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EarlG

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7. Is this a trial balloon for mainstreaming the conspiracy theory that Navalny was murdered by the CIA?
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 10:50 AM
Feb 2024

Laura Loomer on Twitter 3 days ago:



Did Biden have the CIA kill #Navalny
as a last ditch effort to pressure US lawmakers into passing the supplemental Ukraine Aid package?

Seems like something Biden would do.

Just being honest.

You know y’all are thinking the same exact thing.

I just happened to say it. 😉

Last month:

Trump's embrace of far-right activist Laura Loomer worries his allies

Earlier this month, Loomer, who has promoted conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and several mass shootings, rode with Trump aboard his plane on a trip to Iowa, and she has suggested she would like to serve as Trump’s press secretary during a second term.

This summer, he appeared with Loomer in a video at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club in which he described her as “really very special.” And, as The New York Times reported in April, Trump called on campaign aides to hire Loomer for an official role on the campaign, only for a high-ranking campaign official to shut down the hiring after the story was published.

Last month, Trump promoted a video on his Truth Social account of Loomer telling an interviewer she once told a former romantic partner who thought she was too focused on Trump that they needed to understand that Trump was her first priority.

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I'm sure "CIA murdered Navalny" has been whispered in Trump's ear repeatedly over the last few days. In the quote in the OP he segues directly from mentioning Navalny to talking about "what is happening in our country" and then goes on about radical leftists and the deep state. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't start directly suggesting that the U.S. is responsible for Navalny's death soon.

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