Earlier this week Def-Con News told you about several Trump supporters who received letters threatening to burn their homes down. The liberal media had very little interest in that story, but yesterday they were all over emails sent to democrats threatening “Vote Trump or else!” Even better, they reported that these threats came from the Proud Boys, a group they erroneously call white supremacists. As it turns out, the Proud Boys emails were actually from Iran, so the liberal media is now pushing Iran disinformation to influence the election.
Every outlet on the left went crazy for this story that “proved” President Trump is commanding a legion of white supremacists to commit violence and steal the election. The Hill compiled much of the lunacy in a convenient package:
Law enforcement officials were reportedly notified after voters in multiple states received emails purporting to be from the Proud Boys organization filled with intimidating threats aimed at Democrats.
CNN and The Washington Post reported that voters in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Alaska and Florida all said they received threatening emails warning them to vote for President Trump in the upcoming election, adding that the mysterious sender claimed to have access to voter history and “will come after you” should they fail to vote for the president.
“You will vote for Trump on Election Day or we will come after you,” reads one email obtained by the Post. Dozens were reportedly sent, including more than 180 to students, faculty and staff of the University of Florida, a school spokesperson told CNN.
Wow, this story backs up every liberal media false narrative about President Trump, white supremacy, and voter intimidation. No wonder they pushed it so hard. The only problem is, the story is completely untrue.
While the rest of the news was reporting that the Proud Boys were threatening democrats to help Trump, Fox News was looking for the truth:
At least 183 individuals at or affiliated with the University of Florida, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni, also received the same threatening email Tuesday, Steve Orlando, the assistant vice president for communications at the University of Florida, confirmed to Fox News.
Orlando said the “address was forged and did not come from info@officialproudboys.com” According to the university’s IT team, it was spoofed, meaning the email was made to appear it came from one email address when in fact it came from a different one.
And this was confirmed by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Christopher Wray in a news conference on Wednesday:
During Wednesday evening’s news conference, Ratcliffe informed the public that Iran and Russia had taken specific actions to influence voters’ opinions. He noted that the registration information they obtained could be used to confuse voters through false communication.
The Iranian interference that’s been discovered, Ratcliffe said, has been designed to incite social unrest and damage President Trump.
“This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos, and undermine your confidence in American democracy. To that end, we have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump. You may have seen some reporting on this in the last 24 hours or you may have even been one of the recipients of those emails,” said Ratcliffe.
FYI, CNN skipped covering this news conference. I guess “Iran helps Joe Biden Cheat” isn’t as sexy of a headline as “Racist Trump Supporters Intimidate Voters.”
Though the entire liberal media willfully pushed anti-Trump Iran disinformation, social media did not punish them. Not a single one of them was censored by Facebook or Twitter they way the tech giants crush true stories like Hunter Biden’s laptop.
