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Nevilledog

(51,212 posts)
Sat May 14, 2022, 01:59 PM May 2022

Audio: Stefanik staffer twists himself in knots defending "pedo grifters" comment.



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Audio: Stefanik staffer twists himself in knots defending "pedo grifters" comment.

"...'pedo' is not short for 'pedophile,' it is 'pedo' as in 'children.' 'Pedo' is, if you look it up on Google it's-"

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AUDIO: Stefanik staffer twists himself in knots defending "pedo grifters" comment
"...'pedo' is not short for 'pedophile,' it is 'pedo' as in 'children.' 'Pedo' is, if you look it up on Google it's-"
10:03 AM · May 14, 2022



https://www.readthepresentage.com/p/stefanik-constituent-call?sd=nfs&s=r

Afterward, I received an email containing an audio file of a conversation between someone who supposedly works in the congresswoman’s office and a constituent.

CALLER: Okay. So, she tweeted again. She said, "The White House, House Dems and usual pedo grifters." Now, you start the conversation pretty bad when you say, "The White House, House Dems, and usual pedo grifters." Who are “the usual pedo grifters?”

STAFFER: So I don't mean cut you off, I want to... Because we've got a few phone calls about this. First off, this is her personal Twitter. Just have to note that. And number two, “pedo” is not short for “pedophile,” it is “pedo” as in “children.” “Pedo” is, if you look it up on Google it's-

CALLER: Yeah. I know what the word means.

STAFFER: Exactly defines to child.

CALLER: So these are people who are grifting their children? How are they grifting their children? Or are they children who are grifting?

STAFFER: No, not children who are grifting.

CALLER: So they're not-

STAFFER: Saying people are grifting on behalf of children.

CALLER: They're grifting on behalf of children?

STAFFER: Correct.

CALLER: And she thought that the way to say that people who are grifting on behalf of children, which, I don't really understand how... Who's grifting? How is there a grift involved in any of this? Like what's the grift here?

STAFFER: Well, I really can't analyze it for you just because I haven't gotten a statement on it. Again, this is her personal Twitter account.

CALLER: Sure.

STAFFER: I'm just giving you the definitions because we've received a lot of calls for clarification. I'm just kind of clarifying what that means.



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Audio: Stefanik staffer twists himself in knots defending "pedo grifters" comment. (Original Post) Nevilledog May 2022 OP
The pedo epithet comes straight from Putin's propaganda playbook dlk May 2022 #1
"She meant fart in Spanish. What's the big deal, libs? She does this all the time." "When?" "Sorry, Carlitos Brigante May 2022 #2

dlk

(11,578 posts)
1. The pedo epithet comes straight from Putin's propaganda playbook
Sat May 14, 2022, 02:04 PM
May 2022

Stefanik is a vile traitor, earning her rubles.

Carlitos Brigante

(26,505 posts)
2. "She meant fart in Spanish. What's the big deal, libs? She does this all the time." "When?" "Sorry,
Sat May 14, 2022, 02:08 PM
May 2022

you hear that static?" "Nope can still hear you." "BzzzzzT PFFFFrrrrr. Oh there it is again." BYE!"

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