{"id":1433533,"date":"2022-04-12T15:02:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433533"},"modified":"2022-04-12T15:02:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:02:55","slug":"fact-check-did-nadine-dorries-publish-this-tweet-about-the-loony-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-nadine-dorries-publish-this-tweet-about-the-loony-left\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Nadine Dorries Publish This Tweet About The \u2018Loony Left\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\">24<\/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-nadine-dorries-publish-this-tweet-about-the-loony-left%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=1433533&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:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarkMyWordsNews\/posts\/pfbid02juVoDPNvjDsuW5Nq9xy5tRDmvad8Y38DV5TUcFmRysrS8xcJcS3mj42od8KHimyzl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 420 times allegedly shows a tweet published by British Member of Parliament (MP) Nadine Dorries in which she complains about the \u201cloony left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tweet has been digitally fabricated. There is no evidence Dorries published such a tweet.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Food banks in the U.K. have reportedly been pushed towards their \u201cbreaking point\u201d due to a surge in the cost of living, prompting families to seek assistance at banks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/food-banks-rishi-sunak-living-costs-b2054244.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Independent<\/a>. Some have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnsons to \u201cact urgently\u201d to mitigate potential shortages, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/food-bank-providers-deeply-concerned-about-suffering-across-uk-amid-relentless-demand-12588057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post appears to show a tweet published by Dorries\u2019 official Twitter account, stating, \u201cI am fed up of the loony left moaning about the rising demand for food banks. Every family needs to live within their means. Food doesn\u2019t grow on trees!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet is fabricated. The alleged post cannot be found on Dorries\u2019 verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=food%20doesn%27t%20grow%20on%20trees%20(from%3ANadineDorries)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> account, nor on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politwoops.co.uk\/p\/conservative\/NadineDorries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politiwoops<\/a>, a website that tracks tweets deleted by public officials. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220410185112\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/NadineDorries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archives<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220409091409\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/NadineDorries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MP\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220407103543\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/NadineDorries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">account<\/a> do not show such a tweet being published.<\/p>\n<p>Dorries did <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FullFact\/status\/1513552454826266631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">retweet<\/a> an April 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/fullfact.org\/online\/nadine-dorries-fake-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Full Fact<\/a> article debunking the fake tweet, however, suggesting that she never posted such a tweet. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/12\/07\/fact-check-kamala-harris-tweet-indian-government-suppressing-farmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Kamala Harris Tweet That She Is \u2018Shocked To See The Indian Government\u2019s Suppression Of Farmers\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=nadine+dorries+food+banks&#038;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS890US890&#038;ei=759VYtT0PNO4tQb9lZjQAg&#038;ved=0ahUKEwiUqM-98I73AhVTXM0KHf0KBioQ4dUDCA8&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=nadine+dorries+food+banks&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BQgAEJECOg4ILhCABBCxAxCDARDUAjoECC4QQzoRCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQ0QM6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOhEILhCABBCxAxCDARDHARCjAjoHCC4Q1AIQQzoECAAQQzoICAAQsQMQgwE6BQguEJECOgcILhCxAxBDOhEILhCABBCxAxDHARDRAxDUAjoICC4QsQMQkQI6CgguELEDEIMBEEM6CAguEIAEELEDOgsILhCABBCxAxCDAToFCC4QgAQ6BQgAEIAEOggILhCABBDUAjoGCAAQFhAeOgUIABCGA0oECEEYAEoECEYYAFAAWPEkYOAlaABwAHgBgAHFAogBqxeSAQkxMC4xNC4wLjGYAQCgAQHAAQE&#038;sclient=gws-wiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media coverage<\/a> of Dorries commenting on complaints from her political adversaries regarding food banks, though the MP did recently refer to the Labour Party as the \u201cLeftie luvvie lynch mob\u201d in an April 9 column written for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/debate\/article-10703131\/NADINE-DORRIES-Leftie-lynch-mob-refuses-accept-best-British-TV.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook over 420 times allegedly shows a tweet published by British Member of Parliament (MP) Nadine Dorries in which she complains about the \u201cloony left.\u201dVerdict: False<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1433533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1433533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1433533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1433533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}