4Chan Hoax Tricked Presidential Elector

[FelineOverlord]

Remember that "story" about John Roberts shouting at other Supreme Court justices? That one that made no sense because the justices are meeting remotely?

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[Mariana]

1. I wouldn't assume the Elector was fooled.

Right wingers constantly spread lies that they know perfectly well are lies.

[Initech]

2. Time to flush 4chan to the internet sewer it came from.

[Iggo]

3. Yeah. Fooled.

[subterranean]

4. It's not hard to trick Republicans.

Anyone with a keyboard can do it. Just make up some outrageous conspiracy about election fraud (or whatever the issue of the day is), post it on a fringe right-wing message board or Twitter, and it will quickly filter up to some far-right website like the Gateway Pundit, then to right-wing TV, and soon a right-wing politician will be repeating it as fact without verifying whether it's true. It's a pattern we've seen repeated numerous times in the last month and a half. I suspect the Russians have noticed this.