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Team DeSantis Spreads Misinformation about Trump Crowds in Iowa on Twitter
National File ^ | June 1, 2023 | CHARLES DOWNS

Posted on 06/01/2023 5:15:33 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

Team DeSantis is apparently embracing gutter tactics as their situation grows more desperate.

One of Ron DeSantis’ top advisors John Cardillo, spread misinformation about a Trump crowd size in Iowa. Cardillo tweeted a video of Trump at a radio station in Iowa and claimed it was an open campaign event. Thousands have seen the video and as of now, Twitter has not applied community notes to Cardillo’s video leading many to question if Elon Musk and Twitter’s new globalist CEO are turning the platform into a defacto pro-DeSantis Super Pac.

Cardillo tweeted the inaccurate video with an erroneous caption that read, “Six or seven people showed up to meet Trump at this Iowa venue. People are over him. The push polls are WAY off.”

Six or seven people showed up to meet Trump at this Iowa venue.

People are over him. The push polls are WAY off.

pic.twitter.com/EDvxjRmdOd

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) June 1, 2023

However, if someone watches the video, one can clearly tell that a WHO radio sign is right behind Trump’s head, clearly indicating that Trump is at a radio station and not a campaign rally.

A Trump campaign press release from earlier this week said Trump would be conducting an interview with WHO radio in Iowa, “President Trump will appear in-studio with Simon Conway of 1040 WHO Des Moines for an interview.”

Twitter has yet to apply community notes to Cardillo’s tweet. Some are questioning if this points to the fact that Elon Musk and Twitter’s new globalist CEO are backing DeSantis and using the social media platform as a defacto DeSantis Super Pac. Trump supporters have been complaining that their feeds are filled with DeSantis influencers despite the fact that these Trump supporters do not follow anyone on Team DeSantis.

I’m muting DeSantis “influencers”.

They are constantly in my feed.

— 🍊🏝🦩Miami JJ🦩🏝🍊 (@miamijj48) May 31, 2023

Related: Trump Support Swells as DeSantis Collapses in New Poll

Muted this DeSantis stan account three weeks ago yet here he is back in my For You feed.

How? https://t.co/P99AgMQMcW

— Nate Baker (@NateBakerMO) May 30, 2023

This is not the first time Team DeSantis has lied to GOP voters. National File previously reported on National Weather Service data that confirmed there was a tornado outbreak in the Des Monies Iowa region on the date Trump was to have his rally. Team DeSantis recently stated that Trump canceled his April Iowa rally due to crowd size and there were no tornados in the region.

DeSantis is attempting to pitch himself as a stand-up guy to GOP voters. However, actions like Cardillo’s are allowing GOP voters to see right through Team DeSantis’ globalist lies. Many believe this is why DeSantis poll numbers have plummeted.

The Iowa Caucus kicks off in early 2024.

REAL NEWS: President Trump Posts National File Report to Truth Social



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 0001rdsrinoalert; 0001rdsteamlies; alcoholic; circularfiringsquad; desantis; desperation; disinformation; disneydon; donatedonaldtrump; donatetrump; drunkcardillo; fakemaga; iowa; johncardillo; teamdesantis; trump; trump2024
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To: SoConPubbie

Is it, ‘The Silly Season’ already? Oh, wait. It never ended in 2020!

Meh. DeSantis is a bought and paid for ‘Chamber of Commerce’ stooge.

No Sale.


41 posted on 06/01/2023 6:37:39 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

I remember Carrillo on Twitter before I was banned. He was wrong on many topics and if I remember correctly was against Pres. Trump. I muted him.


42 posted on 06/01/2023 6:50:49 PM PDT by Greenidgypsy (I loathe the MSM.)
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To: mbrfl

Kinda like what Laura Loomer does?


43 posted on 06/01/2023 6:54:51 PM PDT by digger48
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To: TexasGator
Like the lie that Cuomo did better than DeSantis during COVID? Praising Cuomo and Abrams!

Trump didn't "praise" Cuomo. Trump said that the number of deaths in FL was the third worst, even worse than New York which was the fourth worst.

Calling New York the fourth worst in the number of deaths is hardly praising Cuomo, and the stat that Trump gave was not a "lie".

44 posted on 06/01/2023 6:55:49 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: SoConPubbie

RDSDS


45 posted on 06/01/2023 6:56:11 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (So it begins...Pulled on 05/29/2023 4:49:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson, reason: TDS article)
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To: silent majority rising

Why am I not surprised?


46 posted on 06/01/2023 7:05:41 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: SoConPubbie

“Team DeSantis is apparently embracing gutter tactics as their situation grows more desperate.”

totally expected given that he hired some of the top folks from the failed cruz campaign ...


