Here's the first half of the batshit OANN segment Trump just tweeted. It alleges the 75 year old man assaulted by Buffalo police officers was an antifa operative, based on a report from Conservative Treehouse.
Here's the rest of it, which says that media are "fan[ning] the flames of national unrest" by promoting this "far-left provocation" to hurt Trump and help China.
The report is by Kristian Rouz, a Russian national also on the payroll of the Kremlin’s official propaganda outlet, Sputnik: thedailybeast.com/oan-trumps-new…
The report is by Kristian Rouz, a Russian national also on the payroll of the Kremlin’s official propaganda outlet, Sputnik:
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He previously produced this gem:
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He previously produced this gem:
OAN first reported on this conspiracy theory Sunday afternoon in the below newsbrief. Rouz' report first aired that night, and has been in the network's rotation the last few days.
More on this here:
Oh right.
Left, OAN, 4:17 a.m.
Right, Trump, 8:34 a.m.
Left, OAN, 4:17 a.m.
Right, Trump, 8:34 a.m.
This is at least the third time the president has tweeted a conspiracy theory from OAN.
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Jesus fucking Christ, the RNC is leaning into it -- using an article that describes the "set-up" notion the president is pushing as a "conspiracy theory" ibtimes.sg/martin-gugino-…
The official position of the president of the United States and the Republican Party is that the 75-year-old man who was knocked to the ground by police officers in video all of us saw had it coming, just wild stuff.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says Trump was raising "questions that need to be asked" in alleging that the 75-year-old protester pushed to the ground by Buffalo police was an "antifa provacateur," because she's a ridiculous hack.
