Supporters of Herman Cain’s failed 2012 presidential bid received an email on Tuesday warning them that the nation is headed toward the apocalypse because of President Obama’s leadership, Time magazine reported.
The message was reportedly sponsored by Nathan Shepard, a self-described “Bible scholar” and “survival expert.” According to Time, Shepard said the U.S. will experience “the end times” in January 2017 when the country will by destroyed by Russia during World War III.
The email was sent to the campaign listserv, Time reported, because the former GOP contender merged the email list with that of his business, which supports his conservative talk radio show.
The editor-in-chief of Cain’s site told Time the decision to send sponsored emails was a private matter.
“HermanCain.com is a media organization,” Dan Calabrese told the magazine. “You have no more business demanding the details of our business relationships with our advertisers than we do demanding the details of yours.”
The sponsored email linked to a website where a video showed a photo of President Obama and Pope Francis and warned of a “secret sinister pact.” (Screengrab from the video shown above.) At the end of the video, users were redirected to a page that described how “our church and government are engaged in a massive cover up.”
Below is Cain’s email:
Herman renting his email list again. Grifters gonna grift.
Ranks right up there with the overthrow of Texas.
It is too bad all the opposition has to run on is trumped up, non-existent fear.
The batshit doesn’t fall far from the crazy tree.
Just merchanting and marketing. Who you gonna grift the fear to?
That is why there will be a 3 level stage for the GOP debates.