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Crypto runs with fake Kamala Harris-Gary Gensler news

Bitcoin Magazine, Wendy O, Mario Nawfal, Wayne Vaughan, and other influencers revealed the disturbing extent of crypto’s pro-Donald Trump bias by brazenly publishing fake news about US Presidential candidate Kamala Harris. The news was a supposed scoop that Harris would, if elected President, nominate Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler as US Treasury Secretary. However, she has never said that. Indeed, multiple members of Congress familiar with Harris’ shortlist of treasury secretary candidates have pointed out that her supposed selection of Gary Gensler was false. But, undeterred by fact checks, the influencers in question refused to remove their debunked posts. Crypto fans retweeted the fake news thousands of times, clicked the Like button over 2,600 times on Bitcoin Magazine’s tweet alone, and amplified the lie to millions of additional views. JUST IN – Kamala Harris considering Gary Gensler for Treasury Secretary if elected: Senate sources pic....