North Carolina Republicans use fake photo to imply Dr. Ford was too ugly to rape

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Sarah K. Burris 04 OCT 2018 AT 10:58 ET

The North Carolina Republican Party followed President Donald Trump’s lead in attacking Dr. Christine Blasey Ford for coming forward about an alleged sexual assault.

The News and Observer reported Thursday that Lanny Lancaster, Cabarrus County GOP chairman, shared a photo he said was Dr. Ford, posted by another account named Joseph Mannarino.

“This is the alleged sexual assault victim. Wow,” Lancaster said of a young woman in braces and large glasses.

The photo isn’t “the alleged sexual assault victim.”

Tuesday, Democratic congressional candidate Frank McNeill used a screen capture of the post in an e-mail noting the GOP attacked a sexual assault survivor.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/north-carolina-republicans-use-fake-photo-to-imply-dr-ford-was-too-ugly-to-assault/

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1. Here's the story at the Raleigh News & Observer. It's pretty grim.

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NC Republican leader uses photo to mock Christine Blasey Ford. It’s not her.

BY PAUL A. SPECHT AND RASHAAN AYESH

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October 03, 2018 12:16 PM

Updated October 03, 2018 04:36 PM

RALEIGH -- A Facebook post about Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of assault in the early 1980s, has triggered a war of words between a local Republican leader and a Democratic candidate for Congress.

Lanny Lancaster, Cabarrus County GOP chairman, shared a photo allegedly of Ford that was originally posted by an account using the name Joseph Mannarino.

Lancaster shared the photo, which shows a young woman wearing braces and large glasses, adding the comments: “This is the alleged sexual assault victim. Wow.”
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The picture in the Facebook post that Lancaster shared is not of Ford. The photo has been circulating on the internet as a meme since as early as 2012.
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