A social media account overseen by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) confronted backlash Thursday after it tried rickrolling these searching for the extremely anticipated (and subsequently disappointing) launch of paperwork tied to late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Home Judiciary GOP account, representing the majority-party members of a committee chaired by Jordan, shared a submit on X (previously Twitter) that claimed the “EPSTEIN FILES” have been launched, alongside a shortened URL hyperlink that learn “EpsteinFilesV2.”
The hyperlink — veiled to seem as if it have been tied to recordsdata that President Donald Trump’s Justice Division started sharing to conservative influencers — as an alternative redirected X customers to Rick Astley’s “By no means Gonna Give You Up” music video, the main target of a meme that’s almost sufficiently old to vote in elections.
The submit, which may be considered right here, has since been deleted.
X customers, together with right-wing accounts, slammed the committee over the submit as others made nods to ex-Ohio State College wrestlers’ allegations that Jordan was conscious of sexual abuse complaints towards a crew physician when he was a coach on the college.
“Sorry. I’m confused. You’re telling me a committee headed by The Honorable Rep. Jim Jordan would attempt to muddy the waters about recognized sexual predators? pff. No manner,” wrote Clifton Adcock, an investigative reporter at The Frontier.
One other person wrote, “An official authorities account headed by Jim Jordan is trolling with reference to little one intercourse trafficking utilizing a many years previous meme. The place is the defend the kids crowd?”
Wall Road Apes — an account that has pushed misinformation, per AFP, and touts it’s adopted by the likes of Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. — additionally blasted the “completely unbelievable” submit from the Home Judiciary GOP.
Christina Pushaw, fast response director for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential marketing campaign, merely replied, “There’s nonetheless time to delete this.”
You possibly can try extra reactions to the Home Judiciary GOP submit under.
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