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TexasTowelie

(116,765 posts) Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:20 AM Jan 2017

Twitter users accuse Sen. Cam Ward of 'fake news' after he tweeted about protesters (SFW)

Alabama Sen. Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) kicked up a tweetstorm Sunday after posting on Twitter about this weekend's protests with a photo that was several years old and showed multiple women in revealing clothing.

Cam Ward @SenCamWard

I totally respect the 1st Amendment. Just glad to hear how liberals call conservatives "extreme". This photo says it all #NotMyFolks
12:43 PM - 22 Jan 2017 · Arlington, VA

The photo was from an event in 2013 called SlutWalk Chicago, an annual parade that protests sexual assault and violence.

Ward's tweet soon attracted dozens of angry tweets, many pointing out that the photo was not taken at a women's march, and accusing Ward of spreading "fake news" or "alternative facts."

Ward stood by his statement, tweeting "Never said it was from yesterday. Pointing out how 'civil protests' have been anything but lately. Both right & left have discarded civility".

Read more: http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/01/twitter_users_accuse_sen_cam_w.html

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Twitter users accuse Sen. Cam Ward of 'fake news' after he tweeted about protesters (SFW) (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2017 OP

Scary boobs! 1965Comet Jan 2017 #1

Wonder if he's the type with a secret life of hiring prostitutes etc about to be unveiled. Kittycow Jan 2017 #3

a secret life of male prostitutes. WhiteTara Jan 2017 #4

Liars and cons who pray upon the misinformed and uninformed. SamKnause Jan 2017 #2

Thank you so much for posting this. Croney Jan 2017 #5

You're most definitely welcome. TexasTowelie Jan 2017 #6

1965Comet

(175 posts)

1. Scary boobs!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:24 AM

Jan 2017

"Just glad to hear how liberals call conservatives "extreme"."

Lol, women's breasts too extreme for Republican lawmaker! Wanna bet on the size of his hands?

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)

3. Wonder if he's the type with a secret life of hiring prostitutes etc about to be unveiled.

Reply to 1965Comet (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:35 AM

Jan 2017

WhiteTara

(30,159 posts)

4. a secret life of male prostitutes.

Reply to Kittycow (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:54 AM

Jan 2017

He's that extreme.

SamKnause

(13,804 posts)

2. Liars and cons who pray upon the misinformed and uninformed.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:32 AM

Jan 2017

There would be no Republican party if truth was mandatory.

Croney

(4,923 posts)

5. Thank you so much for posting this.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 10:19 AM

Jan 2017

It was shared yesterday, with a vile snarky message, on my FB page but I didn't know anything about it. I have now gone back and schooled the asshole who posted it.

TexasTowelie

(116,765 posts)

6. You're most definitely welcome.

Reply to Croney (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 10:35 AM

Jan 2017

I probably should unfollow some "friend" on Facebook an maybe some family members that aren't on Facebook. Unfortunately, most people don't ask questions about the legitimacy of what they post online.

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