Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Credibly Presents Dubious Memo Urging Migrants to Vote for Biden

Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo presented a memo on her broadcast this morning which purportedly urged migrants entering the U.S. illegally to vote for President Joe Biden. But serious questions have been raised about the authenticity of the memo — including by Fox News’ own border correspondent, who believes it was “fake or doctored.”

In an interview with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Sunday Morning Futures, Bartiromo asked about a memo — supposedly written by a small migrant aid group called Resource Center Matamoros — which urged migrants to vote Biden in November. However, multiple outlets have done extensive reporting on the flyer, which has raised questions about its authenticity. The Associated Press noted the flyer contained numerous grammatical errors and “appeared to include verbatim paragraphs from the organization’s English-language website that were translated into Spanish using online translation software.” NPR added that the flyer contained outdated contact information for Resource Center Matamoros.

And The New York Times reported on security footage outside the group’s office in Matamoros, Mexico — which showed Right-wing provocateurs Anthony and Joshua Rubin posing as volunteers for the group and trying to gain access to the building on April 15. Several hours later, per the Times, the memo was posted on social media by the conservative think tank the Heritage foundation — where it racked up more than nine million views. Speaking with the Times, Anthony Rubin acknowledged he his brother falsely identified themselves as volunteers, but denied planting the flyer. So too did Mike Howell — executive director of the Oversight Project, an arm of the Heritage Foundation which posted the flyer on social media.