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  • 2020-10-21 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Sen. Rob Donaldson Make a Speech on Amy Coney Barrett's Nomination? (en)
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  • In October 2020, a lengthy piece of text started to circulate on social media that supposedly originated with a speech Sen. Rob Donaldson delivered to fellow members of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee during its hearing on judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. The full Facebook post appears at the bottom of this article. Here are the first two paragraphs of this viral piece of text: This is not the text of a speech delivered by a Sen. Rob Donaldson opposing the nomination of Barrett to the Supreme Court. How do we know? Because Sen. Rob Donaldson does not exist. Donaldson's name is not listed among the members on the Judiciary Committee, nor does this name appear in the official list of current U.S. senators. This message was originally penned by a Facebook user named Rob Donaldson, but this person is not a sitting U.S. senator. This message, which was originally shared privately with their friends on Oct. 16, is an imaginary speech Donaldson envisioned delivering if he were a senator. When Donaldson's friends urged him to make it public, this detail was lost, and this post was shared as if it came from an actual speech delivered by a sitting senator. Here's the full version of the speech that Rob Not An Actual U.S. Senator Donaldson would have delivered if he had the opportunity during Barrett's confirmation hearing: (en)
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