Ex-Florida health department employee Rebekah Jones, who became a left-wing media darling for her conspiratorial claims about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, strangely claimed he spent an entire CNN interview talking about her and doubled down Thursday after a Twitter Community Note fact-checked her.
Jones tweeted an attack at DeSantis in response to the 2024 Republican presidential candidate's interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Tuesday.
"His first CNN appearance as a candidate for president and he spent his time... talking about me. Add this to the fraudulent campaign report listing my name on his payroll, and it's clear [DeSantis] is an unhinged psychopath," Jones wrote.
Twitter’s fact-checking service Community Notes corrected Jones’ tweet the same day. "The article linked never mentions Rebekah Jones. And the full interview is available, and he never mentions Rebekah Jones."
"I think she's hearing voices," one DeSantis supporter tweeted.
Jones linked to a Fox News Digital story about the interview, which did mention Jones, but only in the capacity of noting Tapper's past instances of discussing Jones' accusations against DeSantis. The interview itself did not delve into Jones, and DeSantis did not mention her either, according to transcripts.
Jones went on to defend her initial claim by saying, "DeSantis attacked the ‘media narrative’ around him prematurely...
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