Don Jr., Ted Cruz shared Russian misinformation on Black Lives Matter - Business Insider

Russia looks to have succeeded in seeding one of its first viral misinformation hits in the run-up to the presidential election. On August 1, Donald Trump Jr., Sen. Ted Cruz, Newt Gingrich, and other high-profile right-wing and Republican figures shared the news, based on a video, that Black Lives Matter protesters had burned "a stack of Bibles" in front of a courthouse in Portland. https://www.businessinsider.com/don-jr-ted-cruz-russia-misinformation-protesters-burning-bibles-2020-8