GOP lawmakers and online trolls manufacture racist and transphobic Texas shooting conspiracies

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP)—By now it’s as predictable as the calls for thoughts and prayers: A mass shooting leaves many dead, and wild conspiracy theories and misinformation about the carnage soon follow.

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