Republicans Wrongly Tie New Orleans Attack to Illegal Immigration; Suspect Was a Citizen - FactCheck.org
Republicans Wrongly Tie New Orleans Attack to Illegal Immigration; Suspect Was a Citizen - FactCheck.org
Federal law enforcement officials have identified an Army veteran, who was born in the United States, as the sole person responsible for the Jan. 1 terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and injured many more. But some Republican politicians and social media posts have wrongly claimed...
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"If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do" - JD Vance
Granted, most of their stories seem designed to increase suffering, but hey since when has that mattered to republicans? I guess they want to be sure the media has a lot to pay attention to.
We live in a post-fact society now, so fact checks don't matter
To most Republicans, "illegal immigrant" just means non-white person.
It’s okay. My dad already got his dose of daily rage towards minorities.
Truth isn’t relevant.
Okay shit like this is why I felt the need to be on top of the news during the last trump term. It was extremely detrimental to my health but I also couldn't stand the outright lies I'd hear repeated daily, like I need to be prepared and correct them before the misinformation really becomes fact and not gossip. Or something
I honestly don't know how I'm gonna handle this one especially since I no longer have some hope of 'maybe in four years...'
Just like they try to claim every shooter now is trans.
"He's a good American but he could only take so much from them Mexicans and libruls and the Biden Crime Family!"