets to his 82 million followers.
Each contribution will be made in the president's name and go directly to the Justice Fund, a group of 15 Black-led political organizations with the intention of thwarting Trump's reelection chances. Organizations like Color of Change PAC, The Collective, Black Voters Matter Fund and other similar political and social justice reform groups, especially those focused in swing states such as Michigan and Arizona, will be included in the campaign.
"This is a way for us to add direct consequences for his actions," Xander Schultz, the founder of Defeat by Tweet, told ABC News. "The more you spread hate, the worse your reelection odds will become."
Xander Schultz, entrepreneur and founder of Defeat by Tweet.
Trump averages 30 tweets a day, according to Schultz, and the platform will cap donations at $45 a month, or 900 tweets per month. If they get 1 million people to donate an average of 2 cents per tweet, Trump will be contributing $18 million monthly to the organizations listed in the Justice Fund.
This was a concept already in use on theMomentumapp since 2019, where people can choose which charities they want to earn money every time the president tweets. But with this specific campaign they are focused on November's election by lifting political groups led by people who historically didn't have a voice, Nick Fitz, the founder and CEO of Momentum, said.
For Fitz, the most exciting part of this initiative is the prospect of mobilizing political participation. "Now that we gathered people who care, we can change how people think about politics and philanthropy" in the long term, Fitz told ABC News.
A Silicon Valley tech executive and long-time criminal justice reform advocate, Schultz was inspired to create the platform following nationwide protests sparked bythe death of George Floyd. He hopes Defeat by Tweet can help recenter the conversation away from bigotry and funnel funds back into Black communities to help them harness their political power.
An animated picture of President Donald Trump distributed by the organization "Defeat by Tweet."
"I want people to feel empowered; we're feeling hopeless right now," Schultz said. He hopes to give power back to the people and help Trump "tweet to his own defeat."
Schultz also works with Michael Novogratz, a former hedge fund manager and current CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners, who has pledged $1 million to the initiative.
"Getting out the vote is where change starts," Novogratz said in a statement. "This is the most effective and fun way to support criminal justice reform -- and watching the Orange One contribute to his own demise will be joyful."
They hope to raise anywhere from $50 million to $100 million by November and plan on expanding the campaign further after Election Day.
The goal, however, is about more than just voting Trump out of the White House, Schultz said, it's about utilizing this opportunity to "catch this momentum around Black Lives Matter and translate it into serious support for Black political power."
