Posted on 02/26/2021 2:45:35 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
A faction of local, county and state Republican officials is pushing lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories that echo those that helped inspire the violent U.S. Capitol siege, online messaging that is spreading quickly through GOP ranks fueled by algorithms that boost extreme content.
The Associated Press reviewed public and private social media accounts of nearly 1,000 federal, state, and local elected and appointed Republican officials nationwide, many of whom have voiced support for the Jan. 6 insurrection or demanded that the 2020 presidential election be overturned, sometimes in deleted posts or now-removed online forums.
“Sham-peachment,” they say, and warn that “corporate America helped rig the election.” They call former president Donald Trump a “savior” who was robbed of a second term — despite no evidence — and President Joe Biden, a “thief.” “Patriots want answers,” they declare.
The bitter, combative rhetoric is helping the officials grow their constituencies on social media and gain outsized influence in their communities, city councils, county boards and state assemblies. And it exposes the GOP’s internal struggle over whether the party can include traditional conservative politicians, conspiracy theorists and militias as it builds its base for 2022.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
Associated Pravda
“Although Democrats have also used incendiary and aggressive language online, AP focused its research on the GOP because court documents show the overwhelming number of people arrested in association with the Capitol insurrection are longtime supporters of Trump, who has a huge Republican fan base even after leaving office.”
The AP makes sure they don’t fact check their base.
[Associated Pravda]
Ah, the AP returns to form; spreading lies for the DNC.
We did not lose every institution in America because we lost the election, we lost the election (count aside) because we lost the institutions and we lost the institutions on the issue of race.
But a secret army of White Supremacists hiding around every corner isn’t a conspiracy theory used to fire up the Democratic base? What a load of nonsense even from the AP.
Gonna have to get out my darkest shades, the gaslight is getting so bright.
They are masters at spinning words to fit their agenda.
“AP pushes hoax about capitol insurrection in effort to blacklist Trump supporters”
What the headline should actually be.
If only they spent half as much time investigating Antifa-BLM and their mayhem and destruction. They burned and looted city blocks to the ground, but not a peep into the pallet of bricks or the group funding. Funny that.
>>They call former president Donald Trump a “savior” who was robbed of a second term — despite no evidence
https://hereistheevidence.com/
You lie, AP.
That AP article is a nutty conspiracy theory. The little gang of wanna-be journalists is imagining things and getting hysterical.
Seems to me AP is violating the scope and dimension of Biden's sacrosanct "Equality Act."
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BTW, whatever happened to "Freedom of Association?"
REFERENCE: Freedom of association encompasses
<><> an individual's right to join or leave groups voluntarily,
<><> the right of the group to take collective action to pursue the interests of its members,
<><> and the right of an association to accept or decline membership based on certain criteria.
Freedom of Association is both an individual right and a collective right, guaranteed by all modern and democratic legal systems, including the United States Bill of Rights, article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and international law, including articles 20 and 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 22 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work by the International Labour Organization also ensures these rights.
I’ve long suspected that truth and reality were little more than conspiracies and lies.
/Gaslight, Inc.
Democrats in the media haven’t grown up enough to know that militias are products of their imaginations. There are no militias lurking under their beds or in their closets to gobble them up.
We have 3 more years and 11 more months of this AP "journalism".
The AP literally wants this COUNTRY DESTROYED...and they may well get their dream.
The enemedia outlets that participated in the censorship, news blackouts, and blatant spin since 2016 are all agencies of a customer that will always pay its bills - the US gubmint. They’ll always have the means to pay, as long as there are taxes to be squeezed from the targets.
Our youngest wants a word.
We have 100+ million people you are trying to get to be upset.
Stop it, because only 50 million will defend our ABILITY TO BE FREE AS THE REST CANNOT PHYSICALLY.
So we have 50 million active armed citizens.
And I am underage to vote but I can shoot the eye out of a bird at 50 yards with an air rifle, I am much better with a rifle.
Here is the part mom and our friends agree with as well.
You are in it for the money and power. We do not care
Bring it
You can make all the weird laws you like, try killing off 50 million of our parents because we have 40 million non voter underage reserves that will not let you rest for one second.
Get your super spies to come infiltrate, lol, if your not born in our county and we did not grow up with you, your gonna have a quick trip to a refuse patch.
If you think people can come from the cities and hurt us, bring it.
Your full of pig slop and you know it.
You got weapons we do not, so what, we got places you will never know about till after you hear the zip of a pointed statement on your ability to hurt us.
Back off the “white supremacy” rubbish, you know that yo best try harder to forget that rubbish, if you do not then you are going to meet black, brown, yellow, any color yo want, and they are not going to give you or your family one hoot of interest, You have declared war.
Mom and dad said I am aggressive, well, I and 45 million of my age are going to repay anything you try 100 fold.
We are not terrorists, we are Peace loving God Loving Americans. If you attack our Country and you attack our Freedom then you attack our Family, how many armed people do you think you can get from the TV and the fake news to get up aND FIGHT FACE TO FACE, MAYBE 5 MILLION AT BEST , and Your families are also Not granted exemption (had to look that up).
If you want it bring it, because we are the children of the Borg of Freedom, Not stupid or swayed by your fake rubbish on tv and chats.
No, I am not going to ask for Gods Blessing for you , because that would make me a liar.
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