Rep. Rashida Tlaib has promoted at least four racially charged hoaxes or debunked stories on Twitter in 2019 and failed to issue statements retracting or correcting her comments.
Allen has since recanted the story, but Tlaib has not issued a correction or deleted her tweet praising Allen as "Courageous & strong" and having a "Power that threatens their core."
The activist Tlaib retweeted apologized for spreading the story after Allen recanted her charge, but Tlaib didn't share the apology or offer her own contrition.
On at least three other occasions in 2019, Tlaib uncritically shared racially charged, viral stories that fell apart or were strongly challenged upon deeper scrutiny.
Tlaib shared a GQ article on Jan. 30 initially headlined, "The Racist, Homophobic Attack on Jussie Smollett Is Far-Right America's Endgame," the day after the Empire actor claimed masked Donald Trump supporters attacked him in Chicago, hurled racial and homophobic epithets, and put a noose around his neck.
Tlaib wasn't done seizing on stories with neat narratives of racial discord.
Tlaib didn't delete any of her tweets in these four instances, and the Washington Free Beacon could find no record of her posting follow-ups giving a clearer picture of the stories.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/tlaib-has-promoted-four-viral-racial-hoaxes-in-2019/
Allen has since recanted the story, but Tlaib has not issued a correction or deleted her tweet praising Allen as "Courageous & strong" and having a "Power that threatens their core."
The activist Tlaib retweeted apologized for spreading the story after Allen recanted her charge, but Tlaib didn't share the apology or offer her own contrition.
On at least three other occasions in 2019, Tlaib uncritically shared racially charged, viral stories that fell apart or were strongly challenged upon deeper scrutiny.
Tlaib shared a GQ article on Jan. 30 initially headlined, "The Racist, Homophobic Attack on Jussie Smollett Is Far-Right America's Endgame," the day after the Empire actor claimed masked Donald Trump supporters attacked him in Chicago, hurled racial and homophobic epithets, and put a noose around his neck.
Tlaib wasn't done seizing on stories with neat narratives of racial discord.
Tlaib didn't delete any of her tweets in these four instances, and the Washington Free Beacon could find no record of her posting follow-ups giving a clearer picture of the stories.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/tlaib-has-promoted-four-viral-racial-hoaxes-in-2019/
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