The next time anyone accuses conservatives of being inclined toward conspiracy theories like QAnon, feel free to point them in the direction of this little poll:
A conspiracy theory has run unabated in Democratic circles following the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump on Saturday. It posits that Trump staged the shooting for a photo op, that the wound on his ear was caused by something other than an assassin's bullet, and that he was never in mortal danger.
It's a baseless conspiracy theory disproven by reams of documentary evidence and eyewitness accounts. And it's a belief held by one-third of the Democratic electorate.
It's true: In the polling data the Democratic endorsement of the staged-assassination conspiracy sticks out like a sore thumb:
Just look at how quickly the numbers shoot up when you get to a "PID" (party identification) of Democrat:
Trump Derangement Syndrome is a real thing, ladies and gentlemen.
On top of this, much of the left-wing media machine has been openly attempting to spread the staged-shooting conspiracy theory over the last six days 👇
In this kind of environment, you can imagine why people who only consume this kind of "news" would be led to believe that this was an inside job.
You don't hate the media enough.
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