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canetoad

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2. This is not

Reply to edbermac (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2026, 04:19 PM

8 hrs ago

"Jack Kimble's" first outing on social media.

A screenshot of a satirical X post by a fictional California congressman calling former U.S. President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict in a hush-money trial "unfair" was taken seriously by some on social media.

The post is attributed to “Rep. Jack Kimble” and states: “This trial has been so unfair to President Trump. This whole time he was trying to prove his innocence, there was another team of lawyers trying to prove he was guilty. I thought this was America.”

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fictional-congressmans-x-post-about-trump-verdict-taken-seriously-2024-06-06/

Edit: Link to Kimble's website. https://www.jackkimble.com/home

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How long did it take before someone checked and found out that there was no Rep Kimble? ChicagoTeamster 8 hrs ago #1

This is not canetoad 8 hrs ago #2

Soooo Just Jerome 7 hrs ago #3

Poe's Law More_Cowbell 6 hrs ago #4

This is weirdly hilarious. Bluetus 5 hrs ago #5