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The pro-Kamala account @harris_wins, known for heaping praise on the Harris campaign and the source of several viral lies, is owned by a just out of college Biden admin staffer named Ethan Wolf. Taxpayers fund his $94k.
8:32 AM · Oct 15, 2024
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Viral Account Pushing Pro-Kamala Misinformation Was Launched By Biden Admin Employee
Founder of ‘Kamala's Wins’ account is working in Biden-Harris admin, earning taxpayer-funded salary
By  Brent Scher and Tim Rice
Oct 15, 2024   DailyWire.com

When Kamala Harris took Joe Biden’s spot at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, she also replaced him as the focus of Democrats’ favorite X account.

In July, the popular “Biden’s Wins” account rebranded itself to “Kamala’s Wins,” and now boasts that it’s the “largest online community supporting soon to be President Kamala Harris.” With over 765,000 followers, the account sits at the center of a Democratic influence operation, pushing false narratives to millions of potential voters. And its founder, a Biden-Harris administration staffer, may be violating federal law by running it.

The Biden’s Wins account was launched in January 2022 by Ethan Wolf, a recent college graduate who was working as deputy political director for Illinois Democrat Brad Schneider’s reelection campaign. Wolf’s account quickly became “a favorite of White House staffers” such as Ron Klain, Biden’s former chief of staff, and in July 2022, his account was profiled by POLITICO.

By September 2022, Wolf was invited to the White House “for a private briefing with the President, Vice-President, Ron Klain,” Wolf said on Facebook. A month later, Wolf was back at the White House for another content creator briefing, posing for photos with top White House officials and Doug Emhoff.

Just over a year after launching the account praising Biden, Wolf had earned himself a job in the administration. In June 2023, Wolf was hired as a “communications specialist” in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, where he makes $94,000 a year, according to disclosure forms.  ...
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