Posted on 02/05/2019 1:17:21 PM PST by conservative98
You would think Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appearing at a public event would be enough to squash baseless conspiracy theories that she's secretly dead. But you'd be wrong.
On Monday, Ginsburg appeared in public for the first time since her cancer surgery, going to a concert held in her honor at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington. This event, and Ginsburg's appearance, was widely reported on by outlets like The Washington Post, The Associated Press, and CNN.
In spite of this, conspiracy theorists continued to latch on to their evidence-free claims that Ginsburg has actually died. On The_Donald, the pro-Trump Reddit community with more than 700,000 users, one of the top posts on Tuesday doubted the reports because "there are no pics of her."AP had reported photography wasn't allowed at the event. Several popular comments asserted that nobody saw Ginsburg at the event, despite the Post making clear that many people did see her, including the Post reporter himself.
On Twitter, links to news articles about Ginsburg's appearance similarly faced skeptical replies, including from one user whose smoking gun was that the photo used of Ginsburg in CNN's report was not from the event, even though CNN never claimed it was and clearly captioned the picture as being from April 2017.
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But we have to believe Trump is a Russian spy? Screw them. I say, don’t trust and verify.
Well, it’s not like CNN, the New York Times, etc. would conspire to mislead the American public, now is it??
If she was dead, how could you tell?
Oh ,just like Hillary
If the only evidence is that it was reported by the WaPo and CNN then she’s probably dead.
Yeah, and Elvis was spotted just this morning.
No one really believes she’s assumed room temp yet, but the progressives have a long and (un)distinguished record of lying.
So, put up (a believable picture) or shut up, progs.
On Monday, Ginsburg appeared in public for the first time since her cancer surgery, going to a concert held in her honor at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington. This event, and Ginsburg’s appearance, was widely reported on by outlets like The Washington Post, The Associated Press, and CNN.
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Widely reported but nobody saw her.
Our standards are better than Fake News.
Didn’t she sit in the back of were it was dark.
LOL! Did they pour RBG into a van as well?
We need pictures of her holding a newspaper with a clear headline and date
Keep trying, CNN and WAPO...When it does catch up to you, and it will, you’ll sink like rock....
Yep! Pics or it didn’t happen
I bet she doesn’t show up at the big speech tonight. Maybe all the democrats will dress in her usual outfit with the black robe and white lacey thingy around her neck.
That was her double at the concert. The double will be alive, well, walking 1 mile per day, and meeting with her personal trainer until 2020. The clerks at the court are sworn to secrecy. How is that for a conspiracy theory?
She has been calling in sick for a month. And now she is out on the town. Stop the slacker’s paycheck.
By their standards, I can report I attended the Oscars, Emmys and Grammys last year.
If she can attend a concert, she can attend the SOTU and Supreme Court meetings....
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