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NRATV host attacks Sen. Bernie Sanders over a fake Sanders Twitter account
The National Rifle Associations media operation NRATV aired a tweet sent by an obviously fake Bernie Sanders account, with NRATV host Grant Stinchfield falsely claiming that Sanders asked on Twitter, Who cares about a few terrorists?
The April 25 broadcast of NRATV show Stinchfield had a segment on Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) position that all people in prison should be allowed to vote, regardless of the crime they were convicted for. Stinchfield mentioned that entertainer Cher had criticized Sanders' proposal on Twitter and creduously quoted a fake Sanders account that had responded to Cher's tweet. The account using the name President Bernie Sanders and the handle @Ryan35186771 had written: Why are you playing into this? Who cares about a few terrorists?
Stinchfield represented that Sanders actually sent the tweet, saying, It may be one of Bernie Sanders responses to Cher that is the most offensive. Who cares about a few terrorists, he writes. The NRATV host went on to say: We care, Bernie Sanders and your supporters. We care about terrorists not voting from behind bars. The 5 1/2 million members of the NRA care because we love this country:
Stinchfield often broadcasts patently false information on his NRATV show. On Election Day 2016, Stinchfield read from and discussed an article in an NRA magazine about the supposed horrors a Hillary Clinton presidency would bring while urging people not to vote for her. The article -- which raised the prospect of Syrian refugees establishing an Islamic State in the United States culminating in a nuclear attack on U.S. soil -- was labeled fiction by the NRA magazine.
https://www.mediamatters.org/authors/timothy-johnson/178
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NRATV host attacks Sen. Bernie Sanders over a fake Sanders Twitter account (Original Post)
JonLP24
Apr 2019
OP
btw' 30 other countries allow prisoners to vote. Can't believe anything that has NRA name
onit2day
Apr 2019
#2
5.5 million members in the NRA? Yeah, right. Prove it, and this is so ironic, being that ...
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2019
#5
ExciteBike66
(2,383 posts)1. Fake news channel blasts fake twitter account...
Sounds about right...
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
onit2day
(1,201 posts)2. btw' 30 other countries allow prisoners to vote. Can't believe anything that has NRA name
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Crowman2009
(2,502 posts)3. Especially since they let a criminal become the president of the NRA.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
underpants
(182,950 posts)4. Fire! Aim! Ready!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
SWBTATTReg
(22,176 posts)5. 5.5 million members in the NRA? Yeah, right. Prove it, and this is so ironic, being that ...
you got faked out by a fake twitter account, grossly over contributed illegally to rump's campaign, and used the help of a foreign US adversary, Russia, in our last elections. Seems like to me you have some serious issues you'll need to explain to the rest of us.
Idiots. No wonder people are leaving your org. Obviously very incompetent.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden