If you shared this story in earnest you must get “I don’t understand my political opponents” tattooed on your face. https://t.co/z7AbHLl8x4
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 2, 2017
We’ve got some good news for Donald Trump: He can sit this one out. It’s SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch’s turn to get Fake News’d.
George Takei — along with countless others — shared this hot scoop on the prospective new justice:
The Daily Mail reports that Gorsuch founded a "Facism Forever" club while in high school. Quite disturbing if true. https://t.co/NQHyfBucmo
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) February 2, 2017
Here is the alleged list of his activities while in high school . See line 5. pic.twitter.com/REg1yN8Ckn
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) February 2, 2017
“Disturbing if true.” Well, guess what:
It's not. Set phasers to Dumb! https://t.co/7R1PB1WtpO
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) February 2, 2017
Nope, it’s not. Not even a little bit:
Known to be fiercely conservative at Georgetown Prep School, #Gorsuch joked in yearbook he founded and led "Fascism Forever Club" pic.twitter.com/zrZZ53iP4I
— Michael J. O'Loughlin (@MikeOLoughlin) February 1, 2017
No, Neil #Gorsuch didn't start a 'fascism forever' club at his Jesuit prep school. My story: https://t.co/UXrPSszA47
— Michael J. O'Loughlin (@MikeOLoughlin) February 2, 2017
More from America magazine:
He wrote that he founded and led the “Fascism Forever Club,” though those with knowledge of the school back in the 1980s say there was no such club. The mention of it in the yearbook was a tongue-in-cheek attempt to poke fun at liberal peers who teased him about his fierce conservatism.
It was “a total joke,” said Steve Ochs, a history teacher at Georgetown Prep who was the student government advisor during Mr. Gorsuch’s junior and senior years at the Bethesda, Md., school.
“There was no club at a Jesuit school about young fascists,” he told America. “The students would create fictitious clubs; they would have fictitious activities. They were all inside jokes on their senior pages.”
it was a joke, you idiots https://t.co/o4X1wyEEVe
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) February 2, 2017
This is never going to end, is it?
It's unreal. Every fucking day this happens. https://t.co/LdNApZbgPe
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) February 2, 2017
It's happening almost every hour.
— Saulo Londoño (@SauloLondono) February 2, 2017
@CounterMoonbat they are flooding the zone with this shit.
— “Bob” The Emotional Support Hamster (@bob_emotional) February 2, 2017
Fake news is out of control. pic.twitter.com/GYoNQXfeTh
— Jason (@jasonelevation) February 2, 2017
Organized disinformation campaign.
— John Commodore Barry (@ShrinkGov) February 2, 2017
Have we mentioned that this crap is getting old?
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