Reading today that Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA—sent 80 bus loads to the Jan 6 riot/attack. Kirk’s Twitter account is one of the top “superspreaders” of false voter fraud claims — playing a significant role in feeding the conspiracy-theory-driven grievance that motivated those protesters
For example, the “SharpieGate” narrative (false claims that Trump voters were intentionally disenfranchised by being forced to vote with Sharpies) took off with the help of Kirk:
And here’s our list of accounts that were influential (>1000 retweets) in spreading >10 different “incidents” or false narratives about voter fraud (from falsely framed narratives around discarded mail-in ballots to SharpieGate to Dominion):
That analysis was completed in early December and it’s based on real-time analysis that was done through @2020Partnership between mid-August and November 30. In other words, the numbers are a low estimate.
Also, the list only looks at original content (not the role of retweets) and we know a lot of these folks play their most influential role by amplifying (retweeting) others in the network.
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