Right Wing Dirty Tricks

So apparently, dirty right-wingers are traveling to Mexico and creating fake flyers that say "illegals should vote for Biden" in really bad Spanish.

Then other right wingers, who are in Mexico claiming to want to 'volunteer' but who are really there to trick people into saying they would try to vote on camera, FIND the flyers. (Not clear if they also write the flyers - maybe separate groups.) This group then rushes back to report to the alt-right Congress critters.

The Congress critters see the flyers and start screaming, and that triggers the alt-rise news media, which amplifies the screeching.

All over fake news that THEY manufactured, lock, stock, and barrel! 😀

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1248599505/migrants-vote-biden-conspiracy-theory-social-media

@spruce112358 said
So apparently, dirty right-wingers are traveling to Mexico and creating fake flyers that say "illegals should vote for Biden" in really bad Spanish.

Then other right wingers, who are in Mexico claiming to want to 'volunteer' but who are really there to trick people into saying they would try to vote on camera, FIND the flyers. (Not clear if they also write the flyers ...[text shortened]... ! 😀

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1248599505/migrants-vote-biden-conspiracy-theory-social-media

@spruce112358 said
So apparently, dirty right-wingers are traveling to Mexico and creating fake flyers that say "illegals should vote for Biden" in really bad Spanish.

Then other right wingers, who are in Mexico claiming to want to 'volunteer' but who are really there to trick people into saying they would try to vote on camera, FIND the flyers. (Not clear if they also write the flyers ...[text shortened]... ! 😀

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1248599505/migrants-vote-biden-conspiracy-theory-social-media

@kmax87 said
If you want to do it right, do it yourself?

"Zavala said there are a number of clues that suggest the flyer was not written by her or anyone at RCM.

It contains errors, such as "Bienvedinos" instead of "Bienvenidos" (Welcome). Zavala is not a native Spanish-speaker, but she said she checks the grammar and spelling of what she writes in Spanish.

Whoever made the flyer relied heavily on RCM's English-language website, which has dated posts that stop after 2021. Zavala said she has not had the time or resources to update it.

The flyer lists a defunct phone number that Zavala said she hasn't used in years but is still listed on the website.

The first two sentences of the flyer appear to be an old description of the organization copied directly from the website and run through Google Translate into Spanish. It mentions that HIAS shares the office, an arrangement that ended in 2022, according to both groups.

The next two sentences, which remind readers to vote for Biden when they get to the U.S., are written in a different style and are riddled with more errors than the previous ones. That section translates "United States" as "estados unidos," without the usual capitalization, while the previous section uses the abbreviation "los EE. UU."

There are also inaccuracies in the X thread. The thread says the site where the video shows the flyers is a "Resource Center Matamoras (RCM) location."

But RCM has not staffed the site for years, which was also confirmed to NPR by people from other local nongovernmental organizations who work with migrants. Glady Cañas of Ayudándoles a Triunfar and Andrea Rudnik of Team Brownsville both told NPR that there is no longer a formal camp at that site."

"Among those who questioned the Heritage thread was Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin, who regularly covers border issues. "I am extremely skeptical of this," Melugin posted on X. "There's plenty of controversy with some NGO's, but this flier seems fake or doctored, even at first glance."

"Heritage has stood by its story."