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Republicans push conspiracy theories after Hunter Biden verdict: ‘A fake trial’
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2024
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They had two talking points ready to go depending on the outcome. Talking Point A, he’s acquitted so the whole thing is rigged against Trump, and Taking Point B, he’s convicted, but it was all a sham to make Trump look bad.
It doesn’t matter what happens in any situation, Repubs go to their spreadsheet, look up the talking point they need to use to make themselves look like the victim, and spread it. Rinse, lather, repeat.
The embarrassing thing is when they don't all get the latest changes and get out of sync on the current talking points. Republicans, always do an update refresh before speaking!
It's the old line about telling lies and having to keep track of them...much easier to just stick with reality and the facts.
You can see the syncing happen in real time when something big and unexpected happens, and it takes about 24h for them to get the narrative straight.
When the Pelosi attack happened, I was curious and monitored r/conservative.
For the first 12h or so, they were for the most part human. Most highly rated comments were along the lines of "I don't agree with her politics, but this is wrong."
There were still a few comments celebrating the attack with mixed votes.
Then about 12 hrs in, conspiracy theories started trickling in with mixed reactions ranging from gleeful excitement to disgust.
24h in, all of the respectful comments were buried to oblivion, and the conspiracy theories and comments celebrating violence had fully taken over.
It was both enlightening and absolutely repulsive to watch how their propaganda worked in real time.
talking point c, he is executerd because they wanted to use his blood in a ritual at a pizza hut to make children more susceptible to pedos.
Woah! This is so inaccurate!
Where is the woke spice?
You also need to add some subtle LGBT hate in there as well as some overt racism.
"he is executed because they wanted to use his blood in a jew ritual at a pizza hut to make DEI trans children more susceptible to democrat pedos."
Fixed!
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