• WanderingThoughts@europe.pub
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    2 days ago

    has only come from the mouth of UT Gov Spencer Cox

    So they’re trying to do an “immigrants eating pets” to start a rumor, get all the pundits, influencers and other talking heads to repeat it to elevate it to accepted fact status.

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      Basically. The guy who was publicly wrong as shit during his previous press conference is now trying to make more shit up to make himself look like less of a complete fool (unsuccessfully), and also provide his previous enthusiasm for targeting the left in retribution with some (albeit flimsy) justification.

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      I’m not saying that is as blatantly false on its face as the immigrants eating pets thing, but the rest of your comment is 100% correct.