STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION! THERE WAS *NO* VOTE ON THE SAVE ACT THIS WEEK. OR LAST WEEK!! I CONFIRMED THIS *WITH THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN*!!

Guys, I *just* got off the phone with the Senate Parliamentarian. There was *no* vote on the SAVE Act this week, or even this month. The Senate Parliamentarian just told me, and I quote:

“The last vote on that was March 26th, it was a failed vote.”

They also said, when I told them I was calling because I was trying to combat some misinformation ricocheting around the Internet: “Misinformation on the Internet? Go figure.”

Good to know that the Senate Parliamentarian has a sense of humour (they would *have* to, right?)

Put simply, the information that the SAVE Act was defeated yesterday is pure social media misinformation. The last vote on the SAVE Act was last month.

So just where did this misinformation come from? Well, it originated with something that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) posted yesterday. You see, they *posted yesterday* about *last month’s* vote. WHY they waited nearly a month to post about *last month’s vote on the SAVE Act* is beyond me. It must have been a slow news day for them.

So, yes, the SAVE Act *was* defeated (again, for now), but not yesterday, way back on March 26th. But boyhowdy are a bunch of social media accounts making social media clickbait hay with that misinformation, right?

And, if I may do a bit of a brag, yes, I am the *only* person who seems to have bothered to check this out before spreading the misinformation. Again.

I will *always* confirm something before sharing it.

Period.

The buck stops here.



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