Despite citing no sources, evidence, or links of any kind, the three tweets that pushed this rumor still received a massive number of shares. Combined, they were retweeted a total of more than 68,000 times and received more than 244,000 likes.
Uvalde Update: We were finally able to see my living nephews body to confirm identity. Shot in the face. While leaving to return home we were followed by what was assumed to be media, which win we do not wish to speak during this time. 4 mins after returning home a knock on the door. It’s a representative for Gov Greg Abbott. He informed us he’s willing to pay us to stand with the Gov and say we don’t need stronger gun laws. To which almost got this clown hurt.
Despite citing no sources, evidence, or links of any kind, the three tweets still received a massive number of shares. Combined, they were retweeted a total of more than 68,000 times and received over 244,000 likes. In the hours that followed, other Twitter users began to dig into some past tweets in @MyCancerJourne3’s feed. Several of the older tweets were said to cast serious doubt on the credibility of the person who tweeted about Abbott’s “representative” purportedly offering to pay a grieving family for political support. For the purpose of this article, we will skip those other elements of the story and continue with the rumor at hand.
One Twitter user suggested not retweeting the story about the supposed Abbott “representative,” arguing it shouldn’t be shared “unless it gets independently verified.” @MyCancerJourne3 responded, in part, by