Trump Adviser’s Wife Tweets Fake Photo of Hillary Clinton “Working for Fidel Castro in Havana”

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NH Rep. Al Baldasaro and wife Judy on their heavily armed wedding day

You may recall Donald Trump’s co-chair of veterans’ issues, New Hampshire Representative Al Baldasaro, from the time he publicly called for Hillary Clinton to be “shot for treason,” then refused to back down or apologize, claiming the “liberal media” was smearing him by accurately reporting his actual words, verbatim.

Well, Baldasaro’s wife Judy (seen above in their charming wedding photo) tweeted a Hillary Clinton conspiracy meme today that I hadn’t seen before (and I thought I’d seen most of them!) — that Hillary Clinton traveled to Havana in 1968 to work with Fidel Castro’s “Venceremos Brigade.” She included a photo in her tweet, and addressed it to Fox News:

OMG!

The first thing you’ll notice about this photo is that the woman on the tractor (if it is a woman and not a man with long hair) looks nothing at all like Hillary Clinton, and there’s nothing to indicate it was even taken in Cuba. For comparison, here’s a picture of Hillary in 1968:

The fact is that Hillary Clinton was elected president of the Wellesley College student government in 1968 and served through the winter of 1969, and never went to Cuba.

Googling for more information on this conspiracy theory, I discovered that it’s been bubbling under the surface in various far right discussion dungeons for years, and that’s probably where this fraudulent photo originated. Here it is in February 2015, along with another photo that also looks nothing like Hillary Clinton.

I tweeted to Judy Baldasaro shortly after she posted the fraudulent photo, letting her know it was not Hillary Clinton.

Baldasaro responded by immediately blocking me on Twitter, and then deleting her tweet with no correction or retraction, of course. Then she posted another tweet accusing people who called her on this fake photo of being “sent out” by Hillary.

These are the people next to Donald Trump, folks.

(Hat tips: @Gus_802 and @Mwforhr.)

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52 comments
1
Harry Brautt  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:14:12pm

Stay classy, Baldasaros!

2
Belafon  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:14:52pm

Darthstar, ObserverArt, this one’s for you two: If You Don’t Hear About Clinton’s Positive Agenda Does It Really Exist?

Thanks, Thanos.

3
gocart mozart  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:15:28pm

She retweeted this.

[Can’t find this tweet right now.] [why does it disappear it?]

just me but I can’t help but pronounce their surname “bald asshole.”

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gocart mozart  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:17:42pm
5
MsJ  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:21:10pm
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MsJ  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:21:25pm
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Frankie Five Angels  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:22:08pm
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Stanley Sea  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:23:00pm

OT, but

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Targetpractice  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:23:45pm

re: #6 MsJ

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Quinnipiac? What, Fox hasn’t burped out a poll yet?

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Stanley Sea  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:25:57pm

re: #8 Stanley Sea

OT, but

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For those of you unfamiliar with that particular case, it was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1989.

27 years ago.

That held…

::drumroll::

that dousing a US flag in kerosene and lighting it on fire is free expression protected by the First Amendment.

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Mattand  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:28:30pm

I see stuff like this, and I’ll can think is that we are a nation overrun with ignorant uneducated animals, and far too many of those animals are in positions of power.

12
Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:29:50pm

Is there any point in calling out their bullshit when they don’t give a fuck?

It’s like a pyrrhic victory of some kind.

13
Charles Johnson  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:32:37pm
14
KGxvi  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:33:17pm

re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg

Is there any point in calling out their bullshit when they don’t give a fuck?

It’s like a pyrrhic victory of some kind.

Two ways of looking at it: with respect to the individual spouting said bullshit, no there’s no real point; with respect to everyone else, yes, not calling out the bullshit allows people only barely paying attention to believe it.

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EPR-radar  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:34:07pm

re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg

Is there any point in calling out their bullshit when they don’t give a fuck?

It’s like a pyrrhic victory of some kind.

The Big Lie seems to have become the preferred form of ‘communication’ for RWNJs.

It can be on any subject, and has two main purposes

1) to signal membership in the RWNJ tribe and

2) to try to prevail by force of numbers independent of any reality other than the number of ‘believers’.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:34:23pm

Price Of Bullshit Depressed By Flooded Market

holders of high priced bullshit futures caught short as they contemplate their future as members of congress

17
wrenchwench  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:34:55pm

One of my sisters actually did go ‘pick coffee for the Sandinistas’, which she acknowledged was one big photo op for them because the regular pickers were 5 times faster.

