A former Democratic candidate for the Florida State House of Representatives has admitted that she lied about being a physician who helped victims of the 2016 mass shooting at Pulse nightclub. Elizabeth McCarthy, a lesbian, is also being fined $3,094.95 for committing the third-degree felony of representing herself as a medical professional without being licensed.
Soon after announcing her candidacy to the State House, McCarthy began telling people that she was a doctor at Orlando Regional Medical Center and had treated 32 patients the night of the Pulse shooting and removed a total of 77 bullets. She described patients being lined up “like an assembly line.”
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