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Bost victimized by fake news on prayer cards

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* Don’t just skim the caption, read it…

In February 2017, Tracy worked with various church groups in Southern Illinois and Missouri to collect prayer cards for…

Posted by Rep. Mike Bost on Friday, February 16, 2018

The prayer cards were collected a year ago. Bost delivered them to the White House ten months ago. He and President Trump took a photo together. The White House finally got around to sending Bost the pic the other day, which he then posted on Facebook.

Idiots on parade: In a bizarre and asinine gesture Rep. Mike Bost delivers a big bag of prayers to President Trump after the Florida school shooting.

The outrage was real after Rep. Mike Bost posted a picture of himself delivering a big bag of “thoughts and prayers” to President Donald Trump. Many of Bost’s constituents on Facebook were livid after the Illinois lawmaker posted the bizarre and insensitive photo to his Facebook feed

I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been sent that link. It’s totally false.

* If you see something this insane posted on social media, take a few seconds to see if it’s true before launching into your own tirade or forwarding it to your friends.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:14 am

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Really dissapointing to see how much this blew up. Especially on reddit. Everyone was so willing to call Bost and Trump terrible and sickening names. I’d love for this to be clarified and straightened out.

Comment by reckoner Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:23 am

I notice you went with the caption Mike Bost posted yesterday and not the one he had up from February 16th UNTIL yesterday, which simply read:

“Tracy and other ladies from Southern Illinois collected prayer cards, which I hand delivered to President Donald J. Trump!”

BOST posted that the day after the shooting. He’s the reason for the confusion

Comment by JohnnyPyleDriver Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:30 am

This is the type of thing that the Russian trolls and bots have been doing. I wonder if this specific instance can be traced back to Russian trolls.

Background here: https://www.npr.org/2018/02/20/587375771/russian-bots-are-spreading-false-information-after-the-florida-shooting

and here: https://www.npr.org/2018/02/21/587502697/analyzing-the-strategic-use-of-russian-bots

Comment by Pot calling kettle Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:30 am

Rich, the original caption didn’t have anything regarding the time frame for when this was done. Not trying to excuse the vitriol in the comments on FB or Reddit, but his social media person should have include that information from the get go.

Comment by Fixer Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:35 am

Bost posted that picture the day after the shooting with this caption: “Tracy and other ladies from Southern Illinois collected prayer cards, which I hand delivered to President Donald J. Trump!”

The caption here at CapFax was added yesterday. You can view the edit history on Mike Bost’s facebook Page for yourself. If you wanna fault people for not seeing the green leaves on the trees, fine I guess, but to spin this as Bost being victimized is a long stretch. He created the confusion with his ill timed post

Comment by BostConstituent Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:36 am

Rep Bost will be in my thoughts and prayers..

Comment by Mouthy Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:41 am

The timing of the Facebook post makes it appear to be true. Given the recent news, Bost should have known better than to post the picture.

Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:42 am

I wish there would be a snopes app that filtered out this kind of stuff on social media.

Although on this Boost is more of a thoughts and prayers kind of guy and less of a man of action.

Comment by Ahoy! Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:43 am

The only individual Democrats seem to hate more than Trump these days is God. Good plan.

Comment by Chris P. Bacon Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:44 am

==The only individual Democrats seem to hate more than Trump these days is God.==

If you believe that, you are probably drinking Russian bot-aid.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:46 am

Bost is a big boy to the ways of all media. That Bad Opera he performed on the House floor generated the “fake news” (i.e. that it was spontaneous outrage, and not planned self-promotion) that made him.

He should have been smart enough to explain the pic clearly when he first posted it, given the timing.

I’m not familiar with the tradition. What’s the significance of gifting a ziploc bag of prayer cards?

I only pick them up at funerals. Are those all from funerals? What’s the point being made that they’re smiling about?

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:47 am

==The only individual Democrats seem to hate more than Trump these days is God.==

What? On a topic such as this you decide to post garbage like that?

Comment by Demoralized Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:47 am

Chris, maybe you should leave God out of your chronic whiny victim schtick.

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:53 am

==The timing of the Facebook post makes it appear to be true==

Only to people who can’t be bothered to read and instead insist on the usual knee jerk hysterical reactions that is par for the course on Facebook.

