Category: Conspiracy theories

Another conspiracy theory bites the dust

 

Pizzagate-style conspiracy theory about the Red Hen

It figures that a right wing extremist would make this up.  I expect Trump, Jr. to retweet it.

There was no massive amount of illegal voting in New Hampshire

I expect Trump to claim there is voter fraud in the 2018 elections, especially in critical states for the House such as Pennsylvania and California.

 

 

 

A really outrageous lie about George Soros

This fact check notes: ” George Soros has frequently been the target of smear campaigns, none more odious than the persistent — and false — claim that Soros, a Jew, was a Nazi sympathizer, collaborator, and/or paramilitary officer during World War II.”

Keep in mind that Soros was only 14 when the war ended!

Roseanne Barr tweeted this lie.

Sad!

Many Republicans believe in massive voter fraud

This article cites a poll that indicates that “Forty-eight percent of Republicans said they believe between 3 million and 5 million people voted illegally in 2016.”

Even “Just under one-quarter of Democrats said they believed the allegations that millions of votes were cast illegally…”

The article links to a Quinnipiac poll from 2017 (question 78).

The poll found that 50% of Republicans, 24% of Independents, and 14% of Democrats believed there were 3-4 million illegal votes.

For more background on why this theory is nonsense, read this.

I am concerned that Trump will again claim there were illegal votes if the Democrats win the House and/or Senate this year.  Trump has already said recently there were millions of illegal votes in California and there are false claims of illegal votes in Pennsylvania.  These are the two states most critical for Democrats to gain seats in to win the House.  I am afraid Trump will try to invalidate the results if the Democrats win.  This is what his dictator pals would do.

Sad!

Trump’s outrageous claim about the FBI

Remember when Trump said that Obama wiretapped him?  This was a lie with no supporting evidence.  Trump has done it again with his claim that the FBI embedded someone in his campaign.  This is another baseless claim designed to take attention away from the actual activities of the Trump campaign.

Think about it:

  1. The FBI was investigating Clinton’s emails during the campaign.  Comey made two public statement which contributed to Clinton’s loss in the election.
  2. The FBI was investigating the Trump’s campaign’s contacts with Russia (an enemy of the US) during the campaign.  The FBI said nothing about this during the campaign.  Neither did President Obama.

If the FBI and Obama wanted to hurt Trump and help Clinton, they would have said something before the election about the connections between Russia and the Trump campaign.  They didn’t.  The facts are the opposite of Trump’s outrageous claim since their inaction helped Trump.

Sad!

Update:  Here’s a great tweet: