07/15/2024

Trump Shooting Conspiracies are Coming from Every Direction

The internet is flooded with baseless assassination attempt conspiracies

In the minutes and hours after a 20-year-old repeatedly shot at former president Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, social media platforms, message boards and encrypted chat groups lit up with conspiracies about the shooting.

From wild claims that the incident was a “deep state plot” devised by President Joe Biden to allegations that the entire incident was staged to boost Trump’s chances of winning the election, the conspiracies came from all sides of the political divide. They were driven not only by online conspiracists and random accounts online, but also by elected lawmakers.

“They tried to jail him and now they’ve tried to kill him,” Representative Greg Steube of Florida wrote on X.

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