"I have talked to both her and Larry concerning her Facebook posts," Knezovich says. How liberal activist Nicolette Ocheltree went from warning Spokane about Jonathan Bingle to working for him Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich says he hasn't seen Lesley Haskell's recent posts, but has expressed serious concerns about some of her social media comments in the past. Earlier this month, she declined an interview request about her attacks on Spokane City Councilman Jonathan Bingle for hiring a left-wing legislative council aide, saying she would only do the interview if the Inlander agreed to endorse her husband. Lesley Haskell initially replied to a Facebook message requesting a comment from the Inlander, but then deleted her reply. I acknowledged that she is a strong-willed person who will speak her mind. "In a previous discussion regarding my wife's social media postings, I stated such were hers, and hers alone. In a right shared by everyone, I fully recognize my wife's right to express her thoughts," Larry Haskell wrote. "The Inlander recently made me aware of social media comments attributed to my wife, which the Inlander finds concerning. Haskell did not respond to any of the Inlander's specific questions, but sent over a statement. The Inlander specifically noted that the question wasn't about his wife's legal right to express her opinion, but how he responded. In an interview request, the Inlander asked Larry Haskell whether his wife had expressed similar sentiments to him, whether he agreed with the sentiments, and whether he pushed back and tried to convince her she was wrong. She declares she will never support a "mentally-ill" " transgender" for public office, no matter their politics. She reposts a Gab post that claims that after Black people are done helping "the regime" destroy "heritage America" they will have " only rap music, Nike shoes, abortions, and Marxist theory" left. ![]() In one such image, Haskell appeared to be joking that White culture was the "Ku Klux Klan." But a closer examination by the Inlander showed that Lesley Haskell appeared to be posting left-wing memes she felt were racist against W hite people, in order to argue that Facebook was being inconsistent about which racist memes they banned.īut the Inlander was able to confirm numerous other incendiary posts on Facebook and Gab.Īnti-vaccine conspiracy posts are common. She posts a picture of herself calling the COVID-19 pandemic the " Scamdemic." She shares a post claiming that " Globohomo" is after your kids. Some of the screenshots the site shared were taken out of context. The site has already made waves on the local Spokane subreddit. Her husband, the site noted, is up for re-election this year. ![]() Matt Shea, posted a deep tranche of potentially more incendiary posts from Lesley Haskell. 'I Do Not Trust Muzlims': Comments by the wife of Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell have raised questions about his office's impartiality But this week, "Meet Matt Shea," a site that had been dedicated to attacking former far-right Washington state Rep.
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