Rep. Steve King Falsely IDs George Soros' Son as Whistleblower

[blogslut]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-steve-king-and-paul-gosar-falsely-id-george-soros-son-alexander-as-ukraine-whistleblower

In a collision of conspiracy theories, two Republican lawmakers wrongly accused the son of billionaire Democratic donor George Soros of being the Ukraine whistleblower.

“Adam Schiff said, ‘I do not know the identity of the whistleblower,’” Rep. Steve King (R-CA) tweeted on Thursday morning, referring to remarks House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) made in the first public impeachment hearing Wednesday.

“@RepAdamSchiff here are four strong clues.”

King, trying to suggest the whistleblower is tight with top Democrats, attached four pictures of a bearded man standing with Democratic figures like Hillary Clinton, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). The wording of King’s tweet implied that the unnamed man in the pictures is the whistleblower. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) then amplified King’s claim by quote-tweeting King’s photo collage.

The man in the pictures is Alexander Soros, whose father is often featured in anti-Semitic right-wing conspiracy theories...

[Skinner]

1. Republicans are like a parody of themselves.

*Of course* the whistleblower is George Soros's kid.

[Hortensis]

6. :) The Onion gave up on trying to out-parody the Repubs.

Instead they used WaPo's tepid coverage, (Salon's version, "self-gaslighting" ). Good! I'm not sure exactly what triggered it, but we get the WaPo and I was up in arms over Trump's being called a "supporting character" on the front page.



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[dewsgirl]

2. These fools will believe absolutely anything. SMH 🙄

[Act_of_Reparation]

3. Everything they do sounds like it started off as a game of MadLibs.

[Sogo]

4. Oh, sure, of course....

George Soros' son is one of the officials who listens in on WH calls with foreign leaders.

Case closed!

[C_U_L8R]

5. I am the whistleblower.

Let’s go Spartacus on these dreadful clowns. How about a million whistleblower march on DC.