Keith Olbermann, journalists fall for Twitter hoax accusing Abbott rep of harassing Uvalde victim's family

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Numerous media members, including Keith Olbermann, fell for a Twitter thread accusing a Greg Abbott representative of harassing a school shooting victim's family.

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Yet, this did not stop a number of journalists from falling for the story from the account, which made several other claims drawing skepticis. These claims and other information about the account wereThey included a 2020 tweet in which the man said a sheriff in Washington State had killed another one of his nephews and that he was the recipient of a Purple Heart.

"Hey, @SpeakerStraus time to make a public statement and demand that [Abbott] explain this," Austin Chronicle culture editor Richard Whittaker tweeted, tagging Joe Strauss, a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. In a statement to Fox News Digital, Morrison said,"I shared the tweet with Gov. Abbott's office seeking a response as to whether or not it was accurate. Once I learned it was false, I deleted the tweet."

 

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Easy to believe just about anything when you’re dealing with someone so craven & depraved.

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