Schumer PAC Peddles Fake Farm Bureau Email in Attack on Ernst

A super PAC aligned with Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) pushed a fake email claiming the Iowa Farm Bureau had rescinded its endorsement of Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa).

In a now-deleted tweet, Senate Majority PAC communications director Rachel Irwin said the Farm Bureau "is pulling its endorsement of Joni Ernst, telling its members not to vote for her."

The Sunday tweet cited a supposed Farm Bureau email—which an anonymous account first shared as a "rumor"—saying Ernst would "no longer receive the extensive backing of Farm Bureau and its partners."