Last week, a @washingtonpost Fact Checker reached out to me to “fact check” @GovRonDeSantis statement opposing the DOJ memo, which threatens to silence concerned parents exercising First Amendment rights.
WaPo “fact-check” essentially accused Gov. DeSantis of making things up:
Here’s the beginning of my response. I just thought it was important not to accept the framing of the @washingtonpost “fact check” on its face.
Media are supposed to challenge regime narratives, not enforce them. Democracy dies in darkness, right? 😅
And here’s where I explained very clearly to @washingtonpost — providing receipts — that the Garland DOJ memo was prompted by the NSBA letter calling parents “domestic terrorists” and urging the federal government to prosecute speech under the Patriot Act. 👇
Here’s how the “fact check” turned out: 4 Pinocchios. That means @washingtonpost accused @GovRonDeSantis and other GOP officials of telling an outright lie.
Shot (the “fact check”) — Chaser (the facts)
VIDEO: Garland admits he wrote the memo because of the NSBA Letter
Tonight I circled back. Let’s see if @washingtonpost does! 😀
The WaPo Fact Checker already responded. He’s definitely trying to thread that 🪡 needle! What do you guys think?
My verdict: the WaPo Fact Check is “missing context” 👀
Also: the Biden Administration knew about the letter and had been in contact with the NSBA before Garland issued the memo. Emails from FOIA at the bottom of article in link: 👇
Last night, at least a dozen mainstream media reporters were wined and dined by members of Team Trump and given talking points to parrot leading up to, and during, the debate he isn't at...
🧵Let’s see how their coverage has gone today:
Up first, @DanaBashCNN. Hmm, this doesn’t seem suspicious at all!
By the way, who decides where the "spotlight" shines? Does the media not make decisions about whom they cover and how?
@DanaBashCNN How about NY Times reporter @ShaneGoldmacher?
Surely, the publication that Trump hilariously nicknamed “The New York Slime” won’t run to his aid?
You open-border advocates live in a bubble & IDEALIZE 3rd world nations, like everyone who lives there is an angel — so they can all come & live here unvetted.
I’d LOVE to see what happens if an American liberal shows up in a foreign country without required documentation.
I say this as an American, daughter of an immigrant, and I’ve lived half my adult life in foreign countries including places where a lot of refugees come from. I’m for genuine political asylum seekers, but I know how even our “legal immigration” system is abused by bad people.
For example, you’re from Venezuela & fleeing political persecution for being anti communist? Great, go to Mexico (safe country) & apply for asylum here. But not everyone from Venezuela is a political refugee. The refugees are running from other Venezuelans…
Underrated aspect of Martha’s Vineyard meltdown today: The funding for transporting illegal aliens to sanctuary jurisdictions was a highlight of the budget @GovRonDeSantis signed MONTHS ago. Dem legislators performing outrage today voted for it 🤡
Promises made, promises kept.
Always one step ahead 😎
“Context” = Democrats desperate attempts at PR spin.
Almost every Dem, from Lauren Book to Anna Eskamani, voted for the budget & funding for the transport of illegal aliens out of Florida. Now they’re pretending to be PUZZLED and SHOCKED that it actually happened 🤡
Of course it’s fake. The clip of DeSantis is from 2020 when he was responding to a question about Florida police executing a felony search warrant at the home of a fired state employee who had a documented arrest history of physical violence against police.
The subject of that 2020 warrant, Rebekah Jones, was home when FDLE/TallahasseePD knocked on her door. They waited patiently outside for 25min while she yelled at her husband to “call Chris Cuomo” & setup her camera to capture a BIDEN HIRE ME sign in the background of the “raid”
This is not a matter of dispute. Literally all of it is on video. The full FDLE body cam footage is public; Chris Cuomo/Biden Hire Me stuff is visible in videos Jones herself put on YouTube.
Jones’ FL arrest/Baker Act record is public like her LA charges for battery on police.
Hi @jackshafer! FYI, you are wrong about the reason @GovRonDeSantis doesn’t talk to liberal media, including Politico. He isn’t worried about “negative press”; you’re always negative.
It’s just that he doesn’t care.
And he doesn’t want to give you clicks or ratings.
As a media reporter for Politico, I am sure @jackshafer understands why we wouldn’t “cooperate with the New Yorker”. @GovRonDeSantis giving them an interview would’ve allowed a liberal activist to break news, self promote, and make money off #DeSantisForClicks. We aren’t playing.
Sorry @jackshafer but no, we don’t need this. Media get MORE obsessive when we don’t talk to them.
Nobody trusts “mainstream” media anymore. Everyone uses social media.
Also, @GovRonDeSantis does press conferences and TV channels in FL live stream. Your gatekeeper days are over