{"id":468409,"date":"2022-06-27T22:43:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T19:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cnns-daniel-dale-debunks-dem-super-pac-claims-about-lauren-boebert\/"},"modified":"2022-06-27T22:43:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T19:43:27","slug":"cnns-daniel-dale-debunks-dem-super-pac-claims-about-lauren-boebert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cnns-daniel-dale-debunks-dem-super-pac-claims-about-lauren-boebert\/","title":{"rendered":"#CNN&#8217;s Daniel Dale debunks Dem super PAC claims about Lauren Boebert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ea2ae678e4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ea2ae678e4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cnns-daniel-dale-debunks-dem-super-pac-claims-about-lauren-boebert\/#%E2%80%9CCNNs_Daniel_Dale_debunks_Dem_super_PAC_claims_about_Lauren_Boebert%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;CNN&#8217;s Daniel Dale debunks Dem super PAC claims about Lauren Boebert&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCNNs_Daniel_Dale_debunks_Dem_super_PAC_claims_about_Lauren_Boebert%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;CNN&#8217;s Daniel Dale debunks Dem super PAC claims about Lauren Boebert&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>CNN fact checker Daniel Dale refuted uncorroborated claims circulating online that Rep. Lauren Boebert once worked as an escort, had two abortions, and advertised her services on a \u201csugar daddy\u201d website.<\/p>\n<p>The rumors were started online by American Muckrakers PAC, a Democratic Party-aligned super PAC that was behind the unearthing of embarrassing and compromising videos of Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC). <\/p>\n<p>Among the spurious claims that went viral about Boebert (R-Colo.) was that she was introduced to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) after being hired as an escort by a member of the Koch family. Boebert, who has denied the claims, has threatened legal action against the super PAC.<\/p>\n<p>Dale <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on CNN on Monday and relayed to viewers that David Wheeler, the super PAC co-founder, \u201cacknowledged to me that all five of these [claims] were indeed inaccurate, but that his group still stands by what he calls the main points of the allegations, all of which Boebert vehemently denies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale\u2019s on-air remarks were reported by the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/cnns-daniel-dale-knocks-down-false-claims-by-democratic-super-pac-about-lauren-boeberts-past\/\">online news site Mediaite.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut so far the PAC has not provided corroborating evidence to prove the so-called main points,\u201d said Dale. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cnn-daniel-dale-05.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Dale appeared on CNN's &quot;New Day&quot; on Monday and reported that there was no evidence to back up the allegations.\" class=\"wp-image-22822371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cnn-daniel-dale-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cnn-daniel-dale-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cnn-daniel-dale-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dale appeared on CNN\u2019s \u201cNew Day\u201d on Monday and reported that there was no evidence to back up the allegations.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CNN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd Mr. Wheeler acknowledges that they\u2019ve gotten a bunch of other things wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale continued: \u201cThe PAC published a photo of a woman posing on a bed in a tight dress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cOne of their anonymous sources claimed that she had gotten this photo from the page the super PAC claims Boebert had on sugardaddymeet.com.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, the photo is not actually of Lauren Boebert. It is a photo of a different woman. How do I know? Well, it was on that woman\u2019s old profile on a modeling website.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe woman told me directly last week that it was her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale reported that after Wheeler suggested that the woman in question was lying, she provided \u201cmore evidence including an old hard copy of the bed photo and another photo of herself in that same dress.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/lauren-boebert-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Boebert has vehemently denied that she was a paid escort and that she had two abortions more than a decade ago.\" class=\"wp-image-22822368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/lauren-boebert-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/lauren-boebert-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/lauren-boebert-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Boebert has vehemently denied that she was a paid escort and that she had two abortions more than a decade ago.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Dale, Wheeler acknowledged that the woman in the photograph wasn\u2019t Boebert. Dale reported that Wheeler blamed \u201cour source [having] mixed that up with something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wheeler\u2019s group also claimed that Boebert, who is a fierce pro-life advocate, had an abortion in the fall of 2004, but Dale notes that Boebert denies this.<\/p>\n<p>The congresswoman also gave birth to a son in March 2005, so \u201cfall 2004 seemed like an implausible timeline,\u201d according to the CNN analyst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I pointed out her son\u2019s birth date Mr. Wheeler said the 2004 claim was a typo by our <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> guy even though it was on their website and he changed the page to say fall of 2005,\u201d said Dale.<\/p>\n<p>Dale also poured cold water on the theory that Boebert was hired as an escort by a member of the wealthy and powerful Koch family who subsequently introduced her to Cruz during a ski <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Aspen, Colo.<\/p>\n<p>According to American Muckrakers PAC, Boebert accepted at least $136,250 from Cruz, which she used to successfully run for Congress in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, Boebert denies she was ever an escort,\u201d according to Dale. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cnn-daniel-dale-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Dale said that a photo circulating online of a woman on a bed was not Boebert.\" class=\"wp-image-22822367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cnn-daniel-dale-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cnn-daniel-dale-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cnn-daniel-dale-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dale said a photo circulating online of a woman on a bed was not Boebert.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CNN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe also denies having met or spoken to Cruz until after she won her 2020 primary. And Sugardaddymeet.com told me it has \u2018no record\u2019 of Boebert ever using the site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale also refuted a claim by American Muckrakers PAC that Boebert failed to report a $70,500 donation from Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that\u2019s just not true. She did report it quickly,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe donation from Cruz\u2019s so-called Victory Fund, which backed more than 20 GOP candidates in that election \u2014 Boebert was not unusual \u2014 came in September 2020 and Boebert\u2019s campaign reported it in its quarterly finance report in October 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is quick, that is prompt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale said that ultimately there isn\u2019t enough evidence to support the super PAC\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can neither prove true nor prove false some of this PAC\u2019s story about Boebert,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is theoretically possible, sure, that some parts could maybe be proven accurately eventually.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut so far, at least, the PAC has not released substantiating proof and is asking people to just trust them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Dale added: \u201cAnd given how much the PAC has gotten wrong in what it has actually released so far, I think it would be quite understandable if a lot of people were just not feeling all that trusting.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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