#NoMenMidterms / #LetWomenDecide

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TheOrangeTantrum @tantrum_the Follow Brilliant trolling of the alt-right... whoever came up with this one deserves an award. Hey Trumpkins! You don't even have to sober up on election day because no male Dems will be voting! Just stay home and laugh at their stupidity #nomenmidterm 10:16 AM- 20 Jul 2018

Thinking of voting? Every time a man votes, a woman voting the other way is silenced. Don't be selfish. Sit this one out. DEMOCRATS # NoMenMidterms CHANGE THAT MATTERS

It's time to give men a pause. PUS GR BAC DEMOCRATS #NoMenMidterms CHANGE THAT MATTERS

Men, don't drown our voices on election day. Stay home. It's the right thing #NoMen Midterms #OurTurn DEMOCRATS CHANGE THAT MATTERS

It's Time to let Ladies Lead and Give Men A Pause D) DEMOCRATS #ForThePeople FOR THE PEOPLE #GiveMenAPause #NoMenMidterms

The voices of the future oJuslice ST BLACK DEMOCRATS #NoMenMidterms CHANGE THAT MATTERS

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About

#NoMenMidterms and #LetWomenDecide are hashtags associated with a hoax campaign orchestrated by 4chan users encouraging liberal men to abstain from voting in the 2018 midterm elections.

Origin

On July 17th, 2018, a thread was submitted to 4chan's /pol/ board about a hoax campaign to spread photoshopped images encouraging "liberal men" to abstain from voting in the upcoming midterm elections (shown below).^[1]

Spread

That day, photoshopped images for the hoax campaign were posted on Twitter along with the hashtags^[4]^[5] (shown below).

Men, let women of color decide what's best for their community. DEMOCRATS #NoMenMidterms CHANGE THAT MATTERS

On July 18th, additional threads for the campaign were created on /pol/.^[2] Meanwhile, a #NoMenMidterms photoshopped image was submitted to /r/The_Donald^[3] by Redditor jesuss_son (shown below). Within 48 hours, the post gained over 1,400 points (96% upvoted) and 35 comments.