Tweet

Judd Legum

26 Oct, 8 tweets, 7 min read

1. The campaign of Madison Cawthorn, a Republican nominee for Congress and rising GOP star, attacked a journalist for once working for a "non-white man."

Cawthorn didn't apologize; blamed a "syntax error"

Major corporations are supporting his campaign

popular.info/p/the-dark-sid…

@UPS

2. The corporations supporting Madison Cawthorn's campaign include:

@UPS
@HomeDepot
@KPMG
@exxonmobil
@RAI_News (Reynolds America)
@USChamber
@AltriaNews
@aflac
@ATT

None of the companies responded to a request for comment.

popular.info/p/the-dark-sid…

@UPS

@UPS @HomeDepot @KPMG @exxonmobil @RAI_News @USChamber @AltriaNews @aflac @ATT 3. Cawthorn has adopted various symbols that are also used by white nationalists - including the initials SPQR and the Betsy Ross flag

(Cawthorn says it's a coincidence.)

Cawthorn also referred to Hitler as "the Führer"

(Cawthorn says he hates Hitler)

popular.info/p/the-dark-sid…

4. Cawthorn, who is 25, has also been caught inflating his resume.

He said a car accident that left him paralyzed derailed plans to attend the Naval Academy. But he was rejected before the accident.

popular.info/p/the-dark-sid…

5. Cawthorn also describes himself as a small business owner, real estate investor, and public speaker. But his financial disclosure reported no income from any of those activities.

popular.info/p/the-dark-sid…

6. Cawthorn attended Patrick Henry College for a year. 166 students and alumni signed a letter accusing him of “gross misconduct towards our female peers”

Cawthorn's campaign released a response attesting to his good character. It was signed by 6 people

popular.info/p/the-dark-sid…

7. If you like this thread, you'll really like my newsletter.

popular.info/subscribe

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1320711786018922498

8. UPDATE: Cory Booker weighs in.

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1320711786018922498

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

More from @JuddLegum

Judd Legum

@JuddLegum

27 Oct

1. Facebook created a special rules for the week before the election

But Facebook has approved hundreds of Trump ads that violate those rules

Meanwhile, ads from Democratic groups that don't violate the rules are being removed

Follow along for details

popular.info/p/facebook-app…

2. Facebook approved Trump ads that say "Election Day is Today."

These ads ran YESTERDAY in states like Ohio

But it was not Election Day in Ohio Yesterday

popular.info/p/facebook-app…

3. Why did Trump run an ad saying it was Election Day a week early? Because there is a moratorium on new ads for the next week

But Facebook specifically said this was prohibited

Because it violates its policy against misinfo on the date of the election

popular.info/p/facebook-app…

Read 12 tweets

Judd Legum

@JuddLegum

27 Oct

@BankofAmerica

1. In March @BankofAmerica, with some fanfare, announced a modest increase in pay for employees who couldn't work from home ($200 every 2 weeks)

CNBC reported that it would be in place for the duration of the pandemic

This month, BofA ended the payments

popular.info/p/as-covid-spi…

@BankofAmerica

@BankofAmerica 2. @BankofAmerica didn't announce that the pandemic pay increase was ending. Popular.info obtained an internal memo which announced the change.

It comes as COVID cases are spiking around the country

popular.info/p/as-covid-spi…

@BankofAmerica

3. The day @BankofAmerica announced the pay increase there were 20,880 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, which resulted in 311 deaths

Today, there are more than 8.9 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, which resulted in more than 230,000 deaths

popular.info/p/as-covid-spi…

Read 7 tweets

Judd Legum

@JuddLegum

27 Oct

UPDATE: Congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn just issued a NEW STATEMENT on the campaign's racist attack on a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

And it's quite disturbing.

Follow along if interested.

popular.info/p/the-dark-sid…

2. The original statement by Cawthorn's campaign was: "He quit his academia job in Boston to work for non-white males, like Cory Booker, who aims to ruin white males running for office."

The campaign has previously said this was a "syntax error" but never explained.

3. Now, Cawthorn's spokesperson says the line should have read: "He quit his academia job in Boston to work for non-white males, like Cory Booker, AND aims to ruin white males running for office."

"WHO" to "AND" - that's it

Otherwise, they think the statement is fine

Read 5 tweets

Judd Legum

@JuddLegum

23 Oct

1. A few thoughts about Tony Bobulinski, Trump's guest at the debate tonight.

According to Trump, Bobulinski has dirt on Biden that's disqualifying.

What's really going on?

Follow along if interested.

2. In a statement released to the NY Post, Bobulinski describes himself as "the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings which was a partnership between the Chinese operating through CEFC/Chairman Ye and the Biden family"

This actually isn't true.

3. In texts and emails released to the WSJ, Bobulinski acknowledges he was planning to do business with Hunter Biden but the entire deal fell through in the Summer of 2017.

Bobulinski never did any business with Hunter Biden.

Read 13 tweets

Judd Legum

@JuddLegum

21 Oct

1. Steve Bannon, currently out on bail, did an interview on Australian TV where he delivers a completely unhinged version of the Hunter Biden conspiracy.

It's been viewed 3.3 million times on YouTube, which is promoting it heavily through its algorithm

popular.info/p/steve-bannon…

2. In the interview, Bannon claims the alleged emails prove Joe Biden is in business with the Chinese Communist Party, says Biden couldn't qualify for a security clearance, and calls for executives at Twitter, Facebook, and Google to be arrested

popular.info/p/steve-bannon…

3. YouTube's algorithm is aggressively pushing Bannon's video. It's being recommended on 159 different YouTube channels. The Bannon video is the most recommended video about Biden on YouTube by a very wide margin.

popular.info/p/steve-bannon…

Read 7 tweets