Swalwell Now Using Snopes To Fend Off ‘Faux Outrage’

By Tom Knighton

Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell wasn’t happy just mentioning nuclear weapons in response to a warning of civil war should his plan to confiscate certain guns went through. Oh no. That wasn’t nearly enough.

When left-leaning Snopes, a so-called fact-checking site with a notorious bias against the right and guns, decided to jump into the fray, Swalwell thought he finally had his checkmate for the people blasting him on social media.

Well this should end the faux-outrage from gun groups. @snopes DEBUNKS @DailyCaller and others who claimed I made serious threat to nuke gun-owners.

Let’s move on to what really matters: ensuring our right to be safe is paramount. #EnoughIsEnough https://t.co/nabjYSySmv

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 19, 2018

Lucky for you, I read the Snopes story, so you don’t have to. The short version is that it acknowledged Swalwell said the government had nukes, but bought his claim that it was a sarcastic joke.

It also cherry-picked a Daily Wire story that didn’t include Swalwell’s claims as some kind of evidence that the Democrat was being misrepresented or something, though most outlets did include that …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms