On her Facebook page yesterday, Wendy Bell posted:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former presidential candidate Evan McMullin tweeted that a list should be made to target those who back President Trump's call for investigating the election. Now, Jake Tapper of CNN suggested that Trump staffers who support the president in his legal and electoral fight should be blacklisted from further employment in politics.With this kind of rhetoric do you feel the democratic party and Joe Biden will be able to "bring the country together"?Is there anything that could be done to "heal" the nation or are we fractured right now?
This is a lie. Here's what Representative Ocasio-Cortez actually tweeted:
The "list" isn't actually a thing, as you can see. Ocasio-Cortez is looking to hold to account those current Trump supporters who in the future will try to deny their complicity and not, as Wendy is falsely asserting, those who simply "back President Trump's call for investigating the election."Is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future? I foresee decent probability of many deleted Tweets, writings, photos in the future
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 6, 2020
The same can be said for what Representative McMullin tweeted:
We should keep and publish a list of everyone who assists Trump’s frivolous and dangerous attacks on the election. Name and shame forever.
— Evan McMullin 🇺🇸 (@EvanMcMullin) November 6, 2020
Those who "assist Trump's frivolous and dangerous attacks on the election" is not the same as "investigate", Wendy. You get the difference, right?
Then there's Jake Tapper. This is what he tweeted:
Wow. How did Wendy go from that to "blacklist(ing) from further employment in politics" anyone who "support(s) the president in his legal and electoral fight"??2/ I mean, I don’t expect the ride-or-die crew to listen to me, but ...
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 9, 2020
“So, it says here on your resume that you drove a sex offender to testify at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, north of the Tacony-Palmyra bridge...”
Those are the folks we're talking about, Wendy.