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False claims blur line between mass shootings, 2020 politics

September 05, 2019 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minutes after media outlets identified the gunman who killed seven people in West Texas, a Twitter account that may be automated began spreading baseless information linking the shooter to Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke.
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