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Don Winslow Crushes GOP’s Favorite Conspiracy Theory With Trump’s Own Words
www.yahoo.com/entertainment/don-winslow-crushes-gop-favorite-090146884.html
Ed Mazza
Wed, January 5, 2022, 5:06 AM
Bestselling author Don Winslow’s latest video dismantles a favorite conspiracy theory among supporters of former President Donald Trump.
www.huffpost.com/topic/don-winslow
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That’s the notion that the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was carried out by “antifa.”
There’s no evidence to back that claim and extensive evidence shows Trump supporters invading the Capitol as they attempted to block the certification of the 2020 election and keep him in power. Yet many of Trump’s biggest fans have embraced the conspiracy theory, as highlighted in a CNN segment earlier this week.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donie-osullivan-trump-supporters-jan-6_n_61d3cdbbe4b0d637ae98ddbd
Winslow used Trump’s own comments from that day to expose a major flaw in that belief:
Winslow, author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, was a Trump critic throughout the presidency, especially on issues like the border wall and the war on drugs. He also created a series of videos during the 2020 election.
www.huffpost.com/entry/don-winslow-open-letter-republicans-trump_n_5f4c84e1c5b697186e37fa71
www.huffpost.com/entry/don-winslow-interrupt-trump_n_5f321a18c5b6fc009a5c84e5
He has since continued his online activism, going after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for standing in the way of key parts of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over his “disastrous” COVID-19 policies and Texas’ anti-abortion law.
www.huffpost.com/entry/don-winslow-joe-manchin_n_616e502ee4b00cb3cbd704db
www.huffpost.com/entry/sanders-reconcilliation-manchin-sinema-vague_n_615e087fe4b069a0b3b8beae
www.huffpost.com/topic/ron-desantis
www.huffpost.com/entry/don-winslow-texas-anti-abortion-law_n_61332ecce4b0df9fe276d35c
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.