When rumors began circulating online that Republican Florida representative Randy Fine tweeted children are a "small sacrifice" for the Second Amendment, a look into the Tweet’s origin revealed it was clearly fake.
Delete all screenshots of my Tweet! I don’t regret my statement, but the reaction has been annoying! The Woke Anti-Gun Left is Violent!@VoteRandyFine in 2022!
— Rep. Randy Fine (@VoteRandyFineFL) May 28, 2022
-Randy Fine pic.twitter.com/IlMWXH2K6T
The account handle, which used the representative’s name, lacked the "FL" that's part of representative Fine’s real Twitter username. Additionally, the fake account uses the official’s headshot, but trades his cover photo for an aggressive message about pronouns.
Reuters, an intelligence company and news source, and the Associated Press both evaluated the post and alerted audiences to its inauthenticity.
Early Saturday morning, Fine released a statement from his real account, saying the false post was issued by a convicted felon.
No surprise that the fake tweet was created by the cousin and campaign manager of Palm Bay Deputy Mayor Kenny Johnson, an admitted pedophile who was arrested and fired after a sexual relationship with a cheerleader at the school he worked as asst football coach. pic.twitter.com/Lq8YCPiXZ6
— Rep. Randy Fine (@VoteRandyFine) May 28, 2022
The representative requested that all screenshots of the fake tweet be deleted.
"The woke anti-gun left is violent!" Fine wrote.
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