MAGA Influencers Falsely Claim Trump Paid Mortgage for Slain NYPD Officer's Family

[Celerity]

MAGA misinformation takes flight following Trump's photo op at NYPD officer's wake

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/maga-influencers-falsely-claim-trump-paid-mortgage-for-slain-nypd-officers-family

David Zere, host of the MAGA Real America's Voice show Breaking Point, kicked off a firestorm of social media misinformation Friday when he falsely claimed that disgraced former President Donald Trump had paid off the mortgage for the family of slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller. Trump used the wake for Officer Diller, who was killed at a traffic stop on Monday, as a photo op, posing for cameras in front of a line of NYPD officers and railing against crime in the U.S.

“We have to get back to law and order. We have to do a lot of things differently. This is not working. This is happening too often,” Trump said, despite violent crime rates being lower now than they were during his presidency. Zere said in an interview with Jack Posobiec prior to the wake, "The story here is that Trump gave a donation to Tunnels to Towers, I believe he paid off the mortgage for this family." Trump himself never claimed he would be donating to pay off Diller's mortgage, but the lie quickly spread on social media following Zere's interview. Students for Trump Chair Ryan Fournier posted, "[Trump] has a huge heart and I've seen it time and time again."

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Other MAGA accounts chimed in to praise the former President for his supposed act of charity for the fallen officer's family, calling him a "man of the people" and saying "this is our President who cares."

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In reality, Tunnels to Towers Foundation, a non profit that provides "mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children, and [builds] specially-adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders," quickly announced it would be paying off Diller's mortgage to provide relief for his family. The charity put a button link for the public to donate to Diller's mortgage on the home page of its website:



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[Lovie777]

1. Even in a family's grief and mourning...........................

shithole's cult lies and make up shit. These people are deplorable.

[malaise]

2. They are serial LIARs

That is all

[Celerity]

3. Ryan Fournier, students for Trump co-founder, arrested on assault charges

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ryan-fournier-students-for-trump-co-founder-arrested-assault-on-a-female/



November 29, 2023 / 2:23 PM EST / CBS News

Ryan Fournier, co-founder of the group Students for Trump, was arrested in North Carolina earlier this month and charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of assault on a female, according to court documents.

In court documents, the Johnston County Sheriff's Office said Fournier, 27, allegedly grabbed a woman by her right arm and struck her with a pistol. The alleged incident occurred on Nov. 21.

Fournier posted bond and his next court appearance is set for Dec. 18. He waived his right to a court-assigned attorney, according to the court documents.

Fournier co-founded Students for Trump in 2015 when he was a freshman at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. He is the chair of the group, according to its website, and also serves as the executive director of Red Alert, a conservative activist group.

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[Tickle]

7. What doesn't make sense

to me, he was only charged with two misdemeanors. One for the grab and one for the gun in hand hit. Am I the only one who thinks this is wrong?

[Quanto Magnus]

13. Because....

gun..... and a 'conservative' (a.k.a. regressive)

He's a hero to some of course, because he 'put that woman in her place'....


And no I don't believe that for a second, just an opinion on how the other side sees it.

[Bucky]

4. The right's psychotic Culture of Fabrication

They'll say anything, do anything, believe anything, regardless of possibility or reality. It just feels better to them to "win" an argument than it does to tell the truth.

Wish fulfillment is second nature for people who've given up their souls in exchange for a sense of belongings with those who shout the loudest they're on God's side

[Woodwizard]

5. So did trump go to any of the Jan 6 officers funerals? Or help in any way?

His cult is so easily to bullshit.

[maxrandb]

6. A lie can circle the earth, before the truth gets its pants on

[Conjuay]

8. He doesn't pay contractors who built his various shit holes

So just from that you know it's BS.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

11. He never pays for anything.

AND IF he had done that, he'd be the loudest voice boasting about it.

Well....he probably will boast about it anyway.

[tanyev]

9. "He has a huge heart"

Well, he might have an enlarged heart, but no, he does not have an empathetic heart.

[Wonder Why]

10. You don't expect them to hnestly claim anything, do you?

[MorbidButterflyTat]

12. "MAGA Influencers...."?

"MAGA Influencers..."