Teresa Fox blocking fact checkers?
I finally realized Teresa Fox’s campaign page blocked me. Why? She made an inflammatory claim, cited a source, and I asked for clarity on where in the report she found the statistic to back up her claim.
I’m miffed because I wasn’t rude or nasty or demeaning. It wasn’t a gotcha. It was me saying “here’s a screenshot from the report you cited, what am I missing?” I’m disappointed, though maybe not surprised, that someone running for public office wouldn’t engage her constituents in an honest conversation about (allegedly) fact-based claims. I’m pissed that someone who wants to live on our dime would make a false claim, present it as fact, and then block anyone who questions the lie.
Can I encourage everyone here to be the nerd and read the citations? Because I’m struggling with the idea that these politicians think we’re idiots and we’re not.
Again, I normally don’t post about this stuff because I think “what’s the point? Everyone’s a bot.” But maybe some NK citizens will see this and think twice about believing her claims. Anyone’s claims, really.
If you’re interested, she claimed a certain percentage of homicides in Washington were perpetrated by undocumented immigrants in 2024 and I could not find any of this info in the report. Screenshot in the comments.