Scalise, a Republican Representative from Louisiana, released a a video clip of Ady Barken asking Joe Biden “Do we agree that we can redirect some of the funding for police?” Mr. Biden responds, “Yes, absolutely.”
Mr. Barkan has something called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He communicates with the aid of a computerized voice. His question did not include the words “for police.”
Scalise spliced in those words. Biden supports an additional $300 million for the police.
Here is what Mr. Barkan said about the changed video:
“These are not my words. I have lost my ability to speak, but not my agency or my thoughts. You and your team have doctored my words for your own political gain. Please remove this video immediately. You owe the entire disability community an apology.”
Scalise said he had merely “edited” Mr. Barkan’s statement. We expect this kind of manipulated propaganda from Russia. Now we are getting it from a Republican congressman in a leadership position.
The House Ethics Committee issued a memo early this year warning against “intentional use of audiovisual distortions and deep fakes,” but what does a man like Scalise care about ethics?
At the very minimum he should be censured! I doubt he personally has the ability to do that, someone maybe Russian probably did it for him. After all trumpers love Russians.
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