Darth Jar Jar theory debunked
It is confirmed it was Sheev who tricked Jar Jar, and not the other way around.
As a Senator for Naboo, Palpatine shared his people’s distrust of the Gungans who co-inhabited his homeworld. Despite a new understanding being established between the two peoples during the Trade Federation’s invasion of Naboo, he ruthlessly tricked Jar Jar Binks into convincing the Senate to grant him special wartime powers.
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Sheev is still MVP.