Right-Wing Senator’s Claim of ‘Antifa’ Attack Debunked by Protesters’ Video
Josh Hawley of Missouri falsely accused demonstrators of “terrorizing neighbors” and trying to enter his home.
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Trump Campaign ‘Antifa Alert’ Diamond Club Text Message
Screenshots making the social media rounds showed a purported text from the 2020 Trump re-election campaign warning of “antifa attacks” if supporters didn’t join his “Diamond Club.”
Is ‘Antifa’ Setting Fires in Oregon?
Twitter accounts — many of which were very new — claimed that “members” of “antifa” were caught setting fires in Oregon in September 2020; shady sites quickly padded out the speculation for a multilayered disinformation attack.
Does This Image Depict an ‘Antifa Rioter’ Named Brian Who ‘Hit a Woman’ in Front of a ‘Real Man’?
A very brief post about an “antifa street rioter” named “Brian” manages to cram an astonishing number of lies into just thirty words.
Are ‘BLM Convoys’ Threatening to ‘Occupy Atlanta’?
A longtime conspiracy theorist tried to regurgitate disinformation around anti-fascist protesters in order to smear the Black Lives Matter movement.
Is Antifa Renting U-Hauls to Infiltrate ‘Residential Neighborhoods’?
A virulent strain of disinformation about “antifa” renting moving trucks in order to invade “residential areas” appeared to be sparked by white supremacists posting as anti-fascists.
Were Four Busloads of Protesters (or ‘Antifa’) in Ada, Oklahoma Met by ‘600 Armed Americans,’ — and the News Won’t Report It?
In the case of the 600 armed Americans in Ada and four busloads of protesters, it’s not on the news because … it didn’t happen.
Did the Trump Campaign Post a Symbol Used by Nazis to Mark Political Prisoners?
The campaign pointed to an online vendor to argue that its ad depicted a “widely used” anti-fascist symbol.
Is There an ‘Antifa Debit Card’?
An allegedly “targeted individual” used a satirical group’s joke to regurgitate a right-wing boogeyman.
‘This is the 54th Regiment’ Memorial Defaced ‘This Week’ Claim
A viral but misleading meme claims a photograph shows the 54th Regiment, and that a memorial to the same regiment was defaced in June 2020.