Via Free Beacon:
David Hogg, a 17-year-old high school senior who survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, exaggerated National Rifle Association donations during a speech Saturday in an attempt to slam Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.).
Hogg opened his “March For Our Lives” rally speech by signaling out the Florida senator and placing a bright orange $1.05 price tag on the lectern, a figure that he said represented how much Rubio “took for every student’s life in Florida.”
“First off, I’m going to start off by putting this price tag right here as a reminder for you guys to know how much Marco Rubio took for every student’s life in Florida,” Hogg said.
The $1.05 figure was calculated by taking the inflated figure on the “March For Our Lives” website and dividing it by the number of students enrolled in public and private schools in Florida.
The Washington Free Beacon previously reported on how media outlets were exaggerating the amount of money that Republicans had received, conflating independent expenditures and donations.