Evidence
The campaign account for Sample Candidate, a fictional county board candidate, shared an immigration meme on 2 June with the caption “Shared without comment.”
The post was deleted approximately six hours later. Candidates for public office are identified by default under our standards when the account is an official campaign account.
An archived capture was taken before deletion.
What happened
The receipt
Shared without comment. (You all know what I'm saying without me having to say it, which is the whole point of sharing it without comment.)Updates & corrections
Post deleted
The post was removed from the campaign account roughly six hours after publication. The archived capture is retained internally.
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