On Friday, veteran broadcast reporter Dan Rather went viral on social media after mocking supporters Donald Trump Who believes the strange conspiracy theory that the former president will be reinstated at the White House this week.
The latest prediction circulated by the CEO of MyPillow says that Trump will be reinstated by the “morning of August 13” Mike Lindell On the right-wing podcast, Friday’s failure prompted critics to ridicule supporters of false theories.
“My fault. I completely forgot to mark #Reinstatement On my calendar. What did I miss? “Rather, the tweet triggered a series of jokes and memes directed at Trump, Lindel and their supporters.
“The MyPillow guy is the new vice president,” one user wrote. Another added: “It has been postponed to the 32nd of Neverbember.”
MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan That night, Joy Reid piled up like a mountain.
“For most of you, today may not mean more than a warm summer Friday. But for 1-in-3 Republicans Who believes that Donald Trump will be appointed as their legitimate president, today is indeed a very important day,” Hassan Microsoft National Broadcasting Corporation The host Chris Hayes said in a clip titled “American Delusion.”
“This is reinstatement day,” he added. “After 8pm Eastern Time on August 13, you will be shocked to hear this news Joe Biden Still the President of the United States. “
Reed tweeted: “Then who has tickets for Trump’s inauguration and what are you going to wear??? #TrumpReinstatement.”
Trump’s baseless allegations that widespread voter fraud led to his defeat in the 2020 presidential election have led to a surge of conspiracy theories about his reinstatement among supporters.
in a economist/YouGov poll released on Thursday showed that 23% of Republicans said that Trump may return to the presidency before the end of 2021, and 72% of Republicans said they did not believe that President Joe Biden was legitimately elected of.
Lindel claimed, Supreme Court Will help Trump’s reinstatement, although this prediction has no constitutional basis. He has now extended the so-called reinstatement timetable to the future.
The reinstatement theory has been debunked by a series of fact-checkers and even representatives Marjorie Taylor Green, One of Trump’s most loyal supporters, has previously expressed support for the elements of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
“I don’t want anyone to be hopeful that President Trump will return to the White House in August, because that’s not true, I tell you as a party member Congress, This is a very difficult thing,” Green said, and urged supporters to “be careful of their beliefs.”
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