Online protesters fueled by a Chinese app company and Korean pop music scammed President Donald Trump on his Tulsa, Oklahoma, campaign rally Saturday, registering for hundreds, if not thousands of tickets, they never planned to use, according to reports.

The users waged an interference campaign with short videos plotting the scam, saying they reserved their tickets, but "coughing" and saying they cannot go, according to CNN.

The tweets and videos went viral, racking up "millions of views," and many users deleted their posts after 24-48 hours to avoid detection, according to The New York Times.

"It spread mostly through Alt TikTok — we kept it on the quiet side where people do pranks and a lot of activism," YouTuber Elijah Daniel, 26, told the Times. "K-pop Twitter and Alt TikTok have a good alliance where they spread information amongst each other very quickly. They all know the algorithms and how they can boost videos to get where they want."

After the rally, which featured an empty upper deck of the indoor arena – a rarity for Trump rally – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, R-N.Y., praised the meddling campaign setup executed by "teens on TikTok," "Zoomers," and "KPop allies."

Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale blamed the less-than-capacity crowd – despite claims more than 1 million tickets were reserved – on "radical protesters" fueled by "apocalyptic media."

Parscale tweeted:

"Radical protestors, fueled by a week of apocalyptic media coverage, interfered with @realDonaldTrump supporters at the rally. They even blocked access to the metal detectors, preventing people from entering. Thanks to the 1,000s who made it anyway!"

But AOC responded, reveling in the organized protest orchestrated by teen users of the Chinese video app "TikTok," triggered Generation Z kids known as "Zoomers," and "KPop allies" or "Stans," which are obsessed fans of Korean pop music that have become activated for liberal political movements:

"Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/ fake ticket reservations & tricked you into believing a million people wanted your white supremacist open mic enough to pack an arena during COVID Shout out to Zoomers. Y'all make me so proud.

"KPop allies, we see and appreciate your contributions in the fight for justice too."

With regard to TikTok users, AOC's inviting of foreign election interference is a bit more subtle than the Korean pop music fans. TikTok is a Beijing-owned app company that sends its data back to China, according to a U.S. national security review which started before the coronavirus began in Wuhan.

While AOC praised the work of the online campaigns, Congress has been warning of the dangers of users of the Beijing-based company sending personal data to it host country of China to use for malign purposes.

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