"Journalist" calls police on woman for celebrating Columbus day with her kid

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At first blush, this story seems so ludicrous that it can’t be true—and yet it appears to be. A reporter triggered by the thought of celebrating Columbus Day claims he tried to call Child Protective Services on a mother who was honoring it with her child—but get this, the “reporter” then claims the hotline won’t answer because it’s overburdened. Perhaps it’s overburdened because whackos like him are tying up the phone lines with idiotic calls?

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Here’s how it started: today, which many now call Indigenous Peoples Day, Virginia Senate Candidate Tina Ramirez tweeted, “Wishing you and your family a Happy Columbus Day!” Innocuous stuff for a candidate to say.

Blue-check Twitter user David Leavitt, who writes in his bio that he’s an “Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist” with bylines at CBS, AXS, Yahoo, and Examiner, was deeply triggered

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