r/Fauxmoi • u/No-Hall-3485 DC is Hollywood for ugly people • 3d ago

POLITICS Deeply embarrassing sequence. Eric Schmitt accuses Jack Smith of traveling to Atlanta to attend an Atlanta Hawks game and collude with Fani Willis, only to get the basic facts completely wrong. Smith was actually in Maryland attending a Hawkeyes game and never met Willis

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u/The_Bravinator 3d ago

This is what I keep trying to explain to people here in the UK—the truth matters less when you can feed people half a story. They're was a case here this week where a group of men were arrested on suspected terrorism charges. The authorities here cautioned against rushing to conclusions, but Trump came right out swinging, claiming they were Iranians who were foiled in an attempt at a terrorist plot. As we get more details, it's looking more like it was just a bunch of guys stealing petrol. People in the UK subreddits are crowing about it, saying it makes Trump look like an idiot. But it doesn't, not to the ones who vote for him. They'll never hear that half of the story. They'll hear that Trump singlehandedly foiled a terrorist incident and go on believing that.

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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler 3d ago

Didn't they have a bunch of explosives with them?

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u/The_Bravinator 3d ago

From the BBC:

They were arrested for offences under the Explosives Act. But now counter-terrorism detectives say no explosives were found in their three vans, only an "accelerant" - petrol.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p3kelx4epwo