On Twitter, Flynn Follows Racists, Conspiracists, And Islamophobes

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On Twitter, Flynn Follows Racists, Conspiracists, And Islamophobes
December 12, 2016 9:41 pm


National Security Adviser-designate Michael T. Flynn has come under increasing fire. The retired general’s personal Twitter account and his son’s promotion of Twitter-based conspiracy theories about the Washington, D.C. pizzeria Comet Ping Pong are prompting renewed scrutiny of President-elect Trump’s pick for the top national security position in the White House.

A LobeLog review reveals that the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency follows Twitter accounts with profiles promoting white supremacy, anti-Muslim conspiracies, unsubstantiated claims about President Obama’s birthplace, and conspiracies about Comet, a fake news story. The latter ultimately led to the dismissal of Flynn’s son from the Trump transition team due to his promotion of unsubstantiated claims that the Washington pizzeria was the site of a child sex slave ring.

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But Flynn’s choice of what he follows on Twitter reveals raises serious questions about where the next national security adviser gets news about current events.

Flynn follows 2,212 other Twitter accounts, people whose Tweets presumably show up on his Twitter feed when he wants to catch up on social media-based news and analysis.

A search of the profiles of the accounts followed by Flynn reveals:

Over a dozen accounts with profiles containing anti-Muslim statements or urging a ban on the Islamic religion.
Five accounts with profiles containing anti-Sharia statements.
Four accounts with profiles containing “#PizzaGate.”
Four accounts with profiles referencing Counter-Jihad.
Three accounts with profiles containing “rapefugees.”
Two accounts with profiles containing “#WhiteGenocide.”

Flynn also follows an account with a profile containing language suspiciously close to that used by white supremacists.

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