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Quote:Pro-Trump Billionaires Question Biden Dropping Out—Amplifying Right-Wing Conspiracy
Trump-aligned billionaires and venture capitalists—Bill Ackman, Elon Musk and David Sacks—mocked President Joe Biden for dropping out of the 2024 election through a digitally signed letter posted on social media, appearing to fan an emerging conspiracy theory among right-wing pundits suggesting Biden withdrew without his knowledge or willingness.
Ackman’s X post asked why a press conference had not been scheduled to address the American public, before posting: “If this were a hostage situation, that letter would not qualify as proof of life”—despite the president saying he would address the nation this week.
“This was basically already in an episode of Veep,” Musk wrote in response to a comment on Ackman’s post about a major political move happening without “hearing from or seeing the President.” Musk also claimed the announcement “does have ‘hostage’ vibes.”
Silicon Valley investor David Sacks pointed to former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1968 speech announcing he was not seeking reelection and asked why any questions were not being raised about Biden simply posting a letter to X. In a follow-up post, Sacks asked why Biden hasn’t spoken yet, adding: “If he’s too sick, then he was also too sick to sign away his presidency.”
In a post on X, right-wing radio host and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk—who has embraced pro-Trump conspiracies in the past—asked: “When was the last time anyone saw Joe Biden?”. Other prominent right-wing social media accounts used the argument to fan a baseless conspiracy theory that the president has been pushed out of the race without his knowledge in some sort of a coup.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityara...onspiracy/
Quote:Joe Biden’s Departure Sends Trump Into a Conspiracy-Theory Meltdown
Trump spent the remainder of Sunday on a tear on his social-media app Truth Social, diving into his usual mix of conspiracy theories and punch-line insults.
Trump then began the conspiracy talk. “Does anybody really believe that Crooked Joe had Covid?” he asked, suggesting that Biden’s positive test last week was an excuse to get him off the ballot after the debate made it impossible for Democrats to avoid the age question. For the next debate, Trump said he now wants to change the host from “George Slopadopolus” at ABC News to a more friendly venue at Fox News. At 10:19 p.m., Trump went with a new angle: “Tomorrow Crooked Joe Biden’s going to wake up and forget that he dropped out of the race today!”
On Monday at 6:05 a.m., Trump was back at it. In the quiet of the morning, he almost felt for Biden: After years of complaining that the 2020 election had been stolen, Trump wrote that the Democratic Party had stolen “the race from Biden after he won it in the primaries.” A few minutes later, he went back to a joke from the night before: “It’s a new day and Joe Biden doesn’t remember quitting the race yesterday!” So far, and without a campaign rally on the calendar until Wednesday, he has not yet unleashed his ire for the presumptive nominee, Kamala Harris. Maybe he is waiting until after lunch.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/...arris.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"