MAGA crusade over poll worker’s bloody shirt ends in humiliation as viral gotcha goes bust
A viral photo that sent right-wing influencers into an Election Day frenzy had a far less sinister explanation than they claimed.
The photo, which the right-wing Alpha News reported a voter took Saturday at a polling site in Rogers, Minnesota, shows an election judge wearing a "Problem Solved" T-shirt streaked with fake blood. On Tuesday, the city said the judge wore it as Halloween attire with "absolutely no political message or intent" behind it. Officials added that the judge gave them permission to disclose that they serve as one of the city's Republican election judges under a state party-balance requirement.
Before the city weighed in, a parade of conservative voices demanded punishment. "This person should be in handcuffs on federal charges," right-wing Daily Wire commentator Matt Walsh posted on X, adding that it "should be the kind of decision that ruins her life" and urging the Justice Department to act "immediately."...