Twitter conspiracy forces cancellation of Grass Valley fundraiser

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A tweet from former FBI director James B. Comey sparked a conspiracy that led to the cancellation of an annual school fundraiser in Grass Valley.

Organizers have canceled an annual fundraiser in Northern California after their tiny school became the target of online conspiracy theorists, who claimed on Twitter that the event could be pulled into a terror plot.and scheduled for Saturday — will not happen out of concerns for personal safety. The crisis in the town northeast of Sacramento unfolded earlier this week, starting with a tweet from former FBI Director James B. Comey.

“In the current political and social climate, schools and communities must take into consideration matters never before imagined,” organizers said in a statement announcing the cancellation of the Nevada County Fairgrounds event. “It’s quite difficult to talk about…. It doesn’t make any sense. It’s pretty nutty,” Wendy Willoughby, foundation president,The tweets prompted social media users across the country to bombard the organizers with questions, asking if their foundation is legitimate or expressing concern for their welfare. Some people posted videos, while others began viewing online photos of the students.

 

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Hey Comey, why don’t you just stay quiet and fade away. You’ve caused enough trouble already.

It’s time to call them something other than “conspiracy theories.” Maybe “psychotic fantasies for a political purpose?”

batshit crazies.. calling shots now as to taking . trump's lunatic brigade serious.

So this is a Obama judges vs Trump judges thing again right?

So again proving Trumpers are idiots right?

I'm a subscriber. This headline is atrocious.

i been shorting the CNY against the dollar because we know the PBoC will print money to re-elect Trump. Their nationalists campaigns are cheap for the perps and potentially costly for victims

You have GOT to be kidding me

The real news here is why didn't Comey get to the bottom of this obstruction of justice by Obama WH (just one in many developing stories): 'Records Obtained in Court-Ordered Discovery Reveal Obama White House Tracking FOIA Request for Clinton Emails'

It was a Grass Valley Switcher

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