QAnon AZ Senate Candidate Claims Migrants Are Given Cell Phones, Plane Tickets, And $5000 Visa Debit Cards

Media Matters reports:

Right-wing media outlets are amplifying a long-debunked myth that all people who migrate to the United States are getting prepaid debit cards loaded with $5,000. The claim resurfaced thanks to Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, who made the charges on Fox News and on X (formerly Twitter) in a post that also included a link to a donations page for his Senate run.

“These folks you’re seeing, a lot of these folks from Africa, China, all these people coming across, they’re going to get processed, and once they get processed, our government is going to give them a cell phone, they’re going to give them a plane ticket to where they want to go in this country, and they are going to give them a Visa card with $5,000 on it,” Lamb said.

“While American families are struggling to pay bills to keep their lights on, to keep the rent paid, and put presents under the Christmas tree, our government is going to give people who came into this country illegally a phone, plane ticket, and $5,000 gift card.”

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Lamb is running against Vaseline Woman.

RELATED: You may recall that Mark Lamb’s predecessor was homocon Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babue, who launched two failed bids for Congress after being exposed for threatening to deport his Mexico-born ex-boyfriend if the ex-boyfriend were to out him. In 2014, Babeu led a mob of raging teabaggers as they screamed abuse at migrant children being transported on federal buses.