You knew that Rebekah Jones was running against Matt Gaetz for Congress, right? Jones is the “whistleblower” who proved that the Ron DeSantis administration was underreporting coronavirus deaths to make the state look better. Her story has been debunked a thousand times over. This spring, National Review Online’s Charles C. W. Cooke shredded the Miami Herald for spending two years laundering her lies.
So naturally, when Jones accused Gaetz of mocking her 12-year-old autistic son, Newsweek was on the case.
Matt Gaetz rival slams Florida rep for mocking her 12-year-old autistic son https://t.co/c2M4RqnIKG
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 12, 2022
Jones: Hi, I'm Matt Gaetz's opponent. He made fun of my autistic 12-year-old son.@EwanPalmer: Do you have any evidence that he did this?
Jones: No.
Palmer: OK, I'll write an article about it anyway. https://t.co/KQurTrrGTg
— Max (@MaxNordau) September 12, 2022
Can you show me where he mocked her child? And, yes, I've seen the photo and nothing in the photo "mocks" the child. But better question, why is Newsweek, if you're going to do an article, not pointing out that Jones is currently awaiting trial or that she sent revenge porn 1/
— carolyn tackett🐊 (@CarolsCloset) September 12, 2022
to one of her student's parents after he broke off an affair with her? If you're going to do an article about a candidate shouldn't you include *all* of the details about that candidate? How many times has she been arrested? For what? Come on, tell the whole story, "journalists".
— carolyn tackett🐊 (@CarolsCloset) September 12, 2022
This didn’t happen.
— The Sharpening 🇺🇸 (@absinthe1021) September 12, 2022
But Gaetz never did that
— CovfefeForT (@MeBeHealthy) September 12, 2022
“Journalism”
— Snow Miser (@Snow_Miser_) September 12, 2022
I read the story, he didn't mock her son.
— Alan Bayer (@AlanBayer2) September 12, 2022
Did @EwanPalmer stop to realize that Gaetz never mentioned the kid, and Jones was the one exploiting her son's disability for pity-points and $$?
— Dan Goldwasser (@dgoldwas) September 12, 2022
This didn't happen so hard, it unhappened things that did happen.
— Luke T. Oehler (@LTOehler) September 12, 2022
You people are bad at your jobs.
— MATTMcAllister (@Catfatmatty) September 12, 2022
Jones slanders a random bi-racial guy in Indiana as a white supremacist on Tiktok has Nikki Barnes advance the message on Twitter
Newsweek:
Gaetz posts a picture of a Jones campaign event where the only person pictured is a napping person
Newsweek: WHERE IS THE CIVILITY
— Andrew– Culture War Draftee (@AGimpsey) September 12, 2022
@EwanPalmer should get a refund from his journalism school because they didn't teach him to report facts.
— Johnny Jeeper (@johnny_jeeper) September 12, 2022
Palmer writes:
Rebekah Jones, a Democrat who will face off against Matt Gaetz in November’s midterms, has heavily criticized the GOP Florida congressman after a picture of her autistic 12-year-old online was posted onto his Facebook page to mock her campaign.
Jones, a former Florida Department of Health data scientist, posted a video on TikTok about the “disturbing” Facebook photo which was uploaded onto Gaetz’s Facebook on September 10.
The Facebook post in question was two photos side by side, one showing dozens of people at a campaign event for Gaetz, alongside one of a young child alone with his head on the desk at a booth.
Wait … Palmer didn’t even talk to Jones? He just wrote a story based on a TikTok video she posted? Really?
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Related:
Anti-DeSantis crusader and media darling (and House hopeful!) Rebekah Jones tries doxxing Max Nordau, sics followers on a totally different guy https://t.co/28BluLYQLy
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 31, 2022
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