Trump supporters have threatened for months that if Trump’s loss in November’s election wasn’t overturned, a civil conflict would ensue.
On Wednesday, a mob of Donald Trump supporters tried simply that. A big crowd of “Make America Nice Once more” hat-adorned folks stormed the U.S. Capitol, attacked police, and broke into the Congressional chambers. One particular person was shot by police and three extra died of “medical complications” throughout the incident.
Now, Trump supporters are the mob wasn’t actually made up of Trump supporters. They’re as a substitute claiming the violent mob was truly made up of left-wing antifascists, or antifa, disguised as Trump supporters.
Two Republican U.S. Congressmen, and , are even spreading this conspiracy idea on Twitter. Late Wednesday night time, Congressman Matt Goetz pushed these false claims on the Home ground.
It is a lie, plain and easy.
Holy shit. Matt Gaetz simply stated, “a number of the individuals who breached the Capitol in the present day weren’t Trump supporters, they had been masquerading as Trump supporters and actually had been members of the violent terrorist group antifa.” pic.twitter.com/nKYecLmQEX
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 7, 2021
Of their effort to unfold their antifa disinformation marketing campaign, distinguished conservatives have primarily targeted on two people who had been a part of the Trump mob. An article from the Washington Occasions that was extensively shared on social media claimed the 2 males had been recognized by facial recognition firm XRVision.
Certainly one of them is Jake Angeli, who’s also referred to as the “.” Even with no facial recognition software program, along with his viking hat and face paint he’s straightforward to identify in footage from Wednesday’s assault on the Capitol. As one of many first folks to make it contained in the Senate chambers, Angeli’s picture was all over the place on social media throughout the mayhem.
The “QAnon Shaman” was one of many first Trump supporters to interrupt into the Senate chambers.
Picture: Win McNamee/Getty Pictures
Quickly after that although, a photograph unfold on Twitter displaying Angeli at a Black Lives Matter protest earlier this 12 months. This was proof sufficient for conservatives that Angeli should be an antifa infiltrator and never an actual Trump supporter.
The picture and the caption are correct, Angeli was certainly at a BLM protest. Nonetheless, the picture is manipulated to crop out his QAnon signal. Angeli was photographed at a BLM protest…as a result of he was there as a pro-Trump counter-protestor.
Moreover, Angeli has made a reputation for himself as a giant supporter of QAnon conspiracy, which is a hardcore pro-Trump motion. He has even at pro-Trump occasions in assist of Trump’s re-election.
One other antifa conspiracy idea gaining traction following the Jan. 6 rebel is being unfold by Lin Wooden, a distinguished right-wing conspiracy theorist and pro-Trump lawyer.
Wooden shared a picture of a person pictured within the Capitol in the present day alongside a photograph of the identical particular person posted on “PhillyAntifa.org.” Wooden’s is that that is proof the person is definitely an antifacist, and it has obtained practically 50,000 retweets.
Wooden’s declare is completely false. Initially, it is unclear if the person in each photographs is identical particular person. Wooden makes use of a screenshot from Google Pictures within the second picture. Google is solely displaying that they discovered the picture of that particular person on PhillyAntifa.org. It is true that the image is on that web site. Nonetheless, in case you truly click on the hyperlink, the picture on PhillyAntifa.org web site is positioned outing that particular person as “Jason Tankersley,” a white supremacist. PhillyAntifa.org is actually warning their neighborhood about him. The particular person standing in that picture with Tankersley is Matthew Heimbach, a distinguished neo-Nazi.
Tankersley is identical particular person Rep. Gohmert claimed had a hammer and sickle tattoo. Really, as many on social media have identified, the tattoo is a brand from a .
Nonetheless, in case you’re in search of a tattoo on Tankersley that explains his political ideology, head on over to PhillyAntifa.org’s exposé the place they determine him as a far-right fascist. The submit features a picture showcasing the massive swastika tattoo on Tankersley’s chest.
The antifa blame sport is nothing new for the far proper. Disinformation unfold far and vast on social media this previous summer time blaming antifa for the whole lot from civil unrest over police brutality to west coast wildfires.
Since President Trump’s loss in November, his most hardcore supporters have been protesting the election outcomes beneath the “” banner. Some have threatened violence and even civil conflict if Joe Biden’s win wasn’t overturned. Many Trump supporters explicitly noticed as their to get their approach.
Now that it has come to move, some Republicans have seen what their fellow Trump supporters have wrought and are attempting to flee the blame and pin it on antifa by spreading disinformation on social media.
UPDATE: Jan. 6, 2021, 9:48 p.m. CST This text was up to date to incorporate the declare that XRVision was concerned in figuring out the 2 people.
UPDATE: Jan. 7, 2021, 3:34 p.m. AEDT This text was up to date to notice three folks died on account of medical emergencies throughout the siege.
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