hotair.com By John Sexton
Earlier today I pointed out that responses to a Washington Post article about the failed assassination attempt against President Trump by a left-wing person included a lot of people suggesting that maybe the whole thing was being faked. I wrote, “I suspect a surprising percentage of Democrats believe something like this about one or more of the assassination attempts against Trump.”
To the paper’s credit, the Washington Post didn’t ignore the conspiracy theorizing on the left. In fact, the paper has another story up this afternoon focusing on how common it is.
About six hours after a shooter stormed the White House correspondents’ dinner, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) suggested an alternative hypothesis: It was all a hoax.
“Has there ever been a president have this many close ‘attempts’ on their life?” Crockett wrote on Threads at 2:51 a.m. Sunday. “Maybe it’s lax gun laws, maybe it’s lack of mental health funding, or maybe it’s fake … who knows …”
Why is a congresswoman throwing out the idea that maybe the assassination was faked? Probably because she knows her audience. Lots of left-wing influencers were saying this. [emphasis added]
A popular theory claims that Trump staged the event to generate public support amid falling approval ratings and predicted Republican losses in the midterm elections. Some say it’s intended to build support for his ballroom project, which has come under criticism for bypassing congressional approval…
About a fifth of the left-wing and liberal influencers and politicians who posted about the shooting used conspiratorial language, according to a Post analysis of social media posts and podcasts.
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20% of Left-Wing Influencers Take the Conspiracy Path |
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