{"id":1494640,"date":"2022-05-27T12:29:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494640"},"modified":"2022-05-27T12:30:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:30:02","slug":"fact-check-did-florida-politician-randy-fine-publish-this-tweet-about-sacrificing-school-children-for-the-second-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-florida-politician-randy-fine-publish-this-tweet-about-sacrificing-school-children-for-the-second-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Florida Politician Randy Fine Publish This Tweet About \u2018Sacrificing\u2019 School Children For The Second Amendment?"},"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\">36<\/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-florida-politician-randy-fine-publish-this-tweet-about-sacrificing-school-children-for-the-second-amendment%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=1494640&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\/8dOWr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a tweet from Florida state Rep. Randy Fine in which he claims he is willing to sacrifice the lives of elementary school children in order to protect the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tweet is from a parody account. There is no record of Fine making such a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A gunman shot and killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday before being killed by law enforcement, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-44a7cfb990feaa6ffe482483df6e4683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>. Shortly after the massacre, an alleged tweet from Fine began circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElementary School Children is a small sacrifice that I\u2019m willing to make for the Second Amendment,\u201d the alleged tweet reads. \u201cPublic schools aren\u2019t in the Constitution. @VoteRandyFine in 2022. Gun Owner, Gun Lover, Gun Conoissuer, and an A+ Grade by the NRA, the National Rifle Association!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet is not from Fine\u2019s official Twitter account. A reverse keyword search revealed the tweet is originally from a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteRandyFineFL\/status\/1529380188433309696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parody account<\/a> with the handle @VoteRandyFineFL that has 90 followers. The account\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteRandyFineFL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bio<\/a> reads, \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Husband, father of two they\/them\u2019s. Pro-1A, Anti-Woke. P<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">arody account?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Fine <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=small%20sacrifice%20%20(from%3Avoterandyfine)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> such a tweet on his official <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteRandyFine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter account<\/a>, which has over 8,000 followers and the handle @VoteRandyFine. The tweet could not be found on his account or on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220525143108\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteRandyFine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220526121319\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteRandyFine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">versions<\/a> of the account.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2018\/05\/23\/fact-check-nra-mark-warner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The NRA Support Mark Warner As A Governor?)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not make this tweet,\u201d said Fine in an emailed statement to Check Your Fact. \u201cIt was published by a fake Twitter account @voterandyfinefl. My account is @voterandyfine (no fl).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=randy+fine+children+are+a+small+sacrifice&#038;oq=randy+fine+children+are+a+small+sacrifice&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61.9249j0j9&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news reports<\/a> suggesting Fine made such a remark at any point, though he has previously expressed his support for the Second Amendment on Twitter. Fine published a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteRandyFine\/status\/1529427654839046144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> May 25 that reads, \u201cI have news for the embarrassment that claims to be our President \u2014 try to take our guns and you\u2019ll learn why the Second Amendment was written in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a tweet from Florida state Rep. 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