Antifa Stole My Girlfriend

About

Antifa Stole My Girlfriend refers to parodies of a story tweeted by what turned out to be a pro-Trump Twitter bot about how his girlfriend became a part of the anti-fascist organization Antifa and that Democrats "ruined her life."

Origin

On October 27th, 2018, Twitter account @promax4trump tweeted a story about how his girlfriend of six years shaved her head, began vandalizing houses, and joined Antifa (shown below). The account has since been suspended for being a suspected bot.

Spread

In the responses to the tweet, Twitter users were quick to say the story sounded made up. Congressional candidate Tom Hillgardner responded to the tweet saying the user was embarrassing himself, gaining over 50 retweets and 3,700 likes (shown below, left). User @Adam76518844 made a Trigger the Libs joke about the post, gaining over 490 likes (shown below, right).

Other Twitter users mocked the tweet by posting fake stories in the original tweet's style. User @Dave_horwitz posted a satirical story that gained over 50 retweets and 1,800 likes (shown below, left). User @WarrenIsDead tweeted a story that became about Gritty, gaining over 100 likes (shown below, right).

User @ShamusMc1 posted the results of running the account through Bot Sentinel, which determined the account was 77% likely a bot. Eventually, the account was suspended. The story was covered by Daily Dot.^[1]

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