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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 12:55 PM Feb 2021

Can some give me the straight story the Dems bailing out rioters claim ?

You have no right to break or take things that aren't yours. That being said if someone was protesting peacefully where he or she wasn't supposed to be protesting I would likely donate to their bail fund.

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Can some give me the straight story the Dems bailing out rioters claim ? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2021 OP
Protestors, not rioters. From Snopes: TwilightZone Feb 2021 #1
Republicans are incapable of telling the truth. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2021 #2
Agreed. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #3

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
3. Agreed.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 01:04 PM
Feb 2021

Stuff like this seems to originate on social media, but it's so quickly picked up by right-wing media that I think we can be pretty sure they're the original source. It's then disseminated to a bunch of fake news sites and pushed by bots who often reside in Russia.

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