A bada*s like Governor Ron DeSantis needs a bada*s press secretary like Christina Pushaw. Especially when supposed fact-checkers do everything but fact-check her boss so they can smear and go after him because they see him as a legitimate threat.
Take for example this WaPo fact-checker who reached out to Pushaw to look into claims DeSantis made things up about the DOJ memo threatening to silence parents (who just got fact-REKT on Twitter):
Last week, a @washingtonpost Fact Checker reached out to me to “fact check” @GovRonDeSantis statement opposing the DOJ memo, which threatens to silence concerned parents exercising First Amendment rights.
WaPo “fact-check” essentially accused Gov. DeSantis of making things up: pic.twitter.com/gWBC1Wwi02
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) October 21, 2021
This is hilariously brutal.
Here’s the beginning of my response. I just thought it was important not to accept the framing of the @washingtonpost “fact check” on its face.
Media are supposed to challenge regime narratives, not enforce them. Democracy dies in darkness, right? 😅 pic.twitter.com/5OUwvsWghk
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) October 22, 2021
‘One would expect the press to hold powerful institutions like the DOJ/FBI accountable …’
YAAAAAS.
And here’s where I explained very clearly to @washingtonpost — providing receipts — that the Garland DOJ memo was prompted by the NSBA letter calling parents “domestic terrorists” and urging the federal government to prosecute speech under the Patriot Act. 👇 pic.twitter.com/3muBeFo1jv
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) October 22, 2021
C’mon, you’d think a fact-checker would appreciate the receipts, right?
Here’s how the “fact check” turned out: 4 Pinocchios. That means @washingtonpost accused @GovRonDeSantis and other GOP officials of telling an outright lie. pic.twitter.com/NAq44GoDXP
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) October 22, 2021
They’re such a-holes.
Shot (the “fact check”) — Chaser (the facts)
VIDEO: Garland admits he wrote the memo because of the NSBA Letter https://t.co/VKteTnj1xa pic.twitter.com/QNcDg41I8L
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) October 22, 2021
Oof.
But DeSantis!
That doesn’t work quite as well as, ‘But Trump,’ BUT it’s close.
Tonight I circled back. Let’s see if @washingtonpost does! 😀 pic.twitter.com/7KFHngSK76
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) October 22, 2021
Not holding our breath on WaPo fact-checking itself.
The WaPo Fact Checker already responded. He’s definitely trying to thread that 🪡 needle! What do you guys think? pic.twitter.com/bCA6LcraE2
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) October 22, 2021
HA HA HA HA
We think he had an agenda and a narrative, and he wasn’t about to let the truth get in the way of either one.
My verdict: the WaPo Fact Check is “missing context” 👀
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) October 22, 2021
We give WaPo FIVE Pinocchios.
Also: the Biden Administration knew about the letter and had been in contact with the NSBA before Garland issued the memo. Emails from FOIA at the bottom of article in link: 👇https://t.co/LcSIGSp26N pic.twitter.com/VcnhSyfykO
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) October 22, 2021
Awful.
Cc @ChuckRossDC great reporting on this. You might find the thread interesting, though I doubt it will be surprising.
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) October 22, 2021
Not a great look, WaPo.
Granted, they don’t care (clearly) but still.
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