Rep. Eric Swalwell Falls for Failed Virginia Tiki Torch Hoax

UK Daily Mail: Bid to smear Virginia Rep gubernatorial challenger as a racist is foiled: Fake Youngkin supporters dressed as 'Unite the Right' protestors pose in front of his bus, setting off firestorm of criticism - before Lincoln Project admits stunt

Pictured, right:  "Lauren Windsor, a self-proclaimed 'progressive pugilist swamp-slayer' said on Friday evening that she had worked the The Lincoln Project to stage the stunt"

Breitbart  "Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, fell for and promoted the tiki torch hoax during the Virginia governor’s race on Friday.

“ 'Birds of a feather,” tweeted Swalwell in response to a now-deleted post that called a photo of five tiki torch-wielding democrats “disgusting.”

"Many users on social media called out Swalwell for promoting the tiki torch stunt.". . . 

It’s not surprising that @ericswalwell fell for today’s hoax. He’s not a very bright human being pic.twitter.com/a0QaxRPNlr

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 30, 2021

Jeff Charles commented: "Glenn Youngkin is so racist the Lincoln Project had to manufacture a hoax to make him look racist. ". . .Tucker Carlson Just Buries Eric Swalwell for Falling for 'Tiki Torch’ Hoax as More Questions Are Raised  .  .  . "In addition to that, early Friday afternoon – two hours after he commented on the tiki torch photo that the NBC News reporter had tweeted out, Swalwell also urged his followers to follow radical Dem activist Lauren Windsor, who Swalwell claims has the goods on Republicans in regards to the Capitol riot. Why is that relevant? Because late Friday afternoon, Windsor admitted to her role in the Lincoln Project tiki torch stunt:

Lauren Windsor :  

In my capacity as a communications consultant, I worked w

@ProjectLincoln

to coordinate today's Youngkin action in Charlottesville. I join them in the fight to defend our democracy from rightwing extremists and call for Glenn Youngkin to denounce Trump’s ‘very fine people.

Vice: We forced the Lincoln Project to admit they were behind the hate hoax

Clearly the Lincoln Project was happy to see their own Jussie Smollett hate hoax spread and I suspect they would have let it roll all weekend if they’d be able to. So why did they confess to their involvement a few hours later? According to Vice, it’s because they identified one of the participants as someone who has held events with the Lincoln Project.