It clearly states “In April of last year”

Comment by Demoralized Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:53 am

Demoralized- that caption was added yesterday. Go check the edit history on his Facebook page to see the original caption which surely gives the impression it was in re: the Florida shooting

Comment by JohnnyPD Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:56 am

The outrage machine has been running strong in all camps lately. Facebook can be the worst; friends on all sides of the spectrum post easily debunked nonsense. Ugh.

Comment by Liandro Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 11:59 am

I don’t care when he collected and delivered the cards, Bost is with Trump, who is a serial abuser of women, and someone who will not truly call out Russia for attacking our country. A photo with Trump is not something to be proud of.

Comment by Amalia Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 12:00 pm

Thoughts and prayers to Rep. Bost.

Comment by King Louis XVI Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 12:08 pm

Giving prayer cards to the Beast-Child is a bad idea at any time.

Comment by IllinoisBoi Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 12:09 pm

==The only individual Democrats seem to hate more than Trump these days is God.==

As a Democrat who believes in the Holy Trinity, I consider it blasphemous to refer to G-d as an “individual.”

Comment by Soccermom Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 12:11 pm

Shimkus’ posting from that day was also not well thought out.

Comment by Highland IL Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 12:12 pm

There are too many gullible people on all sides and FB makes it way too easy to expose yourself as an idiot. If you care about what people think of you, stop sharing unverified garbage.

I’m sending my thoughts and prayers to the dog that Mike Bost shot and killed.

See? You don’t need to make stuff up about Bost if you want to stick it to him with the truth. Somebody could make a really effective and viral meme just off that one incident. Lord knows people care more about how dogs are treated than people these days.

Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 12:17 pm

Also, Rep. Bost: Roland Burris called. He wants his vest back.

Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 12:18 pm

Maybe people who don’t understand how social media works should just stay off it.

Comment by Cheryl44 Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 12:18 pm

–I’m sending my thoughts and prayers to the dog that Mike Bost shot and killed.–

It was a beagle. Locked in a pen. On someone else’s property.

Not exactly American B-A material.

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 12:42 pm

I always wondered how long it would take to get film developed in Russia.

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 12:56 pm

Lefties who mock “thoughts and prayers” triggered when called out for mocking people who pray. My work is done here.

Comment by Chris P. Bacon Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 1:01 pm

===My work is done here. ===

More than you know.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 1:24 pm

On its face delivering a bag o prayers seems weird regardless of the occasion.

Comment by UISer Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 1:32 pm

–Lefties who mock “thoughts and prayers” triggered when called out for mocking people who pray.–

And ignorant political hacks who wear their alleged Christianity on a sleeve while having no concept of the Trinity, as was pointed out.

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 1:44 pm

Wait, people don’t care about facts? I’m shocked. I’m less shocked it appears to take almost a year to photoshop Trump.

Also, I believe prayers should not be kept in a Ziploc bag, a nice basket with a ribbon is more appropriate, or perhaps an ornamental bird cage. If Bost deserves any criticism it should be based on his prayer storage procedures.

Comment by Swift Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 1:47 pm

Phony social media, I can speak to that, lol

To the Post,

People want to read, what they want things to say…

Fake news buys into that premise perfectly.

“I want to read how callous someone, I may not like, is.”

The reason we see less bipartisanship and respect is because a select few want to promote and push what can divide us.

That’s the bots goal, isn’t it? Divide in thought where division can exist.

On “the tweeter” and “the Facebook”… or the “snapped chatter” or “the instant gram”… it’s others’ chance to find the ways to divide, under the guise of “free speech” as phony as a fake Facebook page.

I try to be smart when checking, doesn’t mean that it’s a one-stop process. Takes work. “If your mother says she loves you… “ work.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 1:55 pm

‘Thoughts and prayers’. Works for me.

Comment by Blue dog dem Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 2:15 pm

The outrage against Mike Bost for presenting prayers to Donald Trump just bolsters him here in God’s country. I saw he was already fundraising off of this liberal attack on Christianity. It’ll work

Comment by Southern Illinoisan Wednesday, Feb 21, 18 @ 3:54 pm

–I saw he was already fundraising off of this liberal attack on Christianity.–

Questioning Bost is an attack on Christianity? Wow, he’s big heat. First he was Moses, now he’s Paul?

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