At WSJ, "Attempt on Trump’s Life Unleashes a Torrent of Conspiracy Theories":
Years of political tumult and low public trust leave many in the U.S. questioning official version of events.
Three days after Donald Trump survived an attack on his life, federal officials had already deemed it an act of domestic terrorism, and were investigating how Secret Service protocols failed so tragically. They said the 20-year-old man, Thomas Matthew Crooks, acted alone.
Whether or not Americans believe them is another matter.
A torrent of conspiracy theories was unleashed in the moments after the attempt on former president Trump’s life during a Saturday-afternoon rally in Butler, Pa. It has hardly abated since.
Anti-Trump voices falsely accused him of staging the entire episode, arguing the arresting and heroic images of the bloodied former president raising a defiant fist were just too good to be true. On the right, others pushed baseless theories that the “deep state” either planned or purposely left Trump vulnerable to attack and argued that rhetoric from Democrats set the assault in motion.
The notions have taken hold on social media, on group-text chats and in casual conversations around the country, with elected officials and political figures on both sides joining the fray...
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