Incoming National Security Adviser’s son spread fake news about D.C. pizza shop

Posted by | December 5, 2016 07:54 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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Someone needs to keep Michael Fynn, Jr. off Twitter.

The son of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser, embraced a baseless conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton on Sunday after a man who claimed to be investigating the hoax fired a rifle inside a pizza parlor in Northwest Washington, D.C., on Sunday.

The man, 28-year-old Edgar Maddison Welch of Salisbury, North Carolina, entered the restaurant, D.C. police said, to “self-investigate ‘Pizza Gate’ (a fictitious online conspiracy theory).” After firing his gun inside the establishment, he was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. No one was injured.

The baseless online conspiracy theory in question, spread by supporters of President-elect Donald Trump, holds that the pizza shop, Comet Ping Pong, is actually a front for a child sex ring led by Clinton, the Democratic nominee…

On Sunday, Flynn’s son, Michael Flynn Jr., tweeted, “Until #Pizzagate proven to be false, it’ll remain a story. The left seems to forget #PodestaEmails and the many ‘coincidences’ tied to it.”

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8 responses to Incoming National Security Adviser’s son spread fake news about D.C. pizza shop

  1. labman57 December 5th, 2016 at 09:42

    When acts of violence result from the deliberate spread of malicious rumors emanating from Team Trump and his backers in the right wing blogosphere, most folks express outrage.

    But Donnie’s sycophants proclaim: “Let the good times roll!”

    • wpadon December 5th, 2016 at 13:50

      Perhaps Team Trump is spreading this rumor to get ahead of the story due to their own involvement in this story. They never suspected Republican Jerry Sandusky.

  2. Guy Lauten December 5th, 2016 at 11:06

    Many people are saying that General Michael Flynn has been taking young school boys behind the gym and sexually assaulting them.
    In their own words: It’s true until they prove me wrong.

    • Larry Schmitt December 5th, 2016 at 11:10

      Or as Fox says, “Some people say…”

    • Larry Schmitt December 5th, 2016 at 11:11

      It works for Fox.

  3. Budda December 5th, 2016 at 11:30

    Perhaps a law suit by some of the innocent customers on site might make these lying a$$holes think twice before projecting their BS

  4. The Original Just Me December 6th, 2016 at 00:40

    Proof Positive that Retardicans are In-Bred.

  5. The Original Just Me December 6th, 2016 at 00:42

    I think I’m ready for a Pizza. Anybody want to join me at Comet Ping Pong Pizza ?

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