Former Democratic U.S. Senator and current NBC/MSNBC political analyst Claire McCaskill is beside herself today, thanks to the Trump administration’s campaign to dismantle the USPS.
As you all know, Trump has already started locking up mailboxes with his bare hands. And McCaskill’s doing her part to spread the word:
So now they are not hauling them off, just locking them up. This one is in DC. pic.twitter.com/LQWzuM4tQm
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 17, 2020
Oh, the humanity!
Where in DC in this @clairecmc ?
— Deirdre Shesgreen (@dshesgreen) August 17, 2020
Yes, Claire. Inquiring minds wanna know.
Same thing in Seattle, WA
— Lisa (@lgeowa) August 17, 2020
Hey, speaking of Seattle:
If you’re going to conspiracy theory, make sure you’re getting your cities right.
Claire has taken a picture of Seattle (from someone else’s tweet) and suggested it’s Washington DC. https://t.co/PmZ8Q0Kn3x pic.twitter.com/fAcFywuqiM
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) August 17, 2020
How is this box in Seattle and in DC simultaneously?https://t.co/eNAQy7xlj9 https://t.co/sBa9i414Xr
— Hughes Pierce (@HughesPierce1) August 17, 2020
All Washingtons are not the same, Claire. Also, did you study attribution from the same book the Lincoln Project has been using?
So @clairecmc jacked someone’s photo of a locked mailbox, and because the photographer said it was Capitol Hill she thought it was Washington, D.C.
It’s Capitol Hill in Seattle.
I hear the Lincoln Project is hiring. pic.twitter.com/27i1TxN6By
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) August 17, 2020
Dems are so honest, it hurts.
You should credit the person in Seattle you took this from — it’s not Washington DC. https://t.co/zjsENWLh4r
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) August 17, 2020
Claire McCaskill is sharing a picture that allegedly originated in Seattle & passing it off as DC. Perhaps she has confused the Capitol Hill area of Seattle with Capitol Hill in Washington DC. I guess that happens when you’re playing pundit after getting the boot from the Senate. https://t.co/ZtRrez1kxZ
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) August 17, 2020
Guess enough people called her out on it that she was forced to acknowledge what she’d done:
I apologize. Recent tweet said locked mail box was in DC. It was in Seattle. My mistake. Same sentiment applies.
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 17, 2020
So, fake but accurate. Is that where we’re at now?
Yes, the sentiment is that you’re stupid, ignorant, and insane. https://t.co/84Qctb8X2m
— I didn’t vote for him, so think of a new retort (@jtLOL) August 17, 2020
Well, at least we know that MSNBC’s the perfect place for her.
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Update:
Not sorry: Claire McCaskill doubles down after getting busted for spreading fake news, pivots to … Rush Limbaugh? https://t.co/6G2NGK1qZB
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 17, 2020
