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Disinfo: US Capitol rioters were conservatives who hoped to regain the Old America

Summary

The pro-Trump mob, which has stormed the United States Capitol Building on January 6, was a group that represents traditional American conservative values. The protesters were freedom fighters who wanted to take their country back that was hijacked from ultraliberal elites. The ultraliberal Deep State bears the ultimate responsibility for the storming of the US Capitol.

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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about liberalism and the existence of the so-called "deep state".

Claims about global elites secretly ruling the world, and specifically a so-called ‘Deep State’ in the United States which rules above elected officials, are a well-established pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative aiming to question the legitimacy of democracy and Western institutions.

The mob storming the Capitol was encouraged by conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 US presidential vote. Multiple identified rioters were proved to have far-right or extremist affiliations. According to The New York Times, several of these people have affiliations to white supremacists.

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News Front - Hungarian (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 226
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 07/12/2020
  • Language/target audience: Hungarian
  • Country: US
  • Keywords: Deep state, Donald Trump, Secret elites / global elites
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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the war in Ukraine, attempting to portray it as a civil war.

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Dec 06, 2020
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A recurrent claim on Crimea’s status and a false statement on Sweden’s position on the illegal annexation of Crimea.

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