“Just forget about the evidence,” CEO and Trump supporter Mike Lindell said when confronted on his lies about election fraud
that false conspiracy theories about Trump and the election are fueling violent chatter among extremists online. And that chatter is “very similar” to what intel saw in the lead-up to the attack on the Capitol.Cohen said online comments such as “the system is broken,” “take action into our own hands” and “bring out the gallows,” went along with the narrative shared among believers that the presidential election was not legitimate.
“Concern from a law enforcement perspective is at a certain point in time, all of the conspiracy theories that point to a change occurring through process are going to sort of wear out,” Cohen said. “And the question is going to be, are people going to try to resort to violence in or in furtherance of that false narrative?”uptick in online calls for violence
if the former president isn’t reinstated as president. The bulletin said Lindell’s recent media blitz had been a driving factor behind some of the online chatter moving from extremist forums to “more public web forums.” “Some conspiracy theories associated with reinstating former President Trump have included calls for violence if desired outcomes are not realized,” theThe bulletin continued: “Over the last few days what has occurred is there’s been much more public visibility, meaning the discussions and these theories have migrated away from being contained within the conspiracy and extremist online communities, to where they’re being the topic of discussion on web forums, or more public web forums, and even...
These conspiracy theories have gone mainstream, and it’s largely thanks to hucksters like Lindell who continue to push Trump’s lies.
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