Fake news? That didn't stop Sid Miller from spreading it

A Texas official spread a debunked story of a cross-border attack on hunters.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller keeps getting rapped on the knuckles for his penchant for spreading fake news stories. After a shooting at a hunting camp in West Texas, he did it again. less A Texas official spread a debunked story of a cross-border attack on hunters.

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Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has been rapped on the knuckles before about spreading fake news stories.

It didn't do much good.

Miller posted a story to his campaign's Facebook page about three hunters attacked by Mexican immigrants while camping near Candelaria earlier this month. It had all the elements of a sensational piece, especially for someone who backs hard-core immigration laws.

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The hunters, New Mexico hunting guide Walker Daugherty, 26, Florida chiropractor Dr. Edwin Roberts and Michael Bryant, each suffered gunshot wounds and told a tale of being attacked in an attempt to steal the RV the group was using.

But, the Presidio County Sheriff Office reached the conclusion on Friday that the three hunters shot each other.

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And, it isn't like that information comes out of the blue. Sheriff Danny Dominguez said early on in the investigation that there was no evidence of cross-border attack and such incidents are rare.

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That didn't stop Miller, who has been considered for a spot in Donald Trump's administration, from spreading the story.

“This is why we need the wall and to secure our borders,” Miller wrote in a post that was shared more than 6,500 times. “There are violent criminals and members of drug cartels coming in and it must put a stop to it [sic] before we have many more Walker Daughertys.”

A spokesman for Miller's campaign, Todd Smith, told The Marfa Big Bend Sentinel/Presidio International that family members of the people shot sent the story along with a request to share it and asking for prayers.

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Smith said no one told them the story was untrue and that prayers are still needed.

The Sheriff's Office said the investigation is ongoing, but the evidence - and lack thereof - points to a friendly fire incident on a hunting trip that went very, very wrong.

Wrong, just like Miller's use of the incident for political purposes.

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