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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Misinformation spikes as Trump confirms COVID-19 diagnosis
By AMANDA SEITZ and BEATRICE DUPUY CHICAGO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Busby
Really? Trump said they are "people that love our country".....
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-qanon-conspiracy-theory-first-time
I guess you believe Trump loves far-left boogeymen....
OK....
Blacklabel
i have no idea what that Qanon really is other than some type of far left boogeymen. It’s not a group has no leader or organization. Just a “myth” or an “idea” I guess?
Busby
Uh-huh....the question was do you agree with QAnon? Yes or no...
stormcrow
It looks like the rumors and conspiracy theories in regard to POTUS & FLOTUS and COVID-19 are due in part to the lack of transparency of this administration in reporting what the hell is going on. Of course speculation is going to run rampant in such an environment.
Jimizo
It’s coming from the top. The leader of the country has mainstreamed quite a few of them among his supporters.
Busby
This is QAnon - one of Trump's most loyal groups....
So you think they are just a bunch of kooks selling wacky conspiracy theories?
bass4funk
Why is it that people always want to dive into wackiness conspiracy theories.
*Busby
And as if one cue.....
After Trump's announcement of his positive test, believers in QAnon sought to decode the wording of his tweet as a sign that the president was poised to arrest former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for her role in the made-up scandal of the sex trafficking ring. They suggested, without evidence, that Trump actually doesn't have the virus at all but was sending a message that he's about to go on a mission to root out the "evil cabal." Trump's role in rooting out the fabricated cabal is a central theme of the theory.
I assume all the Trump supporters here agree with this?
u_s__reamer
It's ironic that by falling victim to the virus himself Trump will have started saving lives for a change as his more gullible followers finally wake up to the reality of this pandemic that brings sickness and death to anyone who crosses its path. Now millions more will get it: from now on Covid-19 will no longer be "a hoax".
rcch
actually the idea crossed my mind for one second, the fact that he could be lying to gain sympathy, skip the debates, etcetera. “a secret “plan” that only a few people know about”. because with Trump, we never know what to expect. but.................. no!
PTownsend
A situation even riper for the Qanon/internet research agency/50-cent-army/Bannon etc. crowds to push wild stories. How long until we read one of them claim it was 'the media', 'deep state', libs/dems, Obama etc. behind Trump contracting the virus. The Trump era is the post-truth era. The US and even the world suffer from all the 'intentional misinformations' spewed by Trump and his backers in the global alt right.
The Avenger
We have no idea what's really going on. He could be lying about being positive, he could be lying about his symptoms -- I have zero confidence in anything they say.
What we cannot tune out from is VOTING.
Every.... single.... election. Local, state and federal.
Judges, school boards, attorneys general, secretary of state, prosecutors, governors. If local and state governments are going to have to "go it alone", then we need Democrats at every level.