47 posted on 06/01/2023 7:10:04 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: FreeReign

Do you know why you have to swear to tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” when you testify in court? Because deliberately omitting relevant facts constitutes a lie, even if what you say is factual. So saying that Florida did worse than New York is a lie, because using the raw mortality numbers is not “the whole truth”. Using per capita numbers as well as the age adjusted numbers (accounting for the much higher population of senior citizens) is critical, especially since COVID was especially deadly to those over 65. Using age-adjusted figures, Florida is not even in the top 10 worst states. Adjusting for both age and per capita mortality, Florida is somewhere in the middle of the pack. And that does not even take into account the differences in the economic and educational impact.

But Trump praising Cuomo does tell us something about him. It says that Trump believes lockdowns, vaccine mandates, vaccine passports, sending COVID patients into nursing homes with vulnerable seniors were the right things to do. Because that is exactly what Cuomo did, and according to Trump, he did better than Desantis, who did none of those things except a short lockdown at Trump’s behest.


48 posted on 06/01/2023 7:16:08 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I am free at last!)
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To: CA Conservative
But Trump praising Cuomo does tell us something about him.

Trump didn't "praise" Cuomo. Now you lie.

49 posted on 06/01/2023 7:20:34 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: CA Conservative

So, you would say that cardillo lies about things against Trump, as multiple tweets he has put out today, alone, shows?


50 posted on 06/01/2023 7:21:10 PM PDT by backpacker_c ( )
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To: FreeReign

Saying he did a better job in Covid than Desantis is praising him, like it or not. Even Cuomo took it that way.


51 posted on 06/01/2023 7:22:06 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I am free at last!)
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To: CA Conservative

To be clearer, seeing how the desantis supporters twist things around all the time...

So, you would say that cardillo lies and does not tell the truth, when he post tweets about Trump that portray Trump in a bad image or way, as multiple tweets he has put out today, alone, shows?


52 posted on 06/01/2023 7:27:01 PM PDT by backpacker_c ( )
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To: CA Conservative
It says that Trump believes lockdowns, vaccine mandates, vaccine passports, sending COVID patients into nursing homes with vulnerable seniors were the right things to do.

DeSantis locked down Florida. DeSantis locked down travelers from my state to FL. Trump never believed in vaccine mandates.

I'll repeat what you asked. Do you know why you have to swear to tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” when you testify in court? Because deliberately omitting relevant facts constitutes a lie".

53 posted on 06/01/2023 7:28:25 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: backpacker_c

I haven’t read any of those tweets, but I would say both campaigns are less than 100% truthful, and both complain about the other side being untruthful. Trump is a master at telling partial truths, so he can hardly complain too loudly when the other side does it to him.


54 posted on 06/01/2023 7:30:11 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I am free at last!)
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To: CA Conservative
Saying he did a better job in Covid than Desantis is praising him, like it or not. Even Cuomo took it that way.

Trump only said that FL did worse than NY in one stat. The average age factor that you correctly mentioned effecting that stat aside, Trump did not "praise" Cuomo.

55 posted on 06/01/2023 7:31:43 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

You say Trump never believed on mandates, yet he thinks Cuomo, who had some of the strictest mandate, did better than Desantis who didn’t. That makes it sound like Trump thinks mandates were a better choice than not.


56 posted on 06/01/2023 7:34:51 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I am free at last!)
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To: CA Conservative
You say Trump never believed on mandates, yet he thinks Cuomo, who had some of the strictest mandate, did better than Desantis who didn't. That makes it sound like Trump thinks mandates were a better choice than not.

Trump didn't say that Cuomo did a better job.

Trump did say that one statistic, the total number of total deaths was "even" worse than the Cuomo number of total deaths which was "fourth" worst in the country. That's hardly praising Cuomo.

Your point about Florida residents having an older average age, which effects the relevancy of the statistic that Trump used IS correct.

57 posted on 06/01/2023 7:44:03 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: CA Conservative

Ah....

Misdirection and going off on a tangent.

Figures, from another desantis supporter.

Just like desantis, who would not give a straight answer when asked if he was going to be governor of florida for 4 years, or if he was running for president.


58 posted on 06/01/2023 7:48:20 PM PDT by backpacker_c ( )
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To: SoConPubbie

59 posted on 06/01/2023 7:48:48 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Make the GOP illegal - everything else will follow)
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To: cableguymn

If you scratched out Trump’s name and put in any of the other candidates’ names next to his remarks he would be polling around Asa Hutchinson


60 posted on 06/01/2023 7:53:09 PM PDT by MountainWalker
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