Conspiracy Theories

Fact Checking Claims on Vaccines, Election 2020, and January 6 From CPAC: Friday’s speakers made statements that have been repeatedly debunked. - The Dispatch

“While these believers are racially, religiously, and politically diverse, the unifying beliefs are that their way of life is under attack and that they might be willing to resort to violence to defend their vision of the country.” - RNS

“This conspiracy theory suggests that welcoming immigrants is part of a plan to replace the political power and culture of white people living in Western countries.” - The Dispatch

“Myths related to Jewish conspiracies to control the world have long circulated in the US and continue to fuel hatred.” - RNS

“Lies about the validity of the election prompted the riots at the Capitol, and the events of the day spurred even more falsehoods” - The Dispatch

“In this new election year, there will be a pitched battle between Republicans and Democrats. But there will also be one among Republicans and Democrats. Which Republicans will refuse to condemn their friends and defy the mob? Which Democrats will reject partisianship and stick up for principled Republicans who are defending the rule of law?” - The Dispatch

“…among New Testament Greek scholars, there is no controversy here, which is quite telling, since they have devoted decades of their lives to studying the language. How is it that people who cannot read a word of Greek know better?” - Michael Brown

“Holocaust denial aims to cast doubt on the facts of the Holocaust, the systematic murder of 6 million European Jews during World War II. Adherents claim Jews fabricated evidence of their own genocide to gain sympathy or extract reparations from Germany.” - RNS

“The poll by the Public Religion Research Institute, released Monday, found that 23 percent of white evangelicals and 26 percent of Republicans believe three major tenets of the QAnon theory” - C.Headlines

“Democrats are inaccurately accusing Republican election reform efforts–designed to address some of Trump’s complaints–as ‘voter suppression.’ But here is an actual case of voter suppression, only Trump is suppressing his own voters!” - Veith