Posted on 07/27/2024 6:04:59 AM PDT by MAGA2017
A CBS News affiliate came under fire after it claimed former President Trump had "falsely" accused Vice President Kamala Harris of helping raise money for a bail fund that helped violent criminals get out of jail.
"Trump falsely accuses Harris of donating to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, bailing out ‘dangerous criminals,'" CBS Minnesota affiliate WCCO posted on X on Thursday in a post that racked up nearly 7 million views in less than 24 hours.
The media outlet was referring to Trump's comments at a North Carolina rally this week when he accused the presumed Democratic nominee of being soft on crime by "helping raise" millions of dollars to free violent criminals through her support of the bail fund.
During the 2020 campaign, Harris called on her then-Twitter followers to donate to the fund to help bail out those arrested during the George Floyd riots. "If you’re able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota," she wrote on the social media platform in June of that year.
However, the bail fund has come under fire for helping put rapists and murderers back on the streets. Minneapolis-based FOX 9 reported that the fund spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to free an alleged knife murderer and a twice convicted rapist who was facing charges of sexual assault and kidnapping, among others.
Another criminal, George Howard, 48, also reaped the benefits of the funds. He allegedly became involved in a road rage altercation on an Interstate 94 entrance ramp before he shot another driver, according to Minneapolis police – weeks after bailing out on domestic assault charges.
Critics accused the CBS affiliate of lying and slapped the social media post with a Community Note.
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Sorry, CBS didn’t lie. They said Trump was lying when he said that Kamala “donated” to the fund. She never donated, at least there are no records of her doing so. The “lie” was that she donated, i.e. money, to the fund.
Twisting words and meanings into pretzels is what they do best.
this dolt harris is on video making all these claims, LETS GO TO THE VIDEO TAPE!
Trumps campaign ads should be a collection of videos of this idiot on many topics
and still they would deny she ever said that
The beatification of Kamala continues. During the 2020 campaign, Harris tweeted her followers to donate to help bail out those arrested during the George Floyd riots. “....chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota,” she tweeted in June of that year. But the Kamala-backed bail fund has come under fire
<><>for helping put rapists and murderers back on the streets.
<><>the fund spent $$$100’s of thousands of dollars
<><>it funded to free an alleged knife murderer and a twice convicted rapist
<><>the fund freed criminals facing charges of sexual assault and kidnapping, among others.
Had to look up “community note”. New one on me.
“ They said Trump was lying when he said that Kamala “donated” to the fund.”
Except Trump never said that. He said she “helped raise” money, which she did.
L
A member of the Lame Street Media lied. Color me surprised.
The “honeymoon” is going to end rapidly for Mis Andry if she continues lying every time she opens her big mouth full of teeth.
Source?
She donated her support and promotion. That’s a donation in my book.
“The media outlet was referring to Trump's comments at a North Carolina rally this week when he accused the presumed Democratic nominee of being soft on crime by “helping raise” millions of dollars to free violent criminals through her support of the bail fund.“
“During the 2020 campaign, Harris called on her then-Twitter followers to donate to the fund to help bail out those arrested during the George Floyd riots. “If you're able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota,” she wrote on the social media platform in June of that year.”
That’s like saying that biden didn’t financially contribute to ukraine.
Trump misspoke, cBS took it to the nth degree because that’s what they do: Support demoncrats and attack the opposition.
cBS deserves the negative attention, as do all the other dem-fawning, anti-DJT media whores.
Trump was correct.
The weird thing is that I still have yet to see what Trump actually said.
The CBS article does include this quote:
"One of the dangerous criminals Kamala helped bail out of jail was Shawn Michael Tillman," Trump said at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina. "You know that name. A repeat offender who, with Harris's help, was set free. He then went on to murder a man on a train platform in St. Paul, Minnesota, shooting him in cold blood six times, lying on the ground."
The CBS quote doesn't indicate that Trump accused Harris of "donating" to the Minnesota Freedom Fund. It merely accuses Harris of "[helping] bail out of jail" repeat offenders in Minnesota. Harris promoted the Minnesota Freedom Fund, so that statement appears to be true.
Looks like you’re not that bad at it yourself.
What is a community note?
I Googled it:
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I wish there was a community Note about Trump telling people they would never have to vote again after this November. X is saturated with leftie lies about it.
The libState hates it when republicans tell the truth.
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