riiiiiight. I'm sure that happened. pic.twitter.com/Dqn2XsoQhu
— Michael O'Sullivan (@Mi_OSullivan) November 18, 2016
Some people in the GOP are still bitter that Independent conservative candidate Evan McMullin stood up to Donald Trump, so they’re looking for new and exciting ways to stick it to him.
Take Kathleen Anderson, president of the Utah Federation of Republican Women, for example:
https://twitter.com/kate8anderson/status/799717539559313408
Yeah … there’s just one little problem: It’s not even remotely true.
No he hasn't.
— Crosspatch (@VictorB123) November 18, 2016
Completely untrue statement. https://t.co/eU8Bf0kBJA
— Senate Popular VotEEE (@EEElverhoy) November 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/astaroska/status/799747190562451456
this is 100% false. Check your sources. #utpol
— Kelsey Koenen Witt (@KelseyKWitt) November 18, 2016
Yeah, this is what we in the biz call a 'lie'.
— Tiny “Boop Squig” Shorterly (@AvOpJGA) November 18, 2016
“A lie” is certainly what McMullin campaign digital communications director Sarah Rumpf is calling it:
100% falsehood spread by president of Utah Federation of Republican Women. It's been 2 hours & no retraction or apology. Shame. #utpol https://t.co/DKEEggtSur
— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) November 18, 2016
McMullin himself is pushing back against the bogus claim:
This is what those of us who still value truth call #FakeNews. Another play out of the Putin-Trump political playbook. https://t.co/8Hwaa17uWx
— Evan McMullin (@EvanMcMullin) November 18, 2016
That's both funny and sad.
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) November 18, 2016
it really is. I think we're going to see more of this. It will do terrible things to our country.
— Evan McMullin (@EvanMcMullin) November 18, 2016
Republican strategist Rick Wilson, who was instrumental in McMullin’s campaign, is also setting the record straight:
Lololol https://t.co/NO8s5fTiZ4
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 18, 2016
That's absurd
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 18, 2016
You've never had so much attention, Kate. Shame it's for telling a ludicrous lie.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 18, 2016
If Anderson was hoping to shame McMullin, her plan backfired. The only person she’s shamed here is herself.
source? None? Just as I thought. #fakenews #shameonyou
— Annette Sanchez Baesel (@abaesel2) November 18, 2016
Where's your proof? I believe @Evan_McMullin, so there's no bad news here, just lies you keep spreading. https://t.co/NA2xg9aDCd
— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) November 18, 2016
(Anderson has yet to reveal her source, just in case you were wondering.)
Spreading fake news is sad! https://t.co/AkhxsJTdY2
— PS^2 (@publicsquared) November 18, 2016
You should be ashamed of yourself. Spreading lies about a truly decent person. #fakenews
— StalkerDon (@JostradaTO) November 18, 2016
please, at least pretend you have some integrity before spreading lies.
— Jess Haddow (@jessiskey) November 18, 2016
You're embarrassing yourself, @kate8anderson. @Evan_McMullin @realDonaldTrump
— Old Man McGucket (@Thewbert3) November 18, 2016
Stop spreading stupid rumors. Irresponsible and damaging. Shame on you.
— Just Linda (@LindaStockto16) November 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/KelseyKWitt/status/799755113631911937
Same here. Verified as false. Stop beclowning yourself, Kate. https://t.co/ZAdJMIgLKE
— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) November 18, 2016
BREAKING: I just learned not to ever trust @kate8anderson for factual news. Surprise, surprise, surprise.
— Josh McCoy (@One_Josh_McCoy) November 18, 2016
Editor’s note: This post has been amended to clarify that Rumpf served as the McMullin campaign’s digital communications director. It has also been updated with additional tweets.
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Update:
Well, well, well … looks like Anderson finally decided she’d had enough of being called out for spreading baseless lies. She deleted her earlier tweets and sent out these:
https://twitter.com/kate8anderson/status/799783663009296385
https://twitter.com/kate8anderson/status/799784042103091202
Lesson learned? We’ll see.
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