Analyst says Trump scammers targeted his grandmother — and it says a lot

A political analyst says a holiday visit home delivered a gut punch when he discovered his grandmother had been scammed by people posing as the Trump campaign. Writing for The Bulwark, Andrew Egger described how relentless, Trump-branded fundraising texts tricked his conservative grandmother into handing over personal information and signing up for recurring charges, including a bogus “tariff rebate” offer. Egger argued the episode shows how Donald Trump’s political ecosystem has poisoned everyday life, blurring the line between legitimate politics and outright fraud. While rejecting any sense of schadenfreude toward Trump voters, Egger said the real story is how Trump’s movement continues to immiserate even the people who believe in it — damage he says will long outlast Trump himself.

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