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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/trump-supporters-coronavirus-conspiraciesTrump Supporters Have a Predictably Insane Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory
Apparently this all ties back to the Russia investigation.
By Bess Levin
February 27, 2020
Theres an old saying in politics that goes Lets not stereotype anyone, but Donald Trump attracts some real wack jobs. Data points that support this maxim include but are not limited to: the belief among some Trump supporters that God chose the former real estate developer to be president; the belief that an established pathological liar is the most honest man in politics; and the belief that if hed just had three fewer Big Macs over the last few years, he couldve lived to be 200. Of course, theres nothing like the threat of a global pandemic to get already credulous people extra riled up, so now we can add the belief that the deep state is using the coronavirus to take down the president.
Politico reports that a number of Trump supporters are pretty sure theyve uncovered a smoking gun that supports their theory that there is a concerted effort by traitors in the government to weaponize the disease against the president and, apparently, all ties back to the Mueller report. Yes:
The likes of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh and Jim Hoft, publisher of the Gateway Pundit, a conspiratorial, pro-Trump site, have seized on the sibling connection, as have a large number of anonymous Twitter accounts. Rod Rosenstein as we all know definitely worked to undermine the Trump administration, which is oddly exactly what his sister is doing by undermining the more logical and calm message the presidents team has issued on the virus, charged conservative pundit Wayne Dupree in a Wednesday blog post.
Of course, theres no evidence whatsoever that health officials like Messonnier have been overstating the threat of the virus, yet a considerable amount suggesting that Trump has downplayed the situation so as to avoid upsetting financial markets. Ive heard people jumping on Nancy Messonnier because she told us the truth: that its not a matter of if but when, Representative Tom Cole told reporters on Wednesday, according to Politico. Isnt that what you want to hear instead of some pie in the sky? Apparently, not so much!
In addition to putting two and two together re: Messonnierwho, unlike the president and newly minted coronavirus czar Mike Pence, is an actual doctor who has never helped cause an HIV outbreak that we know ofsupporters like Limbaugh have also fingered the media for the inside job. On Monday, the Medal of Freedom recipient told his listeners: It looks like the coronavirus is being weaponized as yet another element to bring down Donald Trump, adding, Now, I want to tell you the truth about the coronavirus The coronavirus is the common cold, folks. The Drive-By Media hype of this thing as a pandemic, as the Andromeda strain, as, Oh, my God, if you get it, youre dead...I think the survival rate is 98%. Ninety-eight percent of people get the coronavirus survive I believe the way its being weaponized is by virtue of the media, and I think that it is an effort to bring down Trump, and one of the ways its being used to do this is to scare the investors, to scare people in business. Its to scare people into not buying Treasury bills at auctions. Its to scare people into leaving, cashing out of the stock marketand sure enough, as the show began today, the stock marketthe Dow Jones Industrial Averagewas down about 900 points, supposedly because of the latest news about the spread of the coronavirus.
Perhaps now that its all been laid out as plain as day, youll begin to understand.
Wounded Bear
(58,751 posts)Yep, we're just dancing in the streets celebrating the world going to hell because it makes Trump look bad.
This is the same guy who posted a troll thread about how much he was enjoying how all us Libtards are freaking out over Trump destroying the government. Yep, one of those. Loving the reality TV aspect of Trumpism.
phatkatt
(1,376 posts)...when a Dem is pres.
woodsprite
(11,931 posts)the country for the "libtards", with absolutely no thought to the fact the country being destroyed will affect us all - including the stupid ass conservative fundigelical mouth-breathers.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)They sit in the RED section in Congress and also have positions in the Executive Branch. There are 6 more in the Supreme Court.
They're channeling insane Joe McCarthy, who was right once in his life: "Better dead than red."
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Don't even go out and look at the amounts of wacky that are going more public. I mean, it's not just dubious beliefs, it's a Pandora's Box of regression into the days of superstition.
Can we sum up that the message is that placating Wall St. is now more important than public health and safety when there is a potential crisis or pandemic? A pandemic will be politicized at all costs? That's comforting and reassuring and the irony of it is that it, in turn, sounds so wacky that it resembles a conspiracy theory itself.
If somebody said things would be like the above article suggest, we might have looked askance and wrote them of as a paranoid conspiracy buff. Some conspiracies are true and they do leave evidence and that's the difference from the wild, unsubstantiated belief systems of conspiracy theorists, for whom, anything goes.
Trump is now compromising our confidence in our government's response to potential health crises and so, he again proving he is also a crises, a disease, a virus. America is getting sick in another way.
safeinOhio
(32,736 posts)figures into this?
mmbrevo
(123 posts)Putin released the virus. He already has the vaccine. I have no evidence of course, but that's my theory.
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)That's because they know they can get the sheep to believe nearly anything, even if there's no basis behind it.