Imagine how gone someone has to be to see Russian agents/trolls when any news that paints a Democrat in a bad light breaks. As Twitchy readers know, Joe Biden is a new grandpa (congrats Joe!) and a lil ol’ newspaper in Arkansas broke the story. For whatever reason, Julia Ioffe put on some extra heavy duty tinfoil over a quotation mark and implied the deputy online editor for the paper must somehow be connected to Russia.
Don’t make that face, I didn’t make the accusation, I’m just mocking her for it.
Turns out that nope, Maggie McNeary is not a Russian troll … gosh, I feel shocked.
Yeah hi I am not a Russian troll, I just work at a paper in lil ole Arkansas
Sorry to disappoint @juliaioffe https://t.co/J06pd8X0ON
— Maggie McNeary (@maggiemcneary) November 21, 2019
@glesnick taught me how to make that symbol and it stuck ??♀️
— Maggie McNeary (@maggiemcneary) November 21, 2019
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And then she took a crappy situation and made something good out of it.
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— Maggie McNeary (@maggiemcneary) November 21, 2019
And again.
Hi @Twitter y’all gonna verify my staff now? @verified @NickPacilio
— Maggie McNeary (@maggiemcneary) November 21, 2019
Atta girl.
Julia can be a great journalist (Putin research, i.e.). Shame that Russian blinders affected that tweet.
Your Hunter reveal really made Nov 20th a happy Hunter Day.
— Tera Flop (@teraflopclub) November 21, 2019
Omg. She’s nuts. https://t.co/ypfjugUV3E
— Laura (@NonsenseEnd) November 21, 2019
Trump has driven a good many people ‘nuts’.
— ᴰᵒᵘᵍˡᵃˢ (@DouglasShrugged) November 21, 2019
Everybody’s a Russian asset, don’t feel so special.
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— BS (@PhillyPhlyr) November 21, 2019
Psh, Ron Perlman has accused me of being a Russian asset at least a dozen times.
Ssshhhh she doesn't think Arkansas or any other state not on the coast is real
— Under Cover Tanker (@mn6824) November 21, 2019
Ya… Arkansas, Russia!
— Thomas Crown (@ZH_Crown) November 21, 2019
Same difference.
Totally.
I live in AR and we are all paid to be trolls and bots by Russia
— Zach (@someguywcancer) November 21, 2019
Is the pay good? I'm considering becoming a bot myself.
— HaXnZ (@HaXnZ) November 21, 2019
The life of a bot ain’t easy.
Hmmmm…This is exactly what a Russian troll would say…?
— NancyBellicec (@Nancy_Bellicec) November 21, 2019
Whoa, mind blown.
What a dolt.
— Judge Roy Bean (@JudgeRoyBean9) November 21, 2019
‘Nuff said.
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