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UWDude
02-15-2017, 03:34 AM
https://conservativedailypost.com/breaking-room-goes-silent-pelosi-caught-spreading-fake-tweet-congressional-floor/?utm_source=Push&utm_campaign=14_Feb-2&utm_medium=OneSignal


Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was caught commenting and bashing a fake twitter account bashing Michael Flynn.

It didn’t stop there, as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) went on a two-minute rant about the same Twitter post. She was talking about the word “scapegoat” which she preceded to give an answer that is extremely hard to follow.


However the story gets better. An aide went up to Pelosi afterwards and told her that the tweets were fake. She was reported to have turned to him and said, What do you mean it’s fake!?”



a United States Representative didn’t bother to do some simple fact checking. They didn’t bother to do so just because they wanted to bash one of Trump’s now former members. That includes other representatives that were speaking out about the tweet themselves.


There is a reason that they fell for the account as well, and that is because The New York Times fell for it first. Really think about that, a paper that is supposed to report facts was more than happy to jump on the fake news bandwagon because it was against one of the President’s appointees.

New York Times : Fake News

Eroberer
02-15-2017, 03:53 AM
Is it surprising that this isn't surprising?

As long as most people don't know it's fake, the emotional response will still work for them.

Jan2017
02-15-2017, 10:35 AM
Pelosi : What do you mean it’s fake!?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo

donnay
02-15-2017, 10:43 AM
Pelosi still thinks the president is Bush. I think she is at the point she couldn't recognize fact from fiction.

This is what we got in CONgress.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U68tHvs95Y8

angelatc
02-15-2017, 11:45 AM
Is it surprising that this isn't surprising?

As long as most people don't know it's fake, the emotional response will still work for them.

If a Republican had done this, the talking heads would be chattering about it non-stop this morning. However my headlines feed seems oddly devoid of any mention of it at all.