Right Wingers Emit Blizzard of Conspiracy Theories to Excuse Trump’s Debate Loss
We’ve been watching our Twitter feed in awe today, as right wing pundits and hacks and randos pump out one conspiracy theory after another to explain why Hillary Clinton beat the pants off their hero Donald Trump in the first presidential debate.
The perennial “she was wearing an earphone” theory:
Hillary Clinton May Have Been Wearing A Wire And Earpiece During Presidential Debate https://t.co/xRN2Yi8Cxr pic.twitter.com/Qe8vmOIBRm
— PolitiCompass (@PolitiCompass) September 28, 2016
Here we go with this moronic bullshit again. @PolitiCompass https://t.co/mOLCJYovlV
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 28, 2016
The “mysterious man helped her cheat” theory:
Photo evidence: Mysterious Man Helped Hillary Cheat In First Debaate https://t.co/VwtXZza1t5 pic.twitter.com/AEL9UFCaXN
— PolitiCompass (@PolitiCompass) September 28, 2016
@PolitiCompass But wait - he wasn’t finished derping out brain-dead conspiracy theories yet! https://t.co/jNx42o9dq7
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2016
The “mysterious hand signals” theory:
They’re such predictable dimwits. When something goes wrong for them, it must be A CONSPEERASEE! pic.twitter.com/ZQN9Z2ndDM
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2016
And last but not least, the “Google suppressed bad news about Hillary” theory, coming from Donald Trump himself.
‘Google’s search engine was suppressing the bad news about Hillary Clinton,’ Trump tells Waukesha WI pic.twitter.com/TbILazXYPb
— Michael Finnegan (@finneganLAT) September 29, 2016
@finneganLAT The latest derpy conspiracy theory comes from Trump himself. Probably picked up at a right wing blog. https://t.co/eTtn0jIbSu
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2016
@finneganLAT Yup. Guess where it comes from? https://t.co/qVWNzRvlhf
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2016
@finneganLAT And Breitbart picked it up from Sputnik News, aka the Kremlin.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2016
And it’s not over yet, folks.
Yep. This is the official Republican Party of Florida, linking to an Alex Jones conspiracy theory. @FloridaGOP @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/S5nWC7umpz
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 29, 2016