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    Donald Trump Posts Fake News Story to Facebook, Website About Delegate Court Decision

    Donald Trump Posts Fake News Story to Facebook, Website About Delegate Court Decision

    Are Donald Trump’s followers being fed a fake version of the news? Something is very wrong about how actual news is being disseminated on his Facebook page and website.

    Today a federal judge ruled that delegates who committed to Donald Trump can leave him and choose another candidate. It’s pretty much all over the news. The judge is Senior United States District Judge Robert E. Payne. It’s RNC Rule 16 and the delegate involved is attorney Carroll “Beau” Correll Jr., who vowed never to vote for Trump. Now he won’t have to.

    But on Donald Trump’s Facebook page and website, the campaign has posted a completely fictitious version of what happened. The headline in both places is “Federal Court Sides With Grassroots Activists: RNC Delegates Are Bound to Follow Election Results.”

    NBC called the ruling “a victory for Correll.”

    But according to Trump sites, Correll lost and delegates must remain with Trump. In the Trump version, Correll “was soundly defeated.”

    The court wrote: This matter is before the Court following a bench trial on
    the merits of the FIRST AMENDED VERIFIED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
    FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF (the “Amended Complaint”)
    (ECF No. 20) filed by Carroll Boston Correll, Jr. C’Correll”).
    For the reasons, and to the extent, set forth below, judgment
    including declaratory and injunctive relief will be entered for
    Correll.”

    For Correll, not against him. He was not soundly defeated at all. He won. Confusing, huh? What’s true? You can read the judge’s decision here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3174287/Correll.pdf

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    http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/07/11...court-decision
    “I don’t think that there will be any curtailing of Donald Trump as president,” he said. "He controls the media, he controls the sentiment [and] he controls everybody. He’s the one who will resort to executive orders more so than [President] Obama ever used them." - Ron Paul



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    I could not figure out what the truth was yesterday either between what the MSM articles were saying about the ruling compared Trump's FB and news section on his site which were saying the opposite. I started to post it here as a question and got distracted.
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    * Also, I have effectively retired from all social media including posting here and are basically opting out of anything to do with national politics or this country on federal or state level and rather focusing locally. I may stop by from time to time to discuss philosophy on a general level related to Libertarian schools of thought and application in the real world.

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    It only really matters for the 17 bound Trump delegates in VA, the other 32 were for other candidates who suspended and are essentially unbound.
    “I don’t think that there will be any curtailing of Donald Trump as president,” he said. "He controls the media, he controls the sentiment [and] he controls everybody. He’s the one who will resort to executive orders more so than [President] Obama ever used them." - Ron Paul



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