Many different right-wing accounts on-line in contrast Biden’s resignation to the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021. “For anybody who nonetheless believes January sixth was a coup, take notes. You simply witnessed an actual one. July twenty first,” the far-right troll account Finish Wokeness wrote in a submit on X that has been considered 1.5 million occasions.
Unbiased presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. added to the conspiracies, claiming, with out proof, that the choice to place vice chairman Kamala Harris as Biden’s doubtless alternative was rigged. “Many Individuals concern that the identical DNC elites are about to rig the nominating course of once more to get a monumentally unpopular vice chairman to step into President Biden’s footwear,” Kennedy wrote on X.
GOP Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia went even additional, claiming the coup towards Biden was orchestrated by the “deep state,” a well known trope from conspiratorial actions like QAnon.
“There’s a mushy civil warfare taking place within the deep state and the elites in energy,” Inexperienced wrote on X. “The Democrats, the IC [intelligence community], and their activists within the media have been mendacity to us saying there’s nothing improper with Biden for years. Subsequent, they begin a coup towards him demanding he drop out of the race after they couldn’t conceal it anymore.”
Different conspiracy theories additionally sprang up, together with baseless claims that Biden had been paid to drop out, was compelled to signal his assertion by the “deep state,” and that his withdrawal was a part of efforts to cowl up who was behind the assassination try on Trump.
On Reality Social, Trump fueled these conspiracies, claiming, with out proof, “Biden by no means had Covid. He’s a risk to Democracy!”
In additional than half a dozen indignant posts on Reality Social, Trump railed towards having to restart his marketing campaign towards a distinct opponent. Reporting over the past month has proven that Trump’s marketing campaign staff has been completely centered on beating Biden and are doubtless not as ready to combat Harris or different Democratic opponents.
Donald Trump Jr. additionally pushed conspiracies round Biden’s withdrawal. “This morning, Joe Biden was working in line with his marketing campaign co-chair,” he wrote on X on Sunday night, in a submit that has been considered 1 million occasions. “What did they bribe Joe with or extra doubtless what did they threaten him with that he would change his thoughts in a number of brief hours and simply stroll away?”
Greene additionally claimed that Biden and his household had been bribed to withdraw from the race: “The Biden’s [sic] will need to have gotten the value they demanded for the presidential library that can pay your complete household for years to come back.”
This was an accusation additionally repeated by Consultant Claudia Tenney from New York, who’s co-chair of the Election Integrity Caucus. “Biden’s resignation from the ticket doubtless occurred resulting from an inside deal from Democrat puppet masters to the Biden crime household,” Tenney wrote on X. “Biden and his household have benefited financially from Biden’s numerous political jobs for over 50 years. Watch Hunter and Biden get away with every little thing within the subsequent a number of months. Watch Jill and Jim proceed the grift.”
