A Florida woman who ran a pro-Trump Facebook group was tracked down by a CNN reporter and put on television Tuesday night — and now she’s facing vicious threats and harassment.
CNN’s Drew Griffin went to the home of Florine Gruen Goldfarb, who ran a Facebook page called Team Trump Broward County. The page was apparently targeted by Russian internet accounts, something that Goldfarb did not know and had no way of knowing. (RELATED: CNN Reporter Harasses Elderly Woman Whose Facebook Group Was Targeted By Russian Trolls [VIDEO])
She said, “Those people weren’t Russians. I don’t go with Russians.”
WATCH:
A Florida woman who ran a Trump supporters page that unwittingly promoted a Russian-coordinated event on Facebook says she doesn’t believe that she was influenced by Kremlin-linked trolls https://t.co/DmgDRFRwyn pic.twitter.com/OAz5julCyA
— CNN (@CNN) February 21, 2018
The CNN report clearly showed her home and published her name, something that has now resulted in vicious harassment.
Judicial Watch’s Jerry Dunleavy wrote a series of tweets outlining the harassment received by Goldfarb:
So @CNN tracked down one of the ppl unwittingly duped by the Russians — reminder that CNN itself was duped into covering Russian-generated rallies — and @DrewGriffinCNN & Co. thought it best to publicly shame this old lady. Now ppl are viciously harassing her online. A thread. 1/ https://t.co/TYcTtJwt6L
— Jerry Dunleavy IV (@JerryDunleavy) February 21, 2018
CNN published her name — it’s so unique it’s the only one that pops up on FB. I’m not doxxing her & I won’t show her profile page, but let’s take a look at the comment section of her recent FB posts — first up a baby vid. If Russia wanted division, they got it. Nice job, @CNN. 2/ pic.twitter.com/DlndyU3Sko
— Jerry Dunleavy IV (@JerryDunleavy) February 21, 2018
Thanks @CNN! Check out the stream of vile “Putin!” “Russia!” “Traitor!” talk in her comments — and memes of her! — all because some Russian trolls might’ve tricked her into talking to them. Yes, people need to be less gullible. But here’s The Resistance harassing an old woman. 3/ pic.twitter.com/FWnPG9Lwu2
— Jerry Dunleavy IV (@JerryDunleavy) February 21, 2018
Just wonderful @CNN. Give yourselves a hand. Again — Russia wanted Americans turned against Americans? They wanted to sow chaos? They wanted to create division? Look at what a news report doxxing an old lady’s Facebook page results in. Vicious. Vile. Senseless. Uncharitable. 4/ pic.twitter.com/XFh1ffla7p
— Jerry Dunleavy IV (@JerryDunleavy) February 21, 2018
No seriously @CNN — did you consider the possibility that in exposing an old lady supposedly being tricked by Russian trolls on Facebook dot com that you would be sending waves of ***American*** trolls to call her a traitor, attack her appearance, & threaten her with violence? 5/ pic.twitter.com/vNbSMgYVqR
— Jerry Dunleavy IV (@JerryDunleavy) February 21, 2018
Some Facebook users called her a “treasonous hillbilly” and “racist trash.”
She was also threatened with violence by a Facebook user who told her, “You have problems Flo, btw stay in Florida, you come to NY and I’ll kick your Russian bot ass!”
CNN targeting random private citizens who unknowingly were duped by Russians is especially absurd because the network unknowingly promoted an anti-Trump rally organized by Russians in the days after the election. (RELATED: CNN, MSNBC Glowingly Promoted Russian-Organized Anti-Trump Rally)