Right-wing pushes QAnon Hoax
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2019 6:02 pm
Right-wing media push QAnon-linked hoax claiming a kid was jumped for wearing a MAGA hat
A QAnon-supporting parent in Florida claimed in late November that their son was jumped by “8 black kids” for wearing a Trump hat. In December, the account posted a video that was allegedly taken of the kids beating the child up on a school bus — and right-wing news outlets and pundits ran with it. But the school system says the attack was unrelated to politics.
On November 21, the @AmericanDiaries Twitter account, a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory, shared a photo of a child with a blanket over their head, claiming the child is their son and that he’d been attacked because of his pro-Trump beliefs. ...
A QAnon-supporting parent in Florida claimed in late November that their son was jumped by “8 black kids” for wearing a Trump hat. In December, the account posted a video that was allegedly taken of the kids beating the child up on a school bus — and right-wing news outlets and pundits ran with it. But the school system says the attack was unrelated to politics.
On November 21, the @AmericanDiaries Twitter account, a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory, shared a photo of a child with a blanket over their head, claiming the child is their son and that he’d been attacked because of his pro-Trump beliefs. ...