DISINFO: The US is on the verge of a civil war, and militias are only a reaction against government abuse
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: es.news-front.info (archived)*
  • Date of publication: October 11, 2020
  • Outlet language(s): Spanish
  • Reported in: Issue 215
  • Countries / regions discussed: US
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Civil war Donald Trump Joe Biden

DISINFO: The US is on the verge of a civil war, and militias are only a reaction against government abuse

SUMMARY

The US is on the verge of a civil war, as shown by the case of 13 members of a militia called Wolverine Watchmen, who are accused of conspiring to kidnap the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. Top democrats, including Whitmer and Joe Biden, tried to blame Trump for it, but the events in Michigan were not an expression of crazed white supremacy, but a matter of abuse of power by the government and the feeling of frustration among a population segment who thinks that there is little, if anything, that they can do about it.

RESPONSE

Recurrent disinformation narrative about the United States consistent with a narrative on the imminent collapse of the Western society.

Contrary to the claim, the Wolverine Watchmen is an extremist group who aspired to cause a civil war in the US through violent action that involved kidnapping or even killing top US officials, not a reaction against alleged governmental abuses.

See other examples of disinformation on US politics in our database, such as claims that Donald Trump faced several coup attempts, that Joe Biden refused to condemn street violence out of fear of losing electoral weight, that the CIA is organising a colour revolution in its own country, or that the result of the US election doesn’t matter because the real ruler is the Deep State.

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