Thread by @girlsreallyrule

In this @CNN video claiming to present the "average female viewer" we have:
✔︎Gina Sosa, failed GOP Trumper candidate for #FL27
✔︎Irina Villarino, Trump supporter and operative who helped with GOP tax bill
✔︎Lourdes Castillo de la Peña, Ted Cruz operative and fundraiser 1/

.@GinaSosa, second from the right, is a tremendously unsuccessful GOP politician that got less than 2% of the primary vote in #FL27 who is working hard for any relevance within the party. huffingtonpost.com/entry/candidat… 2/

Irina Villarino, seated in the middle, is a Trump supporter. In the attached article and below, she is pictured sitting immediately to Trump's left in GOP tax bill roundtables set up to help propel the GOP with small business owners in FL. diariolasamericas.com/florida/presid… 3/

Lourdes Castillo de la Peña, second from the left in the white sweater, is a Republican operative from Miami who is very active in the GOP and who worked on Ted Cruz's campaign and hosted a $1000/plate luncheon as a fundraiser. miamiherald.com/news/politics-… 4/

Also seeing, (no confirmation yet) that the other two women are also GOP plants. It took minutes for twitter to get this info.

Did @CNN not research at all or did they intentionally present GOP operatives as the "ordinary woman" to stir the pot and get ratings? 5/

Until @CNN explains exactly why they showed such disregard to victims with this salacious segment, I can only guess it's because they are incompetent or trying to get traction or both. I won't be watching #CNN until they explain and correct it-I hope you will do the same. 6/

Shout out to @realshawnbrandt for his background info-I'm sure there are others putting it out, but I was working off of his posts. Thank you, Shawn.

UPDATE: The woman in the grey suit on the far right (no pun intended) is also very active with the GOP political scene in Miami. Her name is Angela Vasquez and she's the past President of Women's Republican Club of Miami. Here is the link to that group: wrcmf.org/leadership.html