Fake Trump Supporter Trolls Fox News With Jonestown Comparison
A rally attendee told Fox News on Thursday that Trump's Rock Hill event was his closest chance to see the Jonestown massacre. The exchange aired live.
909 Peoples Temple members died in Jonestown, Guyana, in November 1978.
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Why it matters: The man, identified only as Tom, told Tomlinson that there is nothing like seeing a cult up close. Tomlinson then said the man may not be a Trump supporter and moved on.
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Where they split: Outlets disagree on whether the remark was a joke mocking Trump supporters or, as The Gateway Pundit claims, a call for violence against them.
Center coverage, 2 sources: The center sees an unscripted live-TV moment in which a Fox reporter mistook a critic for a supporter.
Right coverage, 1 sources: The right sees a Trump critic disrupting the rally, with The Gateway Pundit calling the remark a call for violence and faulting Fox's reporter for airing him.
