NBC Correspondent Uses Disinformation about Virginia Gun Rally, Refuses to Delete
By Jose Nino
BigLeaguePolitics.com
Jan 20, 2020
Gabe Gutierrez, an NBC News correspondent, gave misleading accounts of videos that he took at the Lobby Day gun rights rally in Richmond, Virginia.
Gutierrez initially posted a video of protestors supposedly chanting “we will not comply”, when, in reality, there protestors were reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
Gutierrez tweeted, “Chants of ‘we will not comply’ from gun rights protesters in Richmond.”
Chants of “we will not comply” from gun rights protesters in Richmond. pic.twitter.com/BjEfniwMKP
— Gabe Gutierrez (@gabegutierrez) January 20, 2020
The NBC correspondent faced instant criticism from Twitter observers.
Matt Whitlock, an advisor for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, fired back at Gutierrez’s video, tweeting “At some point this starts to feel like a concerted effort by major media companies to smear. Yesterday Ben Collins with a viral tweet calling this a ‘white nationalist rally.’ Today this guy tweets a video of the pledge of allegiance saying it’s a ‘we will not comply’ chant.”
Honestly either this guy shared the wrong video or just doesn’t recognize the pledge of allegiance. Either way, not great.
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) January 20, 2020
Gutierrez attempted to save face by posting a video in which he stated “Earlier posted video of Pledge of Allegiance. For those who’ve asked, here’s the video of ‘We will not comply.’ Taken seconds apart.”
Earlier posted video of Pledge of Allegiance. For those who’ve asked, here’s the video of “We will not comply.” Taken seconds apart. pic.twitter.com/vl66eQsLIo
— Gabe Gutierrez (@gabegutierrez) January 20, 2020
Although he corrected himself, it’s clear that mainstream journalists are heading into this event to paint false narratives.
This is part of a larger plot to paint Second Amendment activists as extremists.
The Left’s endgame is destroy the time-honored tradition of gun ownership protected by the Second Amendment.
This path won’t be easy, so they’ll try to start off by misleading the public and creating false narratives about Second Amendment supporters.
Then, they will proceed to use conventional legislative efforts to attack gun rights.
