I hope everyone had a better weekend than Abby Broyles!
What started early last week as a few clandestine tips about her going full drunken mean girl at a tween Valentine's sleepover emerged into a national clickbait tabloid political scandal over the weekend.
Last night, I hopped on Fox News – a morbid Sunday night tradition where I take a glimpse at right-wing propaganda – and underneath the main story on the front page was this...
Yikes. This isn't the only place the scandalous story has emerged. It made the national tabloid news circuit, liberal and conservative political websites, and was the vaunted "Lede of the Day" in the Politico Playbook:
LEDE OF THE DAY — “ABBY BROYLES, an Oklahoma City Democrat running for Congress, said Friday that a combination of medication and alcohol led to a bizarre scene last weekend in which she allegedly insulted young girls at a slumber party and threw up at least twice,” reports Chris Casteel for The Oklahoman.