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Fri Jan 28, 2022, 12:30 AM Jan 2022

Fake story in Gateway Pundit regarding Wisconsin...

No wonder Jim Hoft got the moniker "Stupidest guy on the Internet."

Trump Supporters Believe Wisconsin Withdrew Its Electoral College Voters For Joe Biden. It Never Happened.

Former president Donald Trump’s supporters who buy into his lies that the last election was stolen from him were elated Tuesday night with news from the right-wing Gateway Pundit: The Wisconsin legislature had just voted to withdraw the state’s electors for Joe Biden.

The only problem is: That didn’t actually happen. And, also, it’s not possible.

The original story, which has since been updated, claimed that the Wisconsin State Assembly voted “unanimously” Tuesday night to withdraw the state’s 10 electors. But there was no vote. Here’s what actually happened: Republican Rep. Timothy Ramthun, a Trump supporter who has embraced election falsehoods, brought up his bill to withdraw the electors as a privileged resolution, meaning the Assembly had to respond to it. But far from passing it, the Assembly’s presiding officer sent the bill to the Rules Committee. And the bill will die there, as the chair of that committee, Republican Rep. Jim Steineke, made clear Tuesday night. “Not only is it illegal, it’s just plain unconstitutional,” he tweeted. “As chair of the Rules Committee, there is ZERO chance I will advance this illegal resolution. #EndofStory.”

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahmimms/wisconsin-2020-election-biden-electors-conspiracy-theory

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Fake story in Gateway Pundit regarding Wisconsin... (Original Post) Archae Jan 2022 OP
K&R Blue Owl Jan 2022 #1
Unbelievable !! beemerphill Jan 2022 #2

beemerphill

(458 posts)
2. Unbelievable !!
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 11:10 AM
Jan 2022

Does putting an R after your name mean that you are REALLY STUPID? It must. Where are these nut jobs coming up with such outrageous ideas? Who Knows?

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