Rep. Liz Cheney ‘Message to Trump’ Tweet
A tweet directed at Donald Trump and attributed to the Wyoming Republican circulated as a screenshot in September 2022.
A tweet directed at Donald Trump and attributed to the Wyoming Republican circulated as a screenshot in September 2022.
Weaponized disinformation and propaganda narratives were used to attempt to degrade the American public’s faith in democracy in tandem with a private pressure campaign.
The June 21 2022 hearings focused on a pressure and disinformation campaign that was used to attack state officials and election workers.
The June 16 2022 hearing covered Donald Trump’s attempts to strongarm former vice president Mike Pence to call the election in his favor.
A popular tweet from former Labor Secretary Robert Reich held that a majority of Americans polled in June 2022 supported legal action against elected officials who worked to overturn an American election.
The second set of House hearings focused on the role of false narratives in motivating the United States Capitol insurrection in January 2021.
During a January 2022 Fox News appearance, Newt Gingrich claimed that members of the January 6th Committee could be jailed under future Republican leadership.
An unprecedented avalanche of disinformation followed the 2020 general election, enabling truly weird elements like “fake electors” to fade into the background of an increasingly bizarre chain of events.