For this and many other reasons, she will not be running for president.

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William Lewis  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:36:38pm

re: #8 Stanley Sea

OT, but

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And of course these folks consider themselves Christian, yes? But this idolatry is a-ok!

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:38:04pm

nah actually you can clearly see that the woman on the tractor is jimmy hoffa

20
Shiplord Kirel  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:41:38pm

BUSTED! TRUE FACT! CONFIRMED!

Man-boobed lunatic Al Belisaro pitches in at a Colorado marijuana plantation, 2013:

21
Mike Lamb  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:47:13pm

I thought the criticism was that she was a Goldwater supporter around that time…what gives?

22
dharmamark  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:49:36pm

re: #21 Mike Lamb

Goldwater, Castro, what’s the diff - I mean really…

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:50:22pm

re: #21 Mike Lamb

I thought the criticism was that she was a Goldwater supporter around that time…what gives?

That one comes from the far left. This one comes from the far right.

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philosophus invidius  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:50:49pm

That original “gop briefing room” post has a second photo alleged to be HRC in Cuba. But while the tractor woman has long curly hair, the second alleged HRC woman has shorter straight hair, and additionally looks nothing like the tractor woman (or HRC of course). That poster was just trolling people, right?

25
CuriousLurker  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:51:30pm

I don’t know if anyone posted this previously, but dayyum this guy nailed it:

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wrenchwench  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:52:12pm

12 ain’t all of ‘em. The most notorious one to me is his 2008 vote for Chuck Baldwin.

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EPR-radar  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:53:38pm

re: #24 philosophus invidius

That original “gop briefing room” post has a second photo alleged to be HRC in Cuba. But while the tractor woman has long curly hair, the second alleged HRC woman has shorter straight hair, and additionally looks nothing like the tractor woman (or HRC of course). That poster was just trolling people, right?

That assumes there is a difference between trolling and normal RWNJ signaling that may not be present in real life. It’s hard to consistently keep all the implications of the total indifference of RWNJs to truth and reality in mind.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:54:17pm

dalai lama does trump impersonation no im not kidding

rawstory.com

(h.t./1 watt hermit)

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majii  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:54:37pm

re: #10 Stanley Sea

Since I taught in public high schools in the South for over 30 years, when I read about this yesterday, I figured the chickensh*t principal and superintendent would suspend or fire the teacher. It’s what high-level officials do in many southern states rather than take the time to explain to the whiners that they’re wrong. Stomping on the flag was a perfectly valid addition to a lesson plan on Texas v. Johnson. Our GOP, Gov. Nathan Deal and RW lawmakers in the state legislature, wimped out a few years ago when a group of white females began complaining about Common Core and calling it “something created by the federal government and President Obama.” Instead of informing them that it was a plan created by state governors before this president entered office, Deal, pressured by the lawmakers, issued an executive order stating that the state of GA would follow no mandates handed down by the U.S. Dept.of Education under this administration. If I were this teacher, I’d hire a good lawyer and sue the pants off the woman who started the mess, the district, the superintendent, and the school administrators. If he’s a member of a teachers’ union or professional association, he can sue them. Even though we couldn’t bargain collectively in GA, I was a NEA member. I remember that at the time, NEA provided $1 million in coverage that each member could use in legal cases. If I were him, no way I’d let them make me look like I was in the wrong when I wasn’t. Too many parents don’t realize how they’re harming their own kids’ education when they decide to throw an unnecessary hissy fit about something they know nothing about. The officials in the school system are more interested in placating one woman/small group of persons than they are in making sure their social studies students understand and remember the material teachers cover. I retired in June 2009, and now, I’m glad that I did because since then teachers have become the prime targets of know-nothings and people who chose not to teach.

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ObserverArt  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:55:50pm

re: #2 Belafon

Darthstar, ObserverArt, this one’s for you two: If You Don’t Hear About Clinton’s Positive Agenda Does It Really Exist?

Thanks, Thanos.

That is what I’ve been saying. The media is the one painting the picture. I’ve just been trying to figure out how you trigger them to stop showing her bashing Trump, which is what they seem to like to do. So the blog post is saying what I’ve been trying to say.

One exception…I’ve never tried to paint myself as any kind of an armchair expert that thinks he knows better than anyone in her campaign. I’m just a fool that is more concerned with the outcome from the media’s handling of how they show her.

