“The conspiracy theory that President Trump pushed on Monday that a plane ‘almost completely loaded with thugs’ was set to disrupt protests was almost identical to a rumor that went viral on Facebook three months ago,” NBC News reports.
In an interview with Fox News, Trump claimed that “we had somebody get on a plane from a certain city this weekend, and in the plane it was almost completely loaded with thugs, wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear and this and that.”
He then claimed the matter was “under investigation right now.”
There is no evidence of any such flight. When asked for more information about the flight, Trump said, “I’ll tell you sometime.”
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