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Trump tweets spread Scarborough murder conspiracy. What are the reactions?
This appeared in The Millennial Source
On May 12, in the midst of days of tweeting about the alleged crimes of Obamagate, Trump took a break to tweet about another conspiracy theory — the supposed 2001 murder of a Congressional intern, Lori Klausutis, by then-House Representative Joe Scarborough, now a host on MSNBC.
When will they open a Cold Case on the Psycho Joe Scarborough matter in Florida. Did he get away with murder? Some people think so. Why did he leave Congress so quietly and quickly? Isn’t it obvious? What’s happening now? A total nut job!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2020
To this day, there is no evidence that Klausutis was murdered.
Trump has been harshly criticized for promoting the conspiracy theory in his tweets and Klausutis’ widow has written to Twitter asking to have the tweets taken down.
While some Republicans have been critical of Trump’s role in spreading the conspiracy, popular radio host Rush Limbaugh, among others, have brushed off the controversy, saying that Trump merely spreads conspiracy theories to anger his critics.