And I can’t really address the media, I have no standing! ; )

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Skip Intro  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:57:04pm

Charles Pierce cuts to the heart of this election:

I can’t recall as unstable an election in my lifetime. There have been no reliable guideposts to its course, no consistent ideological or political landmarks to navigate by. Ever since the nominations were decided, the whole thing has been tossed into a runaway blender. I can accept that campaigns are no longer high-minded exchanges of ideas, even though God knows we need more good ones—ideas, that is. But this ungainly critter is stomping around like an elephant dying a frenzied death with a bullet in its brain.

I will grant you that a lot of this has to do with the fact that the Republicans have nominated an, ahem, unconventional candidate. The forces that have been unleashed in the country have shaken up the conventional political alliances and shattered the false veneer of propriety that keeps us from noticing that there is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent. My main problem with the Clinton campaign is that it doesn’t seem to realize the depth at which the political landscape has destabilized.

esquire.com

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majii  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:58:22pm

re: #26 wrenchwench

”12 Ways Gary Johnson Is a Hardcore Right-Wing Radical”

I saw a pic of him today, and the first thing that came into my mind was that the guy doesn’t look like he’s playing with a full deck of cards. I get a sense that there’s just something a little “off” about him.

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ObserverArt  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:58:29pm

re: #5 MsJ

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Heh! You used the word honest and said it to a Baldasaro. That’s got to be like garlic and a silver cross or something.

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Dr. Matt  Sep 22, 2016 • 3:59:17pm
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wrenchwench  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:00:46pm

re: #32 majii

”12 Ways Gary Johnson Is a Hardcore Right-Wing Radical”

I saw a pic of him today, and the first thing that came into my mind was that the guy doesn’t look like he’s playing with a full deck of cards. I get a sense that there’s just something a little “off” about him.

While others may attribute that to his pot-smoking, I give full credit to his enormously self-centered Libertarianism.

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EPR-radar  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:02:08pm

re: #29 majii

It has taken me a long time to realize how totally the Republicans oppose public education. Perhaps 20 years ago they would still accept the idea of it, as long as blacks etc. were excluded, but even a return to explicitly segregated schools would not satisfy today’s GOP.

Now they want public education gone, completely. Fiscal conservatives love that idea because only the well-off will be able to afford education, thereby further entrenching economic classes in the US. Social conservatives stand opposed to education in toto, preferring instead a crude indoctrination of children in proper beliefs.

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CuriousLurker  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:02:38pm

re: #33 ObserverArt

So did you ever get it to work?

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Lidane  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:04:30pm

That’s easily one of the trashiest wedding photos I’ve ever seen. All that’s missing is the camouflage wedding dress.

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:10:04pm

re: #38 Lidane

That’s easily one of the trashiest wedding photos I’ve ever seen. All that’s missing is the camouflage wedding dress.

And the big pregnant belly.

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Skip Intro  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:11:03pm

re: #39 The Vicious Babushka

And the big pregnant belly.

And the Palins.

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Stanley Sea  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:15:22pm

re: #40 Skip Intro

And the Palins.

Their weddings are secret.

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lockjawcanbefun  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:16:28pm

re: #41 Stanley Sea

But they still have the shotguns.

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:26:59pm
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goddamnedfrank  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:27:10pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:28:49pm
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piratedan  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:31:07pm

re: #44 goddamnedfrank

well, obviously, the Dems are to blame, shit, just look at all of those liberal votes that forced Trump to be the GOP candidate… It’s a bleeping travesty….////

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Stanley Sea  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:32:34pm

re: #45 The Vicious Babushka

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:33:06pm

a downding from ‘harlequinade’??

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:33:08pm

re: #43 The Vicious Babushka

The words I want to say in response to that would get me into a lot of trouble.

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ObserverArt  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:35:36pm

re: #37 CuriousLurker

So did you ever get it to work?

No. But I haven’t really tried yet. The site is just under construction and that is on the weekend task list. Since it is a WooThemes setup issue, I’ll probably open a support ticket. I just renewed my support license with them yesterday. Time to bug them!

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calochortus  Sep 22, 2016 • 4:37:33pm

re: #17 wrenchwench

One of my sisters actually did go ‘pick coffee for the Sandinistas’, which she acknowledged was one big photo op for them because the regular pickers were 5 times faster.

For this and many other reasons, she will not be running for president.

Did she carry a purse while picking like the pictured woman on the tractor? That could have slowed her down. Nothing screams “authentic field worker” like a shoulder bag.

52
Chez Ko Pe  Sep 22, 2016 • 6:33:36pm

Whoosh, I took a look at the crazy lady’s Twitter.
Regret it now.


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