Klamath Falls, OR—Donald Trump Jr. Liked Tweets Promoting A Conspiracy Theory About A Florida Shooting Survivor
The tweets attacked a 17-year-old Parkland school shooting survivor by alleging that he was coached in an anti-Trump narrative by his father who is a former FBI agent.
Trump Jr. liked a tweet from conservative TV show host Graham Ledger that linked to a story by far-right, pro-Trump website, Gateway Pundit, suggesting that Hogg's father had "coached" his son in propagating "anti-Trump rhetoric and anti-gun legislation."
Trump Jr. also liked a tweet linking to a story by True Pundit — a far-right website that has published several false stories — which referred to Hogg as "the kid who has been running his mouth about how Donald Trump and the GOP are teaming to help murder high school kids by upholding the Second Amendment."
Hogg told BuzzFeed News on Tuesday that Trump Jr.'s peddling of conspiracy theories was "immature, rude, and inhuman."
"I just think it's a testament to the sick immaturity and broken state of our government when these people feel the need to pedal conspiracy theories about people that were in a school shooting where 17 people died and it just makes me sick," Hogg said. "It's immature, rude, and inhuman for these people to destroy the people trying to prevent the death of the future of America because they won't," he said.
One of his classmates also pointed out on Twitter that the idea of Hogg being a professional actor was, well, laughable.
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Powerful plea from a student who survived the Parkland shooting, David Hogg: “Please! We are children. You guys are, like...the adults. Take action, work together, come over your politics, and get something done.”
6:29 AM - Feb 15, 2018
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David Hogg found himself living a nightmare on Wednesday, hiding in a closet with classmates as a crazed gunman roamed the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, unleashing a torrent of bullets on students and teachers.
Huddled in the dark, trying to keep quiet to avoid the gunman, students called their parents to tell them in hushed voices that they loved them.
And just think those that support the NRA are the very same people who claim they care about the lost 17 lives by sending "thoughts and prayers". All while claiming they are Christians.
Yet, they attack the very students who lived through the mass shooting. They can't handle the fact that these teens are standing up and speaking out and saying, "enough is enough!" They feel having their AR-15's is more important than the loss of life. Just to protect their second amendment rights, while trampling on the students first amendment rights. Shameful!
Sarah Chadwick// #NEVERAGAIN @sarahchad_
To clarify @davidhogg111 can’t act to save his life. The fact that some people think he is being payed to is hilarious.
3:07 PM - Feb 20, 2018
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Kathleen Heckman: "It is Trump and FOX that makeup and pushes fake news! Trump is a Fake President and Fox is a Fake News NetWork! They have duped and deceived their supporters and followers! Their blatant lies and deceptions are provable and are on camera for anyone to see and hear! Those who continue to believe their lies are either fools or have some form of evil lurking in their hearts! They have given us this daily litany of crisis, death, and destruction we have been forced to be trapped in with a Traitor in the White House and his Minions in Congress!"
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