It has come to light that the Republican Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) has shared a fake and very crude letter on Tuesday announcing the death of ex-President Jimmy Carter. Lee, after deleting his tweet, went on in a separate post hours later to blast the “fake news” mainstream media via Mediaite.
“Rosalynn was a baddie. Jill, Melania, even throat goat Nancy Reagan had nothing on Rosalynn,” read the letter shared by the Republican senator.
“She was the original Brat. She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it.”
Lee shared the letter with the caption, “Former President Jimmy Carter has died. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.”
The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake noted this was the second misleading “news” shared by Lee in recent days. “Lee also recently circulated a baseless claim that Biden was having a medical emergency on Air Force One,” noted Blake of the senator.
Lee later went on to post, “This is why Donald Trump’s term for the MSM-“fake news”-caught on. It’s not that everything they say is fake, it’s that any objectivity they try to portray is itself fake.”
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) appears to have been duped by a fake letter announcing Jimmy Carter’s death.
The fake letter quoted the former president as calling his late wife a “baddie” and the “original Brat” who “throat goat Nancy Reagan had nothing on.” pic.twitter.com/Z0GYDCXwNy
— bryan metzger (@metzgov) July 23, 2024
