NYT posts then removes comment endorsing Trump by Wendy's chili finger lady after people remember who she is

In a case of incredibly weird odds, The New York Times issued a retraction on Thursday of a quote it used in an article about new polling — because of all the people they asked about the 2024 presidential election, one of them was the woman who was convicted of fraud for planting a severed finger in a cup of chili.

The article, about a new NYT/Siena poll that has Vice President Kamala Harris narrowing the gap on former President Donald Trump, quoted a few registered voters on their electoral choices. One of them caught the eye of The Atlantic senior editor Gilad Edelman, who took a screenshot of the quote and shared it on Twitter/X.

The voter in question, Anna Ayala, said that she was voting for Trump because “the border situation is out of control.” But perhaps she just sees more of herself in the former president because she, like Trump, is a convicted felon with some fraud charges.

Back in 2005, Ayala and her husband pleaded guilty to charges that she planted a severed finger in a serving of Wendy’s chili as part of an extortion scheme. They were sentenced to a few years in prison and banned from Wendy’s restaurants for life. (And for anyone wondering where the finger came from, a family friend lost it in an “industrial accident” and then just… gave it away.)

https://www.mediaite.com/media/new-york-times-retracts-quote-from-woman-who-planted-a-severed-finger-in-her-serving-of-wendys-chili/

A couple of mentions of her years ago on DU:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x325987
https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3527354

Had to dig deep in that chili bowl for that one, didn't you, NYT?

But I guess it is kind of concerning that Trump does have the "banned from entering a Wendy's" vote locked down.