Rep. Elise Stefanik's Staff Reportedly Backs Off Her 'Pedo Grifter' Theory On Formula Shortage

[marmar]

(HuffPost) After critics pummeled Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) for nonsensically blaming the “usual pedo grifters” for America’s infant formula shortage, her office reportedly insisted that is not what she meant at all.

A spokesperson for the extremist lawmaker said she wasn’t blaming “pedophile” grifters, but intended “pedo” to mean “children,” writer and activist Parker Malloy reported Saturday — which still makes no sense.

“Pedo” or pedophile is a well-known dogwhistle to QAnon conspiracy theorists who are baselessy convinced “pedo” Democrats are running an international child sex-trafficking operation.

The weird contortion after Stefanik’s outrageous Twitter post was captured in a recorded phone call to the lawmaker’s office by an unidentified “constituent,” Malloy reported in “The Present Age.”

Neither Stefanik nor a representative could immediately be reached for comment, and HuffPost could not confirm the speaker on the recording was a Stefanik spokesperson. But the recorded voice appeared to be identical to one on an answering machine responding to calls to a Stefanik constituent office. ...............(more)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elise-stefanik-pedo-grifter-back-pedal_n_62802145e4b0c2dce650c9eb

[BigMin28]

1. Yeah right

Because the meaning of pedophile and pediatric are so similar. These people really think we are all as stupid as them.

[MacKasey]

2. If she meant child , why not use the word child

Using pedo, was a dog whistle

She knew exactly what she was doing, she is deceitful!

[Peregrine Took]

3. Much clearer to use for sure!! n/t

[Wednesdays]

4. And if she meant "child,"

then she was saying the blame for the formula shortage was on...children!?

[keep_left]

5. It's just Stefanik, in her usual artless way, trying to look like she's one of the Q kids,...

...then failing, getting caught, and attempting (unsuccessfully) to walk it back. She's such a coward that she's making some intern do that job for her. I'm surprised the Q idiots haven't denounced her yet. When Dr. Oz tried the same stunt, he got booed repeatedly and now his campaign is in real trouble. This dumb approach just makes them look out of touch. It's the "OK Boomer" of politics.

A previous post of mine on this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216689359#post7

This "pedo" shit was apparently on a MAGA blast fax a month ago or something...

...and the Drumpf morons are so slack-jawed stupid and uncreative that they all just parrot whatever they are ordered to without question. The "pedo" thing is really embarrassing for the MAGA cult, because there are ongoing legal cases involving "pedo" behavior right in their own party, e.g. Matt Gaetz and an...um...associate...of Jennifer Carnahan in MN.

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/former-gop-party-executive-director-says-carnahans-claims-about-connection-to-lazzaro-are-false
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/08/19/under-fire-minnesota-gop-chair-carnahan-steps-down

[LenaBaby61]

6. Has this pile of garbage ....

realize that the past few years mostly GQP'ers have been arrested charged and then jailed for their pedophile behaviors? Naw, in her twisted, evil, rotten mind they're Dems who are getting arrested then charged with child sex-trafficking, possessing kiddy porn, and out and out rape, and of saying that they love seeing children AND animals raped and molested.