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jmg257

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6. Excellent moment! Did we ever find out if the Flynn tweet he referred to was real??

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Feb 14, 2017, 04:27 PM

Feb 2017

Ah shit never mind...

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/319401-new-york-times-newsmax-fall-victim-to-fake-flynn-twitter-account

Both the New York Times and Newsmax reported on the fake account, erroneously quoting the account's claim that Flynn viewed himself as the "sole scapegoat."

Ugh and Pelosi did the whole "scapegoat" thing.

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Do You Hear the Silence? [View all] Arkansas Granny Feb 2017 OP

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