There's just so many fact-free elements of this Christine Blasey Ford-Chuck Schumer conspiracy theoryhttps://t.co/QcSUZsE4kh
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 10, 2018
Category: Conspiracy theories
Carson’s crackpot theory
New: Trump HUD Secretary Ben Carson believes the Kavanaugh sexual assault allegations are part of a centuries old Socialist plot that began in England with something called the Fabian Society. https://t.co/ln3lGSlfC1
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) September 21, 2018
Majority of Trump voters believe his lie/conspiracy theory on Puerto Rico deaths
New HuffPost/YouGov poll: about a quarter of the public buys into Trump's conspiracy theory about hurricane deaths. Numbers remarkably consistent whether or not context (including his lack of basis for the claim) is provided. https://t.co/U9dRUA76pd pic.twitter.com/JAE6I0h1OE
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) September 18, 2018
Trump’s history of conspiracy theories
A running list of Trump’s conspiracy theories
President Trump claimed, without any evidence, that the estimated death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria was being inflated by his political enemies. Here's a look at Trump's embrace of other conspiracy theories. pic.twitter.com/vFMcwVspnX
— Hardball (@hardball) September 13, 2018
Trump’s conspiracy theories disputing official government findings/records:
-Puerto Rico death toll isn’t 3,000
-Millions voted illegally, all for Hillary
-Russia maybe didn’t interfere
-Obama maybe not born here
-Connecting vaccines and autism
-Climate change is a hoax
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 13, 2018
Trump’s latest conspiracy theory
The usual nonsense with no basis in fact – Trump is going after Google.
1. Watch Lou Dobbs
2. See conspiracy theory about Google News
3. Tweet to 54 million peoplehttps://t.co/uE5YALFVOB
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 28, 2018
Google responds to Trump, says no political motive in search results https://t.co/jYiy026voJ pic.twitter.com/74DaUCj4E8
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 28, 2018
Millions of illegal immigrants voting, South African farmers murdered en masse, Google’s anti-Trump news bias – the president keeps having his top officials investigate nonexistent things he believes. https://t.co/RUxyQhydrg
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 28, 2018
Larry Kudlow has no idea what he is talking about. We've held multiple hearings in @HouseJudiciary on this issue. 3 facts are clear:
-Algorithms not based on ideology.
-Algorithms respond to what people want to see
-First Amendment prevents regulating speech of private companies https://t.co/adySvS78yI— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 28, 2018
Dear @realDonaldTrump: You should read the First Amendment. @Google has the right to, for example, prioritize cute cat videos over weird Alex Jones rants.
If government tried to dictate the free speech algorithms of private companies, courts would strike it down in a nanosecond. https://t.co/C27IIzt6C1
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 28, 2018
Trump vaguely expanded on his based-on-nonsense morning complaint about Google, then said: "Google and Twitter and Facebook, they are really treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful." pic.twitter.com/9faZ8KGy5T
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 28, 2018
Without evidence, Trump reiterated claims about Google's search results, saying the company is "taking advantage of a lot of people."
Trump added that Google, Facebook and Twitter are "treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful" https://t.co/4ZYvyaA9mv pic.twitter.com/enXopOY7pM
— CNN (@CNN) August 28, 2018
The President of the United States just used the power of his office again today to attack yet another private company, and all the gutless Republicans once again have absolutely nothing to say.#Google
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 28, 2018
Trump administration considering regulating Google over partisan conspiracy theory https://t.co/qNL1C4z02P pic.twitter.com/pJCCiRx6bw
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) August 28, 2018
update
Trump's rage-googling of himself should be taken very, very seriously.
Trump is turning GOP voters against mechanisms of accountability that *are* working (media, Mueller) for purpose of maintaining the one that is *not* (the GOP Congress).
My new post:https://t.co/VuoPhKzs7X
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 28, 2018
Without evidence, Trump reiterated claims about Google's search results, saying the company is "taking advantage of a lot of people."
Trump added that Google, Facebook and Twitter are "treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful" https://t.co/4ZYvyaiyuX pic.twitter.com/hoPz25Pf3n
— CNN (@CNN) August 28, 2018
No evidence of Google tampering. Plenty of evidence of Russian hacking. Guess which one is considered "Fake News" by POTUS? https://t.co/0MxNWNtHPf
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) August 28, 2018
This is some crazy, grassy knoll, faked moon landing, Obama isn't American bullshit coming out of the Oval Office.
