This story was published by @abc7newsbayarea Thursday and it is incredibly problematic, so I had to check it out. It’s been RTed tens of thousands of times, yet its premise is entirely wrong and inaccurate. Honestly, surprised it was even published. Please indulge me this thread: This story claims that doctors at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut, CA “have seen more deaths by suicide during this quarantine period than deaths from COVID-19” which is yes, alarming. It cites the head of trauma for the hospital and a trauma nurse, but cites no actual numbers

Ammon Bundy helped lead two armed standoffs against the gov.
He told me he’s walking away from the ‘patriot movement’ and compared Trump’s supporters to that of 1930s Germany buzzfeednews.com/article/salvad… couple of bullet points on my conversation w Ammon Bundy

•not for “open borders” but believes migrants should be allowed to seek asylum
•been weighing speaking on caravan for while, but knew there be pushback
•NFL players have a right to kneel during the anthem

Vice President Mike Pence tweeted, and quickly deleted, a picture of himself and a Florida deputy wearing a QAnon conspiracy patch on his uniform buzzfeednews.com/article/salvad… .@browardsheriff has not responded to questions about why one of their Sgts was wearing a QAnon patch when greeting @VP in Florida today, or what their policy on wearing personal patches like this is

Plot twist: Ammon Bundy, who led and was acquitted of two armed standoffs against the feds, defends rights of Central American caravan to seek asylum.
Criticizes Trump of “lumping” all of the migrants as criminals
facebook.com/ammonbundy/vid… It’s not entirely surprising the Bundys would support immigrants, tbh.
Though much of their support comes from militia & right wing groups, much of their ideology comes from Mormonism, the concern of federal overreach, prosecution, and individual freedom