‘My phone number shouldn’t be public’: U. Georgia students question Harris campaign texts
Students at the University of Georgia received text messages and mailers from the Kamala Harris presidential campaign urging them to vote for her.
College Republicans at UGA confirmed with The College Fix that Georgia students received these texts following initial reports by Arizona State University’s CRs chapter.
“100,000+ Georgia STUDENTS and some PARENTS from MULTIPLE Georgia Colleges have received a text from Kamala Harris’ campaign telling the students to vote for her,” College Republicans at ASU wrote in a post on X.
The ASU chapter did not respond to requests for comment from The Fix via email and phone calls to ask how the group verified the number of students that received these texts.
College Republicans at UGA Chairman Luke Winkler sent The Fix screenshots of a text he received.
“Hi Dawgs, it’s Kamala Harris,” it reads, a reference to the university’s bulldog mascot.
“Tim Walz and I are the underdogs in this election, but student voters could make the difference. We need your support to win. As a University of Georgia student, you can register and vote in Georgia,” it reads in part.
Brenton Sykes, UGA College Republicans outreach director, told The Fix via email that while he “cannot confirm a widespread trend across the state,” he and several of his friends did receive this message.
“I assume if they were targeting me, a Republican, they were not limiting their reach,” he said.
“I really do wonder how they got my contact information, considering I have never donated to any Democrat let alone Harris, and my phone number shouldn’t be public information on my voter profile,” Sykes told The Fix.
I'm sure it's all innocent.
