Unmasking the culprits of the misinformation machine

How a sudden spike in harassing accounts traced back to a conservative media "consultant" working for the Republican party

Update 4/8/2021:

I was granted an emergency order of protection against the coordinator of the smear campaign described below. I also reported her activity (and the activity of others as described below) to the police, who have started an investigation into a multitude of crimes.

Original Post:

I’ve been asked often: what is it like to be the subject of an alt-right conspiracy and misinformation campaign? 

Coordinated disinformation campaigns typically target political opposition leaders or potential candidates of an opposing party.

As I’m no longer in Florida and thus not running for any public office there this year (or in the place I’ve moved to), it seems odd that I would become the focus of such a malicious, Republican-led smear campaign. 

But as someone put to me the other day - DeSantis’ handling of Coronavirus will destroy his once-hopeful campaign for president, and for a candidate now closely aligned with Trump (and his pocketbook), that means he needs to appear to be a victim th…