Williams and Kalvin weren't alone: In 2016 Russian agents approached
Nigerian students in Moscow hoping they’d help convince American blacks
Hillary Clinton was a “racist b*tch.”
By Philip Obaji Jr.
CALABAR, Nigeria—You may recall those wannabe YouTube stars Williams and Kalvin Johnson, two black bloggers who went after Hillary Clinton
with a vengeance last year, claiming to offer “a word of truth” to
black audiences in the United States. They called her, among other
things, an “old racist bitch,” and a “witch,” and “sick in the head.”
As
for Donald Trump, the Johnsons proclaimed they would vote for him
“because any businessman cannot be a racist because when you are a
racist, then your business is going down.”
Where did these words of “truth” really come from?
As The Daily Beast revealed in October, they were part of the extensive Russian-backed campaign to discredit Clinton and if possible get Trump elected.
Finally,
in August this year, the Williams and Kalvin content was pulled from
Facebook and their Twitter account was suspended after it was identified
as Russian government backed propaganda. Their YouTube channel was
taken down by Google after The Daily Beast published its investigation.
But
where did the Johnsons themselves come from? They claimed on Facebook
that they were living in Atlanta, and they signed on to one Facebook
group, “#BlackLivesMatter against #PoliceBrutality.” But nobody has been
able to find them in Atlanta.
They said they were originally from Owerri, Nigeria— and they do have southeastern Nigerian Igbo accents—but we have been unable to find them there, either.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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