Right-wing influencers are breaking out bogus 'Antifa' conspiracy theories after Patriot Front membe

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Source: Business Insider

Right-wing influencers are breaking out bogus 'Antifa' conspiracy theories after Patriot Front members were arrested near an Idaho Pride event

Jake Epstein,Kieran Press-Reynolds
Tue, June 14, 2022, 4:38 PM·4 min read

Right-wing influencers and conspiracy theorists are peddling false narratives about "Antifa" and undercover federal agents after the dozens of extremist group Patriot Front members were arrested and accused of planning to riot near an Idaho Pride event.

Police in the northwest Idaho city of Coeur d'Alene arrested 31 individuals affiliated with Patriot Front — a white nationalist group — in a U-haul on Saturday after someone said they spotted them loading gear into the vehicle.

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Among those peddling baseless theories was former conservative Washington state lawmaker Matt Shea — who was expelled from the House Republican caucus after a 2019 investigation accused him of participating in and inciting political violence — claiming without evidence that the incident was an Antifa "ambush."

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Meanwhile, a few hours after the arrests, conservative outlet the Idaho Tribune tweeted that Coeur d'Alene police were "reportedly 'rounding up'" Antifa members — citing random tweets as its evidence. The tweet has spread on Telegram, being shared by at least two popular right-wing channels with over 70,000 and 40,000 followers, respectively.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/wing-influencers-breaking-bogus-antifa-203856611.html

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1. Desperate. I am reminded of the Wheel of Fortune, but in this case, each of the slots on

the wheel are the familiar boogie man issues that the republicans regularly pick when they want to avoid talking about their latest shortfall, latest mess that they made themselves, they spin the wheel and then start up talking points about that particular topic and hope that it takes.

My take on this is that it's getting really old, and not nearly as effective as they think it is.

After all, how many times have we all heard election fraud, voter fraud, etc. when disproven so many times? This is just one example.

I think too, that we're all sick and tired of tRUMP (I know I am, and I see republicans looking seriously at other non-tRUMP candidates too now, vs. tRUMP as a viable candidate).