MasterJaguar01
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One of the many dozens of hoaxes perpetrated by the right wing cult is this one that is be resurrected by the current administration is that China was trying to influence the 2020 election by shipping just under 20,000 (yes... under 20,000) fake IDs of college trying to buy alcoholic beverages at their local tavern. It was a hoax back in September of 2020, and is being resurrected for political effect today. Considering there is nothing that can be done with a fake college kid's ID to influence the election, the whole idea is ridiculous and aimed at intellectually lazy people, who would not bother to think this through. Here is the original story directly from CBP regarding the seizure of fake ID's from CHina: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/over-19k-fraudulent-ids-seized-cbp-officers-chicago Notice, there is NO mention of influencing an election, because the CBP knows full well, these IDs are useless for that. The seizure happened in July 2020, and of course, by September of 2020, the right wing hoax machine was in full force making up a story about Chinese election interference to help Biden. Here is a thorough debunking of that nonsense. https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/baseless-claim-turns-fake-ids-story-into-voter-fraud-tale/
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