Not everything you read online is true. You’d think that’s an obvious statement that goes without saying, but in these times of extreme factionalism — driven in no small part by Donald Trump’s mandates and his legion of loyalists in MAGA — you genuinely never know who is ragebaiting, who is grifting, and who is just very committed to the bit.
A TikTok influencer recently proved just how gullible people can be after allegedly finding a way to pull at the heartstrings of MAGA supporters and get them to send him money because he claimed he’d been shunned by his family over his politics.
