Based On Lies

The right-wingers like to go undercover in “Gotcha” often which backfire on them lately.

Fairfax School Board Candidate Pretends to Be Parent of Transgender Child in Call to Clinic
Republican Jeff Hoffmann recorded himself lying about his identity on a call with the Inova Pride Clinic, which offers medical care for transgender people
News4
By Drew Wilder, Northern Virginia Reporter
January 16, 2023


A candidate running for the Fairfax County School Board is receiving criticism for a video he shared on social media of himself pretending to be a parent of a transgender child.

Republican Jeff Hoffmann recorded himself lying about his identity on a call with the Inova Pride Clinic, which offers medical care for transgender people. Hoffmann seemingly made the recording in an attempt to draw connections between the school district and the clinic.

"I have a … I used to say beautiful boy. I'm the stepfather," he says to the receptionist during the phone call, which Hoffmann posted to Twitter.

During the phone call, Hoffmann positions himself as a concerned stepfather doing research about the clinic, but then pivots to making implications an LGBTQ ally group for school staff and students called FCPS Pride is sending students to the clinic for gender conversion therapy.

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Hoffmann told News4 by phone on Monday that he lied to the receptionist about having a transgender child in an attempt to get information about the clinic.

Yup, Republicans have no qualms about lying.

Here is what the station said on air,

Republican Jeff Hoffmann, who is campaigning for a seat on the Fairfax County School Board, recorded himself lying about his identity on a call with the Inova Pride Clinic, seemingly in an attempt to draw connections between the school district and the clinic. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

They have done this aggressive editing in the past, with ACORN, abortion clinics, and other trans healthcare clinics.