Information campaign currently underway to push the Mollie Tibbetts murder story.
Started in pro-Trump media, after news of Manafort convictions and Cohen confession broke. Now picked up by Russian bots/trolls and a GOP Congressman.
This effort hasn't peaked yet
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Similar thing happened to Seth Rich, another murder victim whose story could be spun into Trumpists' worldview. Also pushed by info campaign including Fox, Breitbart, some GOP officials, & Russian bots/trolls. Rich's family had to publicly ask them to stop. Some still haven't 9/x
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Some admit pushing murder story for cynical political reasons. Newt Gingrich: "If Mollie Tibbetts is a household name by October, Democrats will be in deep trouble. If we can be blocked by Manafort-Cohen, etc., then GOP could lose [the House] badly." 10/xhttps://www.axios.com/2018-midterm-elections-mollie-tibbetts-republicans-8a33d987-7157-41ec-b1c3-49544a51237c.html …
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Others who focus on the Tibbetts story will be true believers. In their bubbles, immigrant crime is rampant = gospel, no matter the data. It's that combination of cynical manipulators and true believers that makes narratives like this persist. And this one's still growing. (END)
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