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Posted by Ellen -7835.60pc on January 28, 2021
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Tucker Carlson’s defense of right-wing troll Doug Mackey deceitfully painted him as a victim of a Democratic assault on free speech and failed to note that Mackey was arrested because he tried to suppress Hillary Clinton supporters from voting.
It’s not news that Tucker Carlson’s so-called guiding principles are whatever level of hate mongering he can get away with in his never-ending weaponization of politics for profit and partisanship. But here he completely blew away his phony-baloney pretense of caring about election integrity.
A man who was known as a far-right Twitter troll was arrested on Wednesday and charged with spreading disinformation online that tricked Democratic voters in 2016 into trying to cast their ballots by phone instead of going to the polls.
Florida social media influencer faces charges for voter disinformation campaign in 2016 election
Douglass Mackey, 31, arrested Wednesday morning
A Palm Beach County man has been criminally charged after he used social media to try to influence voters in the 2016 presidential election, federal court documents allege.
By: WPTV Staff
and last updated 2021-01-27 22:51:39-05
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. â A prominent Twitter troll from 2016 whose accounts were suspended by the social media platform has been charged in federal court with knowingly spreading disinformation in the wake of the 2016 presidential election in an attempt to influence voters behaviors, according to court records.
Douglass Mackey, aka Ricky Vaughn, made an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart in West Palm Beach on Wednesday morning. The complaint and affidavit in support of an arrest warrant was filed under seal in the Eastern District of New York. Mackey was a reside
Author and commentator Mark Steyn weighs in on Tucker Carlson Tonight
This is a rush transcript from Tucker Carlson Tonight, January 27, 2021. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
TUCKER CARLSON, HOST: Good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson Tonight. Happy Wednesday.
Well, it looks like this is the part of the revolution where they start throwing their political opponents in jail. Wow, that was fast.
It was just a week ago they were telling us about unity. Remember that? What we didn t know at the time is they meant that everyone with power should unite against the rest of the country. Unity meant oligarchy.
Douglass Mackey, 31, of West Palm Beach, faces federal charges for allegedly spreading disinformation leading up to the 2016 election in an attempt to influence voters' behaviors, according to court records.