Crazy Conspiracy Theories Of 2020: Revisiting Bill Gates to Bigfoot
12/31/20 AT 12:15 PM A new Bigfoot video has gone viral despite a study debunking the creature s existence. Photo: Wikipedia Commons
KEY POINTS
Bill Gates wants us all to be microchipped
COVID-19 is a deep-state conspiracy
The desire for control and information in a fast-paced world leaves us susceptible to believing in conspiracy theories. What were some of the notable things that moved through the rumor mill in 2020?
The Election
President Donald Trump still believes he won the election, arguing the system was riddled with fraud and his adversaries plotted against him in the race.
Trump turns to fringe element in election fight Author: Toluse Olorunnipa, Josh Dawsey, Rosalind S. Helderman, Emma Brown, The Washington Post Updated: December 21, 2020 Published December 21, 2020
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Print article WASHINGTON - With his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud rejected by dozens of judges and GOP leaders, President Donald Trump has turned to a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists, media-hungry lawyers and other political misfits in a desperate attempt to hold on to power after his election loss. The president’s orbit has grown more extreme as his more mainstream allies, including Attorney General William Barr, have declined to endorse his increasingly radical plans to overturn the will of the voters. Trump’s unofficial election advisory council now includes a felon, adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory, a White House trade adviser and a Russian agent’s former lover.
Trump assembles a ragtag crew of conspiracy-minded allies in flailing bid to reverse election loss Toluse Olorunnipa, Josh Dawsey, Rosalind Helderman, Emma Brown
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Replay Video UP NEXT With his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud rejected by dozens of judges and GOP leaders, President Trump has turned to a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists, media-hungry lawyers and other political misfits in a desperate attempt to hold on to power after his election loss. The president’s orbit has grown more extreme as his more mainstream allies, including Attorney General William P. Barr, have declined to endorse his increasingly radical plans to overturn the will of the voters. Trump’s unofficial election advisory council now includes a pardoned felon, adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory, a White House trade adviser and a Russian agent’s former lover.
With his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud rejected by dozens of judges and GOP leaders, President Donald Trump has turned to a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists, media-hungry lawyers and other political misfits in a desperate attempt to hold on to power after his election loss. The president s orbit has grown more extreme as his more mainstream allies, including Attorney General William Barr, have declined to endorse his increasingly radical plans to overturn the will of the voters. Trump s unofficial election advisory council now includes a felon, adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory, a White House trade adviser and a Russian agent s former lover.
Trump turns to fringe element in election fight
In this Jan. 27, 2020, file phoot President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Published December 22. 2020 12:05AM | Updated December 22. 2020 12:11AM
Toluse Olorunnipa, Josh Dawsey, Rosalind S. Helderman and Emma Brown
WASHINGTON - With his claims of widespread voter fraud rejected by dozens of judges and GOP leaders, President Donald Trump has turned to a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists, media-hungry lawyers and other political misfits in a desperate attempt to hold on to power after his election loss.