Marco Rubio-linked thinktank produces anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theory videos [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Fri 4 Oct 2024 10.00 EDT
Last modified on Fri 4 Oct 2024 16.05 EDT
A Marco Rubio-linked thinktank stoking fears about Haitian migrants in Pennsylvania has also produced a sequence of videos in recent months that promote conspiracy theories about LGBTQ+ people, human rights organizations and even the corporate consultancy McKinsey & Company.
The editor hired to produce those videos also produces for the media organization founded by Mike Lindell, the MyPillow chief and prominent election-denier who is a close ally of the former US president Donald Trump.
The videos and the ongoing campaign against Haitians – which follows a similar effort in Springfield, Ohio, that has caused chaos in the midwestern city – raise questions about the increasingly extreme political rhetoric used in Republican circles.
Two experts told the Guardian that the ads contained elements of fascist rhetoric.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/marco-rubio-thinktank-conspiracy-theories