Dark money group spreads viral disinformation to portray GOP Senate candidate as out-of-touch elite
A left-wing dark money group posing as a Midwestern newspaper has twisted the words of a Wisconsin Senate candidate to paint him as an uncaring and out-of-touch elitist.
Eric Hovde launched his campaign to unseat Democrat incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Tuesday. Heartland Signal, a political newspaper based in Chicago, published a 44-second excerpt from Hovde’s speech where he discussed the crisis at the U.S. southern border.
“It’s not just a humanitarian crisis for our country,” Hovde said. ”But do you know how many lives are lost on that journey to get here? How many people’s life savings have been wiped out by the human trafficking cartels? And they’ve lost 100,000 children that they can’t account for.”
“Let me assure you,” Hovde added, “more than a few of them have ended up being sexually trafficked. I know this all too well. My brother and I have homes all over the world, and we have three in Central America that deal with issues like this.”
Heartland Signal, a leftist digital website backed by Democrat donors, posted the clip on X with the caption, “Hovde says he understands the tragedy of children being trafficked through Central America because he owns three homes there.”
The post received over 383,000 views before a community note was added to provide accurate context.
“‘Hovde Homes’ are shelters the Hovde Foundation has built around the world to support children – including those who have been trafficked,” the note reads. “They are not residential homes as this post suggests.”
The Midwestern news group published a follow-up post to provide the correct context. However, this post received significantly fewer views compared to the misleading one.
Heartland Signal was recently acquired by Future Now Action, a left-wing activist group. Hovde is up against four GOP opponents in the Wisconsin Republican Senate primary that concludes on August 13, aiming to challenge the two-term Democrat incumbent elected in 2012. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, the state’s other U.S. senator, narrowly secured a third term two years ago with a margin of approximately 27,000 votes in the fiercely contested swing state that significantly expanded mail-in voting in 2020.
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How can voters protect themselves from deceptive tactics employed by some media outlets
How a Left-Wing Dark Money Group Misrepresented a Wisconsin Senate Candidate
In the world of politics, misinformation and distorted messages have become all too common. Recently, a left-wing dark money group disguised as a Midwestern newspaper took aim at a Wisconsin Senate candidate, twisting his words to paint him as an uncaring and out-of-touch elitist. This deceptive tactic is a stark reminder of the lengths some organizations will go to manipulate public perception for their own political agenda.
Eric Hovde, a Republican candidate running to unseat Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin, launched his campaign on Tuesday with a focus on addressing the crisis at the U.S. southern border. Hovde highlighted the human cost of this crisis, particularly the lives lost, the devastation of people’s life savings, and the alarming number of missing children resulting from human trafficking. He shared that he and his brother own various homes in Central America, which A left-wing dark money group posing as a Midwestern newspaper has twisted the words of a Wisconsin Senate candidate to paint him as an uncaring and out-of-touch elitist.
Eric Hovde launched his campaign to unseat Democrat incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Tuesday. Heartland Signal, a political newspaper based in Chicago, published a 44-second excerpt from Hovde’s speech where he discussed the crisis at the U.S. southern border.
“It’s not just a humanitarian crisis for our country,” Hovde said. “But do you know how many lives are lost on that journey to get here? How many people’s life savings have been wiped out by the human trafficking cartels? And they’ve lost 100,000 children that they can’t account for.”
“Let me assure you,” Hovde added, “more than a few of them have ended up being sexually trafficked. I know this all too well. My brother and I have homes all over the world, and we have three in Central America that deal with issues like this.”
Heartland Signal, a leftist digital website backed by Democrat donors, posted the clip on social media with the caption, “Hovde says he understands the tragedy of children being trafficked through Central America because he owns three homes there.” This portrayal was deliberately misleading and designed to create a false narrative about Hovde.
The post received over 383,000 views before a community note was added to provide accurate context. The note clarified that “Hovde Homes” are shelters built by the Hovde Foundation to support children, including those who have been trafficked. They are not residential homes as the misleading post suggested. However, the misleading post had already gained significantly more attention than the corrected version, perpetuating a false perception of Hovde’s stance on the issue.
Heartland Signal, a left-wing activist group, recently acquired Future Now Action, further raising concerns about their biased agenda. It is essential for voters to be critical consumers of information and be aware of the deceptive tactics employed by some media outlets.
In the Wisconsin Republican Senate primary, Hovde is up against four GOP opponents. The primary concludes on August 13, and the winner will challenge the two-term Democrat incumbent elected in 2012, Sen. Tammy Baldwin. It is crucial for voters to consider the candidates based on their actual words and actions and not fall prey to misleading narratives.
This incident serves as a reminder that we must remain vigilant in seeking the truth and not be swayed by deceptive manipulation. The responsibility lies with both media organizations to provide accurate and unbiased reporting and with the public to critically evaluate the information they consume. The integrity of our democratic processes and the well-being of our society depend on it.
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