Trump's 'plane loaded with thugs' conspiracy theory matches months-old rumor
Source: nbc
Evidence-free social media posts about groups of people coming to terrorize suburbs have thrived in recent months, inspiring some people to arm themselves.
The conspiracy theory that President Donald Trump pushed on Monday that a plane “almost completely loaded with thugs” was set to disrupt protests was almost identical to a rumor that went viral on Facebook three months ago.
In an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Trump claimed that “we had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend, and in the plane it was almost completely loaded with thugs, wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear and this and that.”
He then claimed the matter was “under investigation right now.”
There is no evidence of any such flight. When Ingraham asked for more information about the flight, the president said, "I'll tell you sometime."
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I really do not know what it will take to get the Repugs to realize that Trump has gone off the deep edge.
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“A plane full of thugs headed to Washington”
Must have been Air Force 1 returning from a golf outing.
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It's always been so disheartening that the so-called news outlets, more often than not, let the lies slide.
They already know this. They've known it for a long while. A good number of them loathe him, even as they work with him to achieve their agenda of one party rule. They are one election away from their goal.
