In theory, Royce White is the Trump-endorsed senate hopeful who purports to be running against Senator Amy Klobuchar. In practice, however, he's just being an attention-getting whore for Trump in a race that would otherwise be ignored. So, as here, what looks stupid to the rest of us is more or less what they want Royce White to do, get his name in the news and share stories that benefit Donald Trump whether they have any basis in reality or not.
Source: Daily Beast
Embattled GOP-endorsed Senate hopeful Royce White was caught in yet another embarrassing moment Tuesday when he blindly posted a map of “out of control” crime in Minneapolis that was actually a map of... the city’s public water fountains.
White, a 33-year-old retired NBA player who was recently accused of dropping $1,200 of campaign funds at a Miami strip club, appeared to have ripped the graphic from another account on X who had shared it sarcastically. It showed dozens of green dots, which indicated working fountains, and a handful of red and yellow dots, which signified those broken and being repaired across Minneapolis.
Apparently, White thought the dots indicated different levels of crime across the city and shared it with the caption, “Crime in Minneapolis... Out of control. Come on now. Refund the Police!”
White’s gaffe was instantly called out, and he took the post down. Not long after, however, he made another post—this time attaching an actual crime map for Minneapolis—with the same caption.
In reality though, crime statistics from the city of Minneapolis show that crime metrics are down across the board from 2023, and below a three-year average.
