{"id":1394359,"date":"2022-03-22T14:16:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394359"},"modified":"2022-03-22T14:17:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:17:03","slug":"fact-check-did-paul-gosar-send-this-tweet-about-being-called-a-moron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-paul-gosar-send-this-tweet-about-being-called-a-moron\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Paul Gosar Send This Tweet About Being Called A \u2018Moron\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-paul-gosar-send-this-tweet-about-being-called-a-moron%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394359&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/U5PSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Instagram<\/a> purportedly shows a tweet from Republican Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar about being called a \u201cmoron.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CanMUlXP8aD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tweet has been digitally fabricated. There is no evidence Gosar published anything similar.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney called Gosar and Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green \u201cmorons\u201d during a Feb. 27 appearance on CNN\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/27\/politics\/mitt-romney-gop-ukraine-russia\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State of the Union<\/a>\u201d with Dana Bash. \u201cI have to think anybody that would sit down with white nationalists and speak at their conference was certainly missing a few IQ points,\u201d said Romney. The comment was in reference to the representatives\u2019 recent participation in the America First Political Action Conference, a \u201cfringe right-wing conference with ties to white nationalists,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-cpac-nick-fuentes-afpac-white-nationalist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/U5PSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> shared on Instagram, which has garnered over 340 likes, appears to show a tweet Gosar sent in response to Romney\u2019s comments. \u201cMitt Romney says that speaking at a white nationalist event makes me a \u2018moron,&#8217;\u201d the alleged tweet reads. \u201cDoes he think that bothers me, being called stupid? I\u2019ve heard it my whole life. From my classmates. My colleagues. My constituents. The media. My siblings. Every teacher I ever had. Nice try though.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet is digitally fabricated. No evidence of this tweet can be found on Gosar\u2019s official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=moron%20(from%3Arepgosar)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> page or on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220304191957\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepGosar\/with_replies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived versions<\/a> of his Twitter account. <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politiwoops<\/a>, a website used to track tweets deleted by public officials, shows Gosar\u2019s last deleted <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/user\/RepGosar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> was published on Feb. 21, nearly a week before Romney\u2019s criticism of him. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/07\/fact-check-kfc-black-history-month-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did KFC Send This Tweet About Black History Month?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an emailed statement to Check Your Fact, Gosar\u2019s Digital Director Jessica Lycos confirmed, \u201c<span>It is indeed a photoshopped tweet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Instagram purportedly shows a tweet from Republican Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar about being called a \u201cmoron.\u201d Verdict: False The tweet has been digitally fabricated. 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