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What the what?

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* This tweet received more than 200,000 views before it was finally labeled as false…

And it’s not like this governor would sign such a bill anyway.

* I’m hoping that this law firm was just playing along with the bit…

* The socialists loved it, of course…

* Mentioning the Senate probably kills all comments on this post…

* And the fantasy isn’t confined to Illinois…

Almost 49,000 views on that one, which Twitter has not yet called out for its falsehood.

* I guess there are two ways of looking at this: 1) These kids today and their Twitter pranks; 2) People will believe just about anything.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jul 19, 23 @ 9:37 am

Comments

1. “ And it’s not like this governor would sign such a bill anyway.”
   So you’re saying the Governor supports parking on bike lanes? /s

   Comment by Bruce( no not him) Wednesday, Jul 19, 23 @ 10:00 am

2. A friend of mine who was an avid cyclist and used his bike for most commutes was killed by a vehicle that struck him while he was “operating” his bicycle in full accordance with the law. He’s dead now and the person who killed him didn’t face any criminal charges because it was just considered a traffic accident. In the eyes of the law it was just a little whoopsies.

   Fake tweet or not, the manner in which motorists treat bicycle lanes is a legitimate public policy problem that needs to be addressed. Even the people that don’t want to address it know it is a policy problem that exists, and that’s probably why this tweet is a believable fake tweet.

   Olney’s white squirrel population has better legal protections than cyclists.

   Comment by Candy Dogood Wednesday, Jul 19, 23 @ 10:00 am

3. If it’s this easy for a prankster to get folks all riled up imagine the damage sophisticated, coordinated campaigns can inflict. It’s truly scary.

   Comment by Cubs in '16 Wednesday, Jul 19, 23 @ 10:08 am

4. How many lobbyists are weeping right now at the prospect of tracking 17,000 different House bills?

   /s

   Comment by Socially DIstant watcher Wednesday, Jul 19, 23 @ 10:18 am

5. LRB didn’t make it past “HB-17584″ before heads imploded.

   Comment by Michelle Flaherty Wednesday, Jul 19, 23 @ 10:26 am

6. Kids and their pranks and gullible people on the internet? Yes.

   Comment by Panther Pride Wednesday, Jul 19, 23 @ 10:32 am

7. The socialist tweet is obviously a joke, right? He’s way more of a Gohan

   Comment by annoning Wednesday, Jul 19, 23 @ 11:17 am

8. What a striking coincidence that the bill had the same number in two states.

   Comment by Big Dipper Wednesday, Jul 19, 23 @ 11:32 am

9. “What a striking coincidence that the bill had the same number in two states.” That just a testament to how well coordinated the lobbyist groups are? /s

   Comment by Skeptic Wednesday, Jul 19, 23 @ 1:51 pm

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