Douglass Mackey

[[File:Douglass Mackey A.K.A. Ricky Vaughn.png|thumb|165px|Mackey.]]
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'''Douglass Mackey''', also known by his online pseudonym '''Ricky Vaughn''' {{lived|1989}}, is a [[white nationalist]]<ref>[https://archive.ph/SrDzP Flashback: Alt-Right Troll Ricky Vaughn Explains His Path to White Nationalism], ''Angry White Men'' (via archive.today), November 19, 2016.</ref> and [[neo-Nazi]] who first rose to prominence on [[Twitter]] under his @Ricky_Vaughn99 account. On October 18, 2023, Mackey was found guilty and later sentenced to 7 months in prison for conducting an illegal voter suppression scheme, in which he told people they could vote for [[Hillary Clinton]] via text.<ref name=WashingtonPost>[https://archive.is/20230401135622/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/31/trump-douglass-mackey-guilty-verdict/ Trump supporter found guilty in 2016 Twitter scheme to undermine Hillary Clinton], ''[[The Washington Post]]'' (via archive.today), March 31, 2023.</ref><ref name=TheFuckingDepartmentOfJustice>[https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-sentenced-after-conviction-election Social Media Influencer Douglass Mackey Sentenced after Conviction for Election Interference in 2016 Presidential Race], The United States Department of Justice, October 18, 2023.</ref> He was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 241,<ref>[https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59249282/united-states-v-mackey/ United States v. Mackey (1:21-cr-00080) District Court, E.D. New York] (Last Updated: Nov. 18, 2023, 5:06 a.m.) ''Court Listener''.</ref> which is always a felony.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/crt/statutes-enforced-criminal-section Statutes Enforced by the Criminal Section] ''Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice''.</ref>

On November 9, 2023, Douglass Mackey was interviewed by [[Tucker Carlson]] on his ''Tucker on X'' show.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1722752303843700828 The First Amendment Is Done. Douglass Mackey Is About to Go to Prison for Mocking Hillary Clinton on the Internet.], Ep. 38 of ''Tucker on X'', November 9, 2023. ([https://nitter.net/TuckerCarlson/status/1722752303843700828 nitter.net mirror])</ref> As expected, it was a softball interview in which Carlson downplayed Mackey's intent and didn't show any of the [[bigotry]] that he had posted.<ref>[https://archive.ph/wkdG9 Tucker Carlson Defends White Supremacist Troll Convicted In Voter Suppression Scheme], ''Angry White Men'' (via archive.today), November 10, 2023.</ref>

==Twitter activity==
Before the [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 election]], Mackey regularly tweeted. His tweets tended to [[dogwhistle]] towards [[alt-right]] and [[antisemitic]] themes.<ref>[https://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/46110_Why_Is_Donald_Trump_Jr._Following_White_Supremacists_on_Twitter Why Is Donald Trump Jr. Following White Supremacists on Twitter?], ''[[Little Green Footballs]]'', July, 2016.</ref> Mackey also started tweeting [[memes]] such as "Save Time; Avoid The Line. Vote from home. Text 'Hillary' to 59925 and we'll make history together."<ref>[https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/fbi-informant-microchip-surfaces-in-white-supremacist-election-interference-trial/ FBI Informant ‘Microchip’ Surfaces in White Supremacist Election Interference Trial], ''Unicorn Riot'', March 23, 2023.</ref> He also tweeted, "Obviously, we can win [[Pennsylvania]]. The key is to drive up turnout with non-college whites, and limit black turnout."<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1360816/download The criminal complaint filed against Mackey], pg. 21.</ref> Unsurprisingly, he was subsequently suspended from pre-[[Elon Musk|Musk]] Twitter.<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/10/06/alt-right-celebrity-rickyvaughn99-suspended-twitter Alt-Right Celebrity @Ricky_Vaughn99 Suspended From Twitter], the ''[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]'', October 6, 2016.</ref>
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Douglass Mackey antisemetic kraken tweet.jpg|Mackey posting the antisemitic kraken trope.
Douglass Mackey antisemetic media tweet.jpg|Mackey dogwhistling with [[triple parentheses]].
Douglass Mackey antisemetic evil Jew tweet.jpg|Mackey posting the [[evil Jew]] trope.
File:Save Time; Avoid The Line.png|The meme that got him into legal trouble.
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==The doxxing of==
Within the first week of April, 2018, Douglass was [[doxxed]] by fellow white supremacist [[Paul Nehlen]] on [[Gab]], after he appeared on a podcast that has previously been critical of Nehlen.<ref>[https://archive.ph/07Rdo The Alt-Right Continues To Disintegrate After White Nationalist Troll ‘Ricky Vaughn’ Gets Unmasked], ''Angry White Men'' (via archive.today), April 6, 2018.</ref> This all caused a big [[schism]] in the alt-right movement, one of the many schisms that epitomised its reduced profile. 

==Crime time==
In January 2021, Douglass was arrested for the voter suppression scheme, under the charge of "conspiracy against rights".<ref>[https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2021/02/douglass-mackey-11-far-right-troll-arrested-for-2016-election-interference Douglass Mackey ’11, far-right troll, arrested for 2016 election interference], ''The Middlebury Campus'', February 4, 2021.</ref> On March 31, he was found guilty of that charge,<ref name=WashingtonPost/> and on October 18, he was sentenced to the incredibly-lenient time of 7 months in prison.<ref name=TheFuckingDepartmentOfJustice/> The Department of Justice actually proved that over 4,900 people texted the number that Douglass had given in the image.<ref>[https://archive.is/20230402020508/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/nyregion/douglass-mackey-arrested-far-right-twitter.html Twitter Troll Tricked 4,900 Democrats in Vote-by-Phone Scheme, U.S. Says], ''[[The New York Times]]'' (via archive.today), January 27, 2021.</ref>

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