'No one falls for your act': GOP lawmaker's election claim spurs immediate scorn

A Republican senator shared an unsourced Trump Team talking point on social media Wednesday and faced immediate accusations that he had made the whole thing up.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) suggested on X Wednesday morning that a liberal "meltdown" was the reason Vice President Kamala Harris chose running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) over Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA).

"So I hear Kamala had chosen SHAPIRO last week - but the lefty Dems had a meltdown," Hawley wrote. "So she caved and went with Gov.