The state’s junior U.S. senator is clutching his fake pearls blasting President Trump for a “damn lie” whitewashing of slavery by removing historic signs from national parks.
But when Angus King decided to literally whitewash his own political record eight years ago by clandestinely going after Twitter accounts critical of his own history, all was above board.
Like, seriously, when King took to the Senate floor recently emotively blasting Trump for removing park signs about slavery, he had to be kidding.
But actually it was just another show from the Virginia transplant whose Maine political career was built on a taxpayer-financed TV show he hosted here in the 1970s.
King mounted the Senate podium last week claiming Trump was trying “to whitewash American history at our national parks.”
“What we’re seeing in this process at our national parks is a kind of lie to try to erase history, to try to keep us from understanding the historical events that shaped this country,” King intoned.
The senator’s office had the gall to issue a press release saying he had “shared remarks on social media last week after a rally to support truth-telling at America’s national parks.”
Angus better be careful praising – and whitewashing – his use of “social media.”
The same guy now accusing Trump of lying about slavery was caught during his 2018 re-election campaign going after Twitter critics who were publicizing the truth of his political record.
The case became known as “Twitter files.”
King’s campaign submitted a list of accounts to Twitter for censoring, which included political critics and users interacting with his opponent, Eric Brakey.
Covering up history by Angus King who’s now lecturing Trump.
Angus, who calls himself an “independent,” is joining forces with the liberal “Center for American Progress” in trying to score cheap political points on the backs of slaves.
Accusing Trump of racism is “a damn lie,” to use King’s own words.
