Thread by @MatthewFoldi

NEW from me @TheSpectator:

Here's the unhinged social media guide @FSCDems sent out in advance of the banking hearing that's full of emojis, straw men on @FinancialCmte thinking SVB collapsed because it had a black guy on the board, and more

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Democrats on @FSCDems took the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank hearing seriously. So seriously that they circulated an emoji-filled document of suggested tweets that they would like for committee members to post.

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The saddest part is that one of those committee members then repeated those talking points almost word-for-word at the hearing.

“Democrats 👏 the decisive action taken by the Biden administration in a critical moment to restore confidence in our banking thespectator.com/topic/maxine-w…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Throughout the document, the committee pushed for Democrats to praise Signature Bank board member Barney Frank, who happens to be a former Democratic congressman, for his work regulating the banking industry (work that he moved to undo as soon as he joined thespectator.com/topic/maxine-w…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

In another tweet suggestion, the committee Democrats wrote that “The U.S. banking system is 💪 Thanks to Dodd-Frank and the immediate action taken by the Biden Administration + state and federal regulators, Americans can have trust in their banking system. thespectator.com/topic/maxine-w…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The @FinancialCmte didn’t seem taken with the Democrats’ rhetoric. “Once again, Democrats can only use a gratuitous ‘dog whistle’ to drive fear and division” with these talking points, #MI04's @RepHuizenga told me. He also said the document contained thespectator.com/topic/maxine-w…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

During the hearing, #CA43 @RepMaxineWaters, the @fscdems' ranking Democrat, regurgitated these talking points almost verbatim, saying she wants to “address the extreme MAGA Republican narrative.”

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Bizarrely, #CA43 @RepMaxineWaters said “Silicon Valley Bank collapsed because of management failures and possible regulatory weaknesses, not because there was one black man on the board.”

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#MI04's @RepHuizenga pointed out to me that @RepMaxineWaters was quoting “exactly” from these talkers, “despite no one knowing what she was talking about.” The committee’s verbiage is almost exactly what Walters said. “Let’s be clear, Silicon Valley Bank thespectator.com/topic/maxine-w…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Of course, here we see that #TX29 @RepSylviaGarcia is cribbing basically word for word from these insane talkers we found @TheSpectator

https://twitter.com/RepSylviaGarcia/status/1641167889213300740

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