The list of things Democrats and the media (as always, pardon the redundancy) once called conspiracy theories and/or misinformation/dangerous lies continues to grow.
One of the more recent examples happened when the media did the thing where they assume everything Trump says is false and do "fact checks" without actually checking any facts. President Biden also got in on that act after claims that FEMA's hurricane aftermath response was being politicized:
Biden: “Fellow Americans are putting their lives on the line to do dangerous work & receive — some received death penalties yesterday as result of reckless & irresponsible disinformation & lies” pic.twitter.com/p6QtFtE6KQ
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 10, 2024
As usual, the Dem/media claim of something being "disinformation" turned out to be disinformation:
UPDATE: FEMA confirms this incident, saying it is "deeply disturbed by this employee's actions," "horrified that this took place," and that it has taken "extreme actions to correct this situation." https://t.co/Y5opCSu59F
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) November 8, 2024
We've since found out that not only were claims of FEMA response politicization true, but it ended up being more widespread than initially reported:
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republicans today demanded answers from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell about her agency’s troubling responses to recent disasters and crises, including the amount FEMA resources devoted to addressing the southern border crisis, the slow response pace in some rural areas of the country, and reports that FEMA workers avoided some homes in Florida and other states that displayed campaign signs for President-elect Trump.
The Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee called on Criswell to testify at a congressional hearing, along with Representatives Chuck Edwards of North Carolina and Kathy Castor of Florida, whose districts were hit by recent hurricanes.
During the hearing, Committee Republicans repeatedly expressed disbelief that discrimination based on political affiliation could be condoned anywhere within the agency. In his opening statement, T&I Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) said, “This committee has highlighted concerns that the Biden Administration has prioritized equity, climate change, and assistance to migrants over disaster victims and readiness and response efforts. And then we add on top of all of this the recent shocking reports that FEMA workers purposefully avoided hurricane impacted homes that displayed signs in support of President Trump. Each of these reports alone is unacceptable – but combined they show a pattern of incompetence from the agency.”
But wait, there's more!
We might need a bigger vault to hold all the examples of conspiracy theories that turned out to be true stories, and @BaseballCrank flashed back to yet another doozy that aged like a glass of milk left out in the summer sun:
You really can't be too careful about misinformation. pic.twitter.com/DXg99woqm5
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) November 19, 2024
Back in October of 2023, NBC News called out another "conspiracy theory":
President Joe Biden announced in April that he is running for re-election. His campaign and its fundraising entities have a combined $91 million in the bank, and he has hired key political staffers to help helm his 2024 re-election campaign.
He has no serious opposition that threatens to kick him off his party's ballot.
So he will obviously be the Democratic nominee for president, right? Right?
Though no incumbent president has declined to seek a second term since Lyndon Johnson in 1969, there is an unfounded conversation among a faction on the political right that goes something like this: Democratic power brokers will intervene at the last minute to replace a weakened 80-year-old Biden with someone else as the party’s nominee.
That story still hasn't been updated with even as much as a "yeah, we kinda blew this one."
BREAKING: Biden drops out of presidential race after Democratic revolt following disastrous debate https://t.co/NjiNChVPuC pic.twitter.com/5xKTYhlqdq
— New York Post (@nypost) July 21, 2024
Maybe I'll write a book about all the "conspiracy theories" and "disinformation" that ended up being true, but it would probably require multiple volumes.
