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Sheila Jackson Lee? Geez Really? What will they think of next?![]()
Baseless claims linking Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's death and Trump rally shooting spread online
QAnon-linked groups are pushing a baseless theory linking the Texas congresswoman's death to oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Trump shooting.www.yahoo.com
It is sad to me how real the distress is to my fellow Americans when they do their own research and learn from very unreliable sources that the government they voted for and should be able to trust tried to kill a candidate they love. The belief that the deep state attempted a hit or slow walked security is without merit, but the pain people feel in believing this is very, very real.
The conspiracy theory that the "deep state" is composed of child-trafficking cannibals is untrue but I partially get the appeal. A happy ending where a hero is the star of a storm and the bad guys are jailed and we live happily ever after. It's a story as old as the New Testament; it gave enslaved Romans hope, and it gives modern day Americans hope. The problem with it is it is not true, and is dangerous when it creates lone operators willing to shoot us a pizza shop, or mobs willing to kill law enforcement to enter the capitol for, among other things, the imaginary child victims.
I get hope by looking for verifiable heroes. For example, Trump has clearly stated that the inner ring of secret service agents 100% were on task and committed to their sworn duty to literally take a bullet. The female agent in particular was singled out as a brave hero.
MOO
Edited to add related link: Check out this balanced piece on conspiracy theories springing from left and right regarding the assasination attempt.
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Trump allies promote dangerous conspiracy theories about the assassination attempt
On Fox News, Rep. Ryan Zinke is the latest to point without evidence to a possible nefarious government "plot."www.motherjones.com
I was surprised to find out she was still in Congress. Roll call shows her last vote was May 1st. I knew she had pancreatic cancer. She announced it on June 2nd and was in treatment in Houston when she died. Her last public photograph was in Houston on May 27th for Memorial Day event. She called in to CNN on June 19th with no face time.
I think she left for Houston in early May and never returned to DC.
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Roll Call 178 Roll Call 178, Bill Number: H. R. 7525, 118th Congress, 2nd Session
VOTE QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, DESCRIPTION: Special District Grant Accessibility Act, VOTE TYPE: 2/3 Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed
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