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Jim Jamitis | 12:01 AM on September 08, 2014

Heidi Moore, a reporter for The Guardian, made this claim today then got irritated when people questioned it’s veracity.

https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508783892439236609

https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/508784135025205248

https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508784531038810112

https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/508784909406986240

https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508787464895746048

@moorehn I guess we're saying that U.S. Senator doesn't count as a "state-wide" office.

— Bronx Republicans (@TheBronxGOP) September 8, 2014

@moorehn clearly you know NOTHING about South Carolina. One of the most moderate & equally represented states. Stay in the UK.

— Salvaje (@wildbilltour) September 8, 2014

https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508810558347681793

Really?

SC Lt. governor candidates spar over McMaster’s club membership

Sellers, who could be the first African-Americans elected to statewide office since Reconstruction, said he decided to make McMaster’s membership at the Forest Lake Club an issue because he wants to move South Carolina away from its past, including bouts with racism. (emphasis added)

Clearly her tweet was not a direct quote. Also her tweet leaves out the words “elected to.” Senator Tim Scott was elected to the House of Representatives, but he was appointed by Governor Nikki Hailey to the U.S. Senate when Senator Jim DeMint resigned. So the article is correct while Moore’s tweet was not.

https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/508810028506447873

Apparently neither did you since your “direct quote” was not a direct quote.

@moorehn just read it. your tweet was still factually incorrect, though the article was not. admit, apologize, & move on. #itsnotthathard

— Texan in Cali (@GarrettHeckman) September 8, 2014