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(186,406 posts)werdna
(926 posts)Nittersing
(6,833 posts)hlthe2b
(106,064 posts)But, I agree that the poster needs to provide the source...
TommieMommy
(1,038 posts)werdna
(926 posts)- "a series of articles that appeared in the online publication Capitol Hill Blue back in 1999. . .Capitol Hill Blue was founded by Doug Thompson, a former Republican political consultant and director of the National Association of Realtors' political action committee, and back when this article was originally published, its stock in trade was running outrage-provoking political stories based on information supposedly supplied by anonymous (and therefore unverifiable) "insider sources." "
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/congressional-crimes-list/
The video in question: "In a TikTok video viewed by millions and also shared on Instagram, a 2012 video clip shows Mark Bailey, now chancellor of the Dallas Theological Seminary, relaying a text from a son and asking whether the statistics are NBA or NFL? "
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-congress-crimes-statistics-social-media-922895052628
It only took a few minutes to suss this out. Please be more careful in future posts. As we all have learned since Trump first announced his candidacy, misinformation is very detrimental and harmful.