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May 4, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
NEW @KFILE story: NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson mocked and attacked the survivors of the Parkland shooting online shortly after the tragedy.

He also defended the 1970 Kent State massacre, in which the state national guard killed 4 anti-war demonstrators

cnn.com/2023/05/04/pol… Robinson began attacking the Parkland survivors after they launched the “March for Our Lives” movement that called for new gun control measures, comparing the students to communists.

He created/shared memes calling the students “spoiled little bastards” & “media prosti-tots.”
Sep 23, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
The GOP nominee for Nevada Secretary of State wants to eliminate mail voting in the state. But a review of his public voting records shows he voted by mail multiple times—as recently as the 2020 primary—including voting in FL while living in NV cnn.com/2022/09/23/pol… It’s not illegal to vote in one state while living in another. Nor is it illegal to register in multiple states at once provided you vote in one state once—just as Marchant did.

But the practice contradicts with Marchant’s aggressive campaigning against mail voting
Aug 16, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
NEW: Mark Finchem, the GOP nominee for Arizona secretary of state, kept a ‘Treason Watch List’ on Pinterest & shared conspiracies that the Mexican Army was making incursions into the US in preparation for a full-scale invasion
cnn.com/2022/08/16/pol… While Finchem has some light-hearted and conventional boards on food, fashion and dogs, he also has a board titled “Treason Watch List,” featuring photos of Jesse Jackson, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and former Secretary of State John Kerry.
Aug 2, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
NEW from me, Drew Myers and @kfile: A top Florida RNC official spread conspiracies on far right social media about COVID-19 vaccines amid surging cases in the state, calling the vaccine a “mark of the beast”

cnn.com/2021/08/02/pol… Peter Feaman, a lawyer and RNC committeeman, made the comments on his blog which he pubs on far right platform MeWe.

Feaman also called the Biden admin’s vaccine info campaign “Biden brown shirts,” a reference to Nazis.

cnn.com/2021/08/02/pol…
May 27, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
NEW: A Trump appointee serving on West Point's advisory board has repeatedly spread a conspiracy that the Biden administration is bringing in non-White immigrants "grand plan" to outnumber White Americans of European ancestry in the United States. cnn.com/2021/05/27/pol… Ugh, sorry for the typo! That's gonna bug me.

Anyway, retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor made the comments in April and May. He also attacked women serving in the military in combat roles.

cnn.com/2021/05/27/pol…
Jan 26, 2021 9 tweets 3 min read
NEW from me & @KFILE--Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated support to execute prominent Democratic politicians, including Pelosi, Obama, Clinton, Kerry, & FBI agents.

One comment she liked said, "a bullet to the head would be quicker” to remove Pelosi

cnn.com/2021/01/26/pol… Greene indicated support on her Facebook page in 2018 and 2019 before she ran for Congress.

In 2019, she started a petition to impeach House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In one speech promoting the petition, she said Pelosi will "suffer death or she'll be in prison" for her "treason."
Oct 9, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
NEW from @kfile and me: Amy Coney Barrett failed to disclose two talks she gave on Roe v. Wade in 2013 to anti-abortion student groups in her Senate paperwork

cnn.com/2020/10/09/pol… Barrett's failure to disclose the two events raises questions about whether the questionnaire is complete or whether there will be any consequences from the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees her confirmation hearing.

Her hearing is slated for Monday.
Sep 4, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
NEW from me: An Ohio-based political group is sending mail-in ballot applications with misinformation on Biden to voters in Pennsylvania and Minnesota, two key battleground states for the 2020 election.

cnn.com/2020/09/04/pol… Mailers from the Common Sense Voters of America LLC were sent to Pa and Mn voters last month containing a mail-in ballot application.

It's unclear how many mailers were sent or if the mailers were only sent to these swing-state voters.

It's also unknown who is funding this.
Aug 4, 2020 7 tweets 4 min read
NEW from me & @KFILE: Trump's pick to become the US ambassador to Germany, retired Col. Douglas Macgregor, demonized refugees in Germany as "unwanted Muslim invaders." He advocated to enact martial law on the US-Mexico border and "shoot people" as needed.
cnn.com/2020/08/04/pol… Macgregor, a decorated Army combat veteran and frequent guest on Fox News, made numerous xenophobic and racist comments on radio/TV interviews.

He said Muslim refugees in Germany were "coming with the goal of eventually turning Europe into an Islamic state."
Jul 14, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
NEW from me: Jenna Ellis, a senior lawyer to the Trump campaign, has frequently criticized mail-in ballots and voting by mail but she voted by mail 3 times in 2012, 2013 and 2014, according to public records.

cnn.com/2020/07/14/pol… Ellis, a frequent surrogate for the President, is also the public face of a Trump campaign lawsuit filed against Pennsylvania's counties over the state's plans to use mail-in ballots in November. She claimed, w/o evidence, that moving toward voting-by-mail could lead to fraud.
Apr 10, 2020 7 tweets 4 min read
NEW from me & @KFILE:

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro publicly said Americans had "nothing to worry about" as he privately warned the White House about a "full-blown" pandemic in two memos.

cnn.com/2020/04/10/pol… On Jan 29 on CNBC, Navarro was asked about the potential impact of the coronavirus. He said "this is not my lane per se" and deferred to the newly created coronavirus task force members.

His first memo warning of a "full-blown" pandemic was dated Jan 29.