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Fox News host's tailgate attack demolished by fact-check: 'Shut up and dribble’
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The Smear Was the Point, Not the Football
A Costume Test Disguised as Commentary
Laura Ingraham did not uncover hypocrisy. She saw Abdul El-Sayed at a University of Michigan tailgate in a black T-shirt and declared his interest in football fraudulent. MAGA commentator Charles Downs treated the absence of maize-and-blue clothing as further evidence. The available biography demolished the premise: El-Sayed captained his high school football team, attended Michigan, and played lacrosse for the Wolverines.
That factual failure matters. But the politics lie in why prominent…
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