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Rep. Eric Swalwell Falls for Failed Virginia Tiki Torch Hoax
breitbart ^ | 29 Oct 2021 | JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON

Posted on 10/29/2021 11:23:52 PM PDT by MarvinStinson

Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, fell for and promoted the tiki torch hoax during the Virginia governor’s race on Friday.

“Birds of a feather,” tweeted Swalwell in response to a now-deleted post that called a photo of five tiki torch-wielding democrats “disgusting.”

Many users on social media called out Swalwell for promoting the tiki torch stunt.

Fox News’s Tucker Carlson was unsurprised Swalwell fell for the hoax, noting Swalwell’s past romantic involvement with Chinese spy Christine Fang.

It was revealed later on Friday that a prominent pro-Democrat group, The Lincoln Project, was behind the hoax, working in tandem with Democrat operative Lauren Windsor.

Friday’s failed tiki torch hoax attempted to link Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin’s campaign to white supremacists.

Throwing out accusations of racist campaigning and criticizing Youngkin for “racist dog whistles” has become a key component of McAuliffe’s strategy going into the last weekend before election day.

After Youngkin released a campaign ad featuring a Virginia parent who is opposed to critical race theory being taught in schools, McAuliffe claimed Youngkin’s message is “a racist dog whistle.”

“In the final week of this race, Glenn Youngkin has doubled down on the same divisive culture wars that have fueled his campaign from the very beginning,” McAuliffe said in a statement on Monday. “Youngkin’s closing message of book banning and silencing esteemed Black authors is a racist dog whistle designed to gin up support from the most extreme elements of his party — mainly his top endorser and surrogate, Donald Trump.”

According to a Fox News poll released Thursday, Youngkin leads McAuliffe by eight points, with 53 percent compared to McAuliffe’s 45 percent support among likely voters.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; ericstalwell; glennyoungkin; hoax; steveschmidt; swalwell; terrymcauliffe; tikitorch; tikitorches; virginia
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1 posted on 10/29/2021 11:23:52 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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Stephen L. Miller

Replying to ericswalwell

How did the Chinese ever pull a honeypot over on you? It’s a mystery.


2 posted on 10/29/2021 11:27:43 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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Makes no difference. McAwful has a hundred thousand votes in car trunks located throughout the state in case he needs them.
3 posted on 10/29/2021 11:29:10 PM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: MarvinStinson

Tucker Carlson

It’s not surprising that ericswalwell fell for today’s hoax.

He’s not a very bright human being


4 posted on 10/29/2021 11:29:41 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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Prominent Democrats endorse Glenn Youngkin!


5 posted on 10/29/2021 11:42:28 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Just kidding.)
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To: MarvinStinson

“...He’s not a very bright human being.

Swalwell is full of hot air and among other things.


6 posted on 10/29/2021 11:55:37 PM PDT by LottieDah ( Biden/Harris are in and America is lost)
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To: MarvinStinson

Swallowed well again?


7 posted on 10/30/2021 12:00:18 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: MarvinStinson

Seems that Swallowswell spends a lot of time on his knees. Just ask “Bang, Bang”.

He’s a few won-tons short of a dozen, and a traitor too.


8 posted on 10/30/2021 12:37:51 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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Swalwell only deserves enough attention to hang his traitor ass from the nearest lamppost and forget about him. Damnatio Memoriae. I thought he was too busy f***ing Chicom agents to pay any attention to the US.


9 posted on 10/30/2021 1:25:51 AM PDT by quikstrike98
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How come Youngkin isn’t throwing Governor KKK Blackface in their face?


10 posted on 10/30/2021 1:27:11 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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"Some of his colleagues have compared him to a Labrador with a head injury, but that doesn't seem quite fair. There is literally no chance, Eric Swalwell could ever find a tennis ball. He can barely remember to breath." - Tucker Carlson

ha ha ha ha ha ha

11 posted on 10/30/2021 1:28:02 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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The original C-ville tiki torch parade was a left wing agit prop operation as well. The objective was to associate Trump with neo Nazis.

Why did the neo Nazis disappear after C-ville? Why hasn’t there been more tiki torch parades? Because they would have been exposed as Soros paid actors.


12 posted on 10/30/2021 1:36:35 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul (s)
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The original C-ville tiki torch parade was a left wing agit prop operation as well.

The guy who organized the original event was a "Occupy Wall Street" activist. Nobody in any conservative/MAGA circle had ever heard of him. There's good reason that the Proud Boys were telling their people to stay away, that the whole thing stank. Turns out they were right.

13 posted on 10/30/2021 3:30:48 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024.)
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To: MarvinStinson

If the Fox News poll is correct, then Youngkin will indeed garner 53% of the vote, but unfortunately McAwful will garner 57% of the vote.

RAT Math!


14 posted on 10/30/2021 3:53:38 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (“I’m not the olny one!”)
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To: MarvinStinson

He didn’t fall for it. He was probably part of it.


15 posted on 10/30/2021 4:18:41 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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16 posted on 10/30/2021 4:21:08 AM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: MarvinStinson

Its a shame we have buffoons like this in congress.


17 posted on 10/30/2021 5:16:35 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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I have a box of four racist dog whistles. I chose the cyan, yellow, magenta, and black colored ones. I have never actually used my black racist dog whistle as I always thought that would be a bit weird.

Tell us about your racist dog whistles.

18 posted on 10/30/2021 6:15:34 AM PDT by Religion and Politics
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19 posted on 10/30/2021 6:24:11 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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Great meme


20 posted on 10/30/2021 6:30:46 AM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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