cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20282663

It looks like a family holiday card except that the woman and children posing with Republican Derrick Anderson are not his wife or his offspring.

Anderson, who running in a close race for Virginia’s seventh congressional district, was seen in another image seated around the dining table with the same woman and three girls.

The images came to light in an article by The New York Times, headlined “G.O.P. Candidates, Looking to Soften Their Image, Turn to Their Wives,” which reported how “male Republicans struggling to appeal to female voters concerned about their records on reproductive rights are unleashing their spouses to make the pitch on their behalf.”

However Anderson, who is childless, engaged to be married and lives alone with his dog, sought to borrow the wife and children from a longtime friend in an apparent effort to appear as a family man.


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  • @[email protected]
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    92 months ago

    Are you sure this is not satirical? “The Daily Beast” sounds like something a satirical news site would call themselves.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      2 months ago

      Daily beast is a left wing american news source that can sometimes be somewhat sensationalist but is a genuine source.

      I would not rely on them for high quality reporting, but they tend to be okay at getting the facts right.

      • @[email protected]
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        122 months ago

        Thanks. Whenever I see such an absurd news about a politician from whichever country or political party, I need some kind of fact check

      • @Serinus
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        62 months ago

        It’s one of the very few times I’d agree if someone labeled it left. You know, unlike CNN or NBC or any network station.

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      172 months ago

      Real life surpassed satire years ago.

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      It’s a center left Web 2.0 / Death of Traditional Journalism outlet, but still credible on a purely factual basis i.e. basic reported facts are probably accurate.

      It’s brand of leftism would best be described as progressive Democrat, and their analysis and editorial choices should be understood as primarily coming from those sensibilities and culture affectations e.g. educated, middle class, and a socially/culturally left brand of neoliberalism.