Not just them, either. It’s a pretty awkward situation for those who presume to fact-check others.
What was it Jesus said about picking the plank out of your own eye before looking at removing the splinter in someone else’s?
Politico got fact checked on Facebook for spreading false information about Trump and Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/uD93zUtBxs
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) March 1, 2020
In this clown-world that we live in, a meme account on Twitter also fact-checked a Washington Post syndicated columnist.
No. He didn’t. https://t.co/CrM1T3tSqD pic.twitter.com/SBUPHIwP3k
— Power Tie (@realPowerTie) February 29, 2020
Well, at least Dana is very clear about who he is to his 118K followers:
Oooh. That snarky line came back to bite him, didn’t it?
Steve Guest, the rapid response director for the GOP also fact-checked this idea that it’s the Trump administration that is politicizing the Coronavirus.
From the beginning, @GOPChairwoman and @DonaldJTrumpJr have been calling out the Democrats for politicizing coronavirus.
Example: Schumer & Warren have falsely accused the president of having no plan, despite CDC having a 52-page planned response. https://t.co/hyxz8nsfa0
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 1, 2020
Regarding the media, Politico is publishing false stories about President Trump.
Reminder: President Trump did not call coronavirus a hoax.https://t.co/6VT5E4Ejom
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 1, 2020
The New York Times also published this disgusting headline: "Trump Makes Us Ill." pic.twitter.com/S9liK5Uzyd
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 1, 2020
Back to Democrat politicians…
Joe Biden is lying about the Trump administration's response to coronavirus.
No officials were muzzled. https://t.co/HwTIp4L3Ds
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 1, 2020
CNN was at it too.https://t.co/sJd08hyms7
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 1, 2020
Here are Democrat Rep. John Garamendi's threatening remarks about @DonaldJTrumpJr: “He shouldn’t be near… There would be a serious altercation… Don Jr. better not get any place close to me. It would not be a healthy situation.”
No pushback from MSNBC. pic.twitter.com/jW8rdBWJ9T
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 1, 2020
Another example of Michael Bloomberg with a clear political motivation behind his coronavirus response. pic.twitter.com/YPBAybemeE
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 1, 2020
Another example of Michael Bloomberg trying to score political points by repeating false info.https://t.co/BvCW07iiG6
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 2, 2020
The DCCC is now further politicizing coronavirus with an ad campaign to attack the Trump admin and House Republicans. https://t.co/DUbgCBDWTw
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 2, 2020
Meanwhile, everyone on the left would wish that Trump not ‘politicize’ a national crisis like this.
Right.
This is from the same fair-minded people who suggested to rename it #TrumpVirus?
We’ve got a couple of suggestions of our own — beginning with what you can do with that advice.
