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To sum up: @AOC's chief of staff disputes basically everything in GOP hack @ltthompso's hit piece. To me, his response checks out.

As I've said all day, the Medium post had political hackery written all over it. It's too bad some outlets/reporters actually took it seriously.
@AOC @ltthompso But like with the ridiculous Ed Whelan conspiracy/Zillow thread on Kavanaugh, damage has already been done. Luke Thompson doesn't mind humiliating himself for a day or two bc he's already got a fake conspiracy into the minds of many people who want to believe it.
@AOC @ltthompso And he's not taking down, nor correcting, his embarrassing post.

Fun fact: Thompson works for political consultancy Applecart, which worked for No Labels and may have gotten stiffed by them lol. washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/…
He previously worked for Right to Rise, the super PAC that was definitely definitely not illegally coordinating with Jeb Bush in his failed presidential bid, and for the @NRSC.

Can't believe he put out a fake scandal blog attacking a dem socialist.
So again, nothing about this is fishy. And it's documented, in compliance with federal law.
This endorsement from an excellent money-in-politics reporter was pretty disappointing.
To remind everyone, this passage is **completely false** & easily refuted by looking at AOC's FEC report for Q3 of 2017. And his entire conspiracy is premised on this falsehood, that her campaign was way in debt.

Read @brendan_fischer for more
Folks, we really gotta do a better job at identifying actual fake news. Good reporters got duped today. If we can't sniff out a fake, how can we expect non-journalists to do so?

Maybe to start, don't treat a Medium post by a political consultant like a vetted news story?
Finally, think about who's being attacked. How come it so often happens to be a woman of color? Omar last week, AOC this week, who's gonna be next?
Ok, I'm gonna log the hell off and enjoy watching UNC destroy Duke.

Go Heels!
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