The Roy Moore campaign is stepping up their “fake news” claims, and the candidate’s wife, Kayla Moore, is leading the charge.
Townhall’s Guy Benson has debunked several of the claims Kayla Moore has made in the past few days: a letter of support from 50 pastors was misrepresented, the yearbook photo she shared was doctored, the Olde Hickory House was around in the 1970s.
Kayla Moore has been extremely active on her personal Facebook page, in full damage-control mode, defending her husband from the allegations that have captured the media’s attention since last Thursday. The Moore campaign’s approach so far has been to discredit the account as “fake news.” It was announced on Monday that Roy Moore will sue the Washington Post for defamation.
Wednesday, Kayla Moore decided to take this strategy a step further. Earlier Wednesday afternoon she posted to Facebook a message from what “may or may not be a true reporter-could [be] a fake” that included a phone number.
A few hours later she posted again, this time in an attempt to rally the troops. She’s called for people to submit reports “if you have been harassed by these people” in order to “gather evidence” for their lawsuit. It included a “Judge Moore Witch Hunt link.”
What Kayla Moore deems “inappropriate news organization contact” is just old-fashioned journalism. It’s reporters doing their jobs to follow up on a story. What’s more disturbing is the fact that they’re attempting to weaponize their claims of fake news. It’s a step closer to punishing reporters for actually reporting.
Gabriella Muñoz is a commentary desk intern with the Washington Examiner and a student at Georgetown University.
