"Oh my God...It's fake": Far right falls for hoax about Broward County sheriff

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Politico has a story on hoax spread about the Broward County Sheriff, and of course Gateway Pundit facilitated the spreading of it.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/23/florida-school-shooting-sheriff-hoax-482170 …

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‘Oh my God…It’s fake’: Far right falls for hoax about Broward County sheriff

By MARC CAPUTO 03/23/2018 05:06 AM EDT

In the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, the far-right fever swamps buzzed with false information and conspiracy theories about student “crisis actors” who were paid to lie about the mass shooting.

But ironically, conspiracy-minded conservatives fell for a political hoax involving a different kind of actor. The subject? Broward County’s Democratic sheriff, Scott Israel.
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The “crisis actor” myth was abetted the day before, according to the Washington Post, by the far-right website Gateway Pundit which ran a story headlined “School Shooting Survivor Turned Activist David Hogg’s Father in FBI, Appears To Have Been Coached On Anti-Trump Lines.”

The website also initially disseminated a false story, later removed, that incorrectly said shooter Nikolas Cruz was a “registered Democrat” in a failed effort to discount media reports about his now-deleted social media profile that showed him with a “Make America Great Again” cap. Cruz had also been captured on video wearing that hat.

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1. Republicans should proudly own the consequences of their policies.

It's what they say they want, right?

Real, manly men with enormous guns who act out their authoritarian fantasies. No restrictive laws and nothing to prevent them from behaving like bratty two year old having a temper tantrum with a loaded gun.

Own it, Republicans, it's all yours.