Border Patrol Commander fell for fake news
It has been a tough few days for Greg Bovino, who was reassigned from Minneapolis after a tragic few weeks.
To add to the tough times, the Daily Beast reports that Bovino was tricked by a fake news story posted by a QAnon social media account shortly before getting demoted. The Border Patrol “commander-at-large” was duped on January 25 by a social media post that said rock star Ted Nugent had pledged $100,000 to feed ICE agents in Minnesota. Bovino engaged with the post on X during his last full day leading Minnesota’s federal immigration enforcement operations.
The story originated from the Facebook page “America’s Last Line of Defense,” which posts conservative-leaning satire. All of their posts are watermarked with a logo reading “Nothing on this page is real.” The phony post includes a Nugent quote from a Fox News interview that never occurred.