The President has -at best- a tenuous grip on reality. https://t.co/cIOYS6T4B4
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 28, 2018
Larry Kudlow and the White House should look at the First Amendment before wasting too much time on this unconstitutional project. https://t.co/AJbhNhanVj
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 28, 2018
https://t.co/TzE7hFwtQE pic.twitter.com/EN9zshU2lh
— Share the Facts (@sharethefact) August 29, 2018
Right wing conspiracy theorists harass small businesses
Secret message board drives 'pizzagate'-style harassment campaign of small businesses https://t.co/LlJZ77ZfO4
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 27, 2018
Impact of Alex Jones lies about Sandy Hook
In the 5 years since Noah Pozner was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, death threats and online harassment have forced his parents to relocate 7 times. “I would love to go see my son’s grave and I don’t get to do that," his mom said. https://t.co/P7273oZuyG
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) August 1, 2018
QAnon: a popular right-wing conspiracy theory
Trump and his supporters like conspiracy theories. This one is really bizarre and I can’t understand why anyone would believe it.
The wildest right-wing conspiracy theory showed up at a Trump rallyhttps://t.co/6AF82VuxDp
— Axios (@axios) August 1, 2018
from the article linked to in the tweet above”…the main idea behind the movement is that every other president before Trump was corrupt and involved in serious criminal activity. The military then recruited Trump to run for president in order to stop it.”
QAnon is the one conspiracy theory to rule them all https://t.co/AAFRWVTcLS pic.twitter.com/MPt7eDMHDp
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 1, 2018
What is QAnon? Well, do you remember Pizzagate? It's a little like that: a web of baseless conspiracy theories. https://t.co/vbTGVDJudb
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 1, 2018
Even if someone is killed, I have no faith whatsoever that President Trump would do a thing to change the tenor of his rallies. Nor will he ever try to quiet his fellow conspiracists. https://t.co/zbtLUqL8yf
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 1, 2018
"We are Q": Conspiracy cult leaps from the internet to the crowd at Trump's "MAGA" tour https://t.co/t3N7ydvIXX pic.twitter.com/L4WMo54KgM
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 1, 2018
"The president condemns and denounces any group that would incite violence against any individual." — Sarah Sanders on Qanon
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 1, 2018
There are a whole bunch of 'em… https://t.co/ixGxyT6DR5
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 31, 2018
— yobaba (@yoyobaba) August 1, 2018
As QAnon goes mainstream, Trump’s rallies are turning darker https://t.co/PhpYm9rF6d pic.twitter.com/p1xb3lWQWo
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 1, 2018
Front and center at Trump's Tuesday night rally: the letter Q, which refers to the leader of an online conspiracy involving satanism, pedophilia and Jews https://t.co/LBFMI4Dz6O
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 1, 2018
Can anyone recall another time when there was more conspiracy-mongering by supporters of the party in power than the party out of power? https://t.co/BfOKibGgHK
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 1, 2018
Opinion: What makes QAnon so scary https://t.co/OESTqNAYyA
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 2, 2018
One of the leading promoters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, a Youtuber who goes by the name Lionel, was invited to the White House to meet Trump. pic.twitter.com/xKSGoEeObW
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 24, 2018
QAnon is not just a harmless weird thing. Multiple QAnon believers have been in stand-offs with police. Trump meeting this guy gives the whole group credibility, and further unmoors a segment of voters from reality.
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 25, 2018
Conspiracy theorist shares Oval Office photo with Trump https://t.co/PY83WUfEEJ
— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) August 25, 2018
Shortly after a QAnon conspiracy theorist posed in the Oval Office for a photo with Trump, he tweeted about people having chips implanted in their skin as part of government mind control. https://t.co/PSFtcNjesZ
— Axios (@axios) August 27, 2018
QAnon believers are rejoicing over today's presidential text alert, which they see as a step towards Trump imposing martial law https://t.co/yt1LKJnTUB
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) October 3, 2018
update 11/17/18
QAnon’s true believers are devastated as the conspiracy theory goes down in flames https://t.co/eJPYCesyDE
— Salon (@Salon) November 16, 2018
update 1/4/19
Trouble in QAnon world. Praying Medic, a major QAnon promoter who has been retweeted by Hannity, is now urging disappointed believers not to focus so much on the mass arrests they were promised. pic.twitter.com/f2aup526ky
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 3, 2019
Another bigoted Trump appointee
NEW: Top Trump-appointee at Veterans Affairs spread conspiracy theories, made anti-Muslim comments https://t.co/3F0J7HMdun
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) July 24, 2018
Another voter fraud conspiracy theory
I bet Trump uses this to try to invalidate election results in border states if he doesn’t like them.
Tucker Carlson says that Mexico has been more successful at interfering in US elections and does it more routinely than Russia by "packing our electorate" pic.twitter.com/vYk0jyVFUZ
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) July 16, 2018
Sad! 