Video showing “Haitian immigrants” illegally voting was faked by Russian disinformation unit, US says

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Video showing “Haitian immigrants” illegally voting was faked by Russian disinformation unit, US says
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How does a video of Haitian immigrants voting illegally versus legally look different? Are they wearing signs or maybe one of those "Hi! My name is..." stickers with "Illegally Voting Haitian Immigrant" written in? Or maybe it's just obvious because they present passports written on the back of cereal boxes and the election worker is giving big comic winks and saying "sign here US citizen legally allowed to vote." I guess it doesn't matter what the video shows. It's probably some Bigfoot jerky video with garbled audio with a caption saying "Haitian immigrants voting illegally."

I'm pretty sure the Haitans in the photo are not voting. I've never gotten gas station quality hot food when I've voted.

You need to find a better voting location. Mine has churros and Mt Dew.

Nice. There's never a line so it's not a big deal. And it's not like you can choose anyways (election day)

It doesn't matter. The intended audience has already decided that they want to believe Trump and immigrants are bad and they vote illegally.

Step 1. Record any random black person voting.
Step 2. Immediately label them an illegal Haitian.
Step 3. Disseminate to every conservative outlet.