Thursday, June 19, 2025

How the right spread ‘brutal and cruel’ misinformation after Minnesota lawmaker killings | Minnesota | The Guardian

Rightwing social media personality Mike Cernovich, with 1.5 million followers, escalated the lie by suggesting Walz ordered the assassination. He hasn't taken the post down and has continued to advance the claims, posting on Monday that "Democrats know they are now seen as the party of political violence so their propaganda agents are trying to shift the blame. It won't work." 

 Laura Loomer, the far-right conspiracy theorist and Trump whisperer, posted that "Walz's goons are now assassinating lawmakers who support legislation Walz opposes" and called the Democratic party "a terrorist organization". Loomer and others on the right also tried to tie Boelter to the "No Kings" protests against the Trump administration. Officials found rudimentary signs in the suspect's vehicle that said "No Kings", an indication he knew of the event, not that he would attend it as a protester...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/minnesota-lawmaker-killings-misinformation-rightwing 


 

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