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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
Wed Sep 18, 2019, 10:59 PM Sep 2019

Trump signal boosted dangerous tweet falsely claiming Democratic congresswoman 'partied' on 9/11 ann

Trump signal boosted dangerous tweet falsely claiming Democratic congresswoman 'partied' on 9/11 anniversary
Published 10 hours ago on September 18, 2019
By David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement


A dangerous and false tweet claiming Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar “partied on the anniversary of 9/11” has been deleted. President Donald Trump retweeted the lie, which includes a video of the Minnesota Congresswoman dancing at a Congressional Black Caucus event on Sept. 13. The original video had been posted by progressive activist Adam Green, but was co-opted and repurposed by a Trump supporter.

Here’s the original tweet from Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee:



Here’s a screenshot of the now-deleted, dangerous and false tweet from Trump loyalist and “comedian” Terrence Williams who has over 600,000 followers. It includes the video from Green’s tweet:

More:
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/trump-signal-boosted-dangerous-tweet-falsely-claiming-democratic-congresswoman-partied-on-9-11-anniversary/
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Trump signal boosted dangerous tweet falsely claiming Democratic congresswoman 'partied' on 9/11 ann (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2019 OP
Must be the same 'party' where Donald claims to have been on the ground on 9-11 with his employees. keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #1
But I'm sure those goat fuckers at Twitter will just let it stand. This Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2019 #2
Donald is just mad that his own party was cancelled Bradical79 Sep 2019 #3

keithbvadu2

(36,812 posts)
1. Must be the same 'party' where Donald claims to have been on the ground on 9-11 with his employees.
Wed Sep 18, 2019, 11:02 PM
Sep 2019

Must be the same 'party' where Donald claims to have been on the ground on 9-11 with his employees.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
2. But I'm sure those goat fuckers at Twitter will just let it stand. This
Wed Sep 18, 2019, 11:04 PM
Sep 2019

piece of dog shit grotesque meat goblin won't rest until something happens to that congresswoman.

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
3. Donald is just mad that his own party was cancelled
Wed Sep 18, 2019, 11:13 PM
Sep 2019

He had that nice little Camp David shindig planned with the Taliban that week, but they couldn't make it.

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