Glenn Kessler, the so-called Washington Post “fact-checker” got a good dose of comeuppance over the weekend when he opted to run interference for left-wing billionaire George Soros, who has been funding criminal-friendly progressive prosecutors across America for a number of years.
Twitter, under new management now, pushed back on a supposed “fact-check” he published Saturday claiming that it is “simply false” that Soros “funded” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — in effect, Kessler twists himself into a pretzel to dispute the “incendiary claim,” writing “that is technically correct by several degrees of separation. But it’s still misleading and worthy of Three Pinocchios.'”
His apparent premise is that since Soros did not personally hand the money to Bragg, there’s no evidence that he funded him. Twitter Community Notes did not allow that to stand unopposed.
Instead of taking the loss, Kessler engaged in a game of wordplay to push back and in the process, created what Dan Bongino called “one of the finest moments in social media history.”
“Watching the absolutely hapless ‘fact-checker’ at the Washington Compost continue to melt down as he gets humiliated for his Soros boot-licking, is one if the finest moments in social media history,” the former Secret Service agent tweeted.
Watching the absolutely hapless “fact-checker” at the Washington Compost continue to melt down as he gets humiliated for his Soros boot-licking, is one if the finest moments in social media history. https://t.co/1GW2B6rcTg
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) April 2, 2023
As seen in the tweet Bongino replied to, Kessler dismissed those who fact-checked the fact checker as “Twitter trolls” and pointed out that the Color of Change PAC “did not spend $1 million in independent expenditures on Bragg, as people often claim.”
This was in response to Community Notes saying the Color of Change PAC pledged $1 million to support Bragg. Soros donated $1 million to the PAC days after the pledge, but Color of Change would end up spending just $420,000 of the million dollars promised, as Community Notes pointed out in a follow-up.
Kessler would find himself “trapped in Community Notes hell,” and Elon Musk was in agreement with Bongino that this was prime entertainment — the Twitter boss responded to the tweet below to say this was worth the $8 fee to maintain a coveted blue check:
Tell me this isn’t the best $8 you’ve ever spent
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 2, 2023
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story from Twitter:
Community notes for the win!
— Ryan Barstar (@Ratsrab) April 2, 2023
Soros isn’t distancing himself. The Soros bought lickspittles are trying to control the narrative by saying Soros doesn’t fund these terrible DAs
— Certified! unverfied. (@Hogan62G) April 2, 2023
He keeps trying, you’ve got to give him that.
— james katchen (@realjskatchen) April 3, 2023
2023 in a nutshell, fact checked while fact checking a fact check…
— CrazyAssBob (@CrazyAssBobb) April 2, 2023
Please be quiet and don’t say stuff like that. He’ll get ideas
— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) April 2, 2023
Less than a coffee drink at Starbucks and way more fun than having baristas misspell your name while surrounded by college liberals taking a break from their protesting jobs.
— Belinda (@Cobeekat) April 2, 2023
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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