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I don't remember this article being posted, and did a search for her name here. Nothing came up. It occurred to me yesterday to search on the web for "George Floyd death staged." This is from earlier in the year. I remember that there was discussion about how fake/staged it looked. Some of this here is "old news," but in connecting dots, I tend to try not to forget anything.
I think we are being played on many levels, and I continue to pray against the evil succeeding. I continue to pray against unholy alliances.
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LORD HELP US
Winnie Heartstrong has put out a 23-page document laying out a series of incoherent conspiracy theories about Floyd’s death. She’s likely to be the party’s nominee.
Will Sommer
Updated Jun. 24, 2020 11:17AM ET / Published Jun. 24, 2020 4:27AM ET
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
A Republican House candidate in Missouri has published her own half-baked report claiming that the video of George Floyd’s death—which has sparked nationwide protests to end the racial inequities in the criminal-justice system—is, in fact, a staged “false flag.”
Winnie Heartstrong, a candidate running for the St. Louis congressional seat held by Lacy Clay (D-MO), has pushed conspiracy theories about Floyd’s death for nearly a month on Twitter. In late May, a video featuring Heartstrong claiming that “George Floyd is alive” circulated among far-right Twitter accounts and received more than 100,000 views.
Heartstrong went further last week with a 23-page document laying out a series of incoherent conspiracy theories about Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. Heartstrong insists Floyd actually died years earlier, and the video that shows his death is actually a bogus “deepfake” meant to stir up racial tensions.
“We conclude that no one in the video is really one person but rather they are all digital composites of two or more real people to form completely new digital persons using deepfake technology,” Heartstrong writes in the document, which she claims was created with help from “citizen investigators.”
Perhaps the strangest part of Heartstrong’s report is the claim that Ben Bailey, a comedian who surprises taxi passengers with the chance to win money on the game show Cash Cab, was somehow involved in playing the role of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged with killing Floyd. Heartstrong’s report is replete with graphics comparing Chauvin’s face to Bailey’s, including one declaring “Boom! Here’s the ‘killer cop.’”
“Citizen investigators have suggested that the ‘officer Chauvin’ who appears in the arrest video bears a striking resemblance to the actor and comedian Benjamin Ray Bailey who features in Cash Cab,” Heartstrong writes.
Heartstrong went further last week with a 23-page document laying out a series of incoherent conspiracy theories about Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. Heartstrong insists Floyd actually died years earlier, and the video that shows his death is actually a bogus “deepfake” meant to stir up racial tensions.
“We conclude that no one in the video is really one person but rather they are all digital composites of two or more real people to form completely new digital persons using deepfake technology,” Heartstrong writes in the document, which she claims was created with help from “citizen investigators.”
Perhaps the strangest part of Heartstrong’s report is the claim that Ben Bailey, a comedian who surprises taxi passengers with the chance to win money on the game show Cash Cab, was somehow involved in playing the role of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged with killing Floyd. Heartstrong’s report is replete with graphics comparing Chauvin’s face to Bailey’s, including one declaring “Boom! Here’s the ‘killer cop.’”
“Citizen investigators have suggested that the ‘officer Chauvin’ who appears in the arrest video bears a striking resemblance to the actor and comedian Benjamin Ray Bailey who features in Cash Cab,” Heartstrong writes.
The Cash Cab conspiracy theory has caught on with some elements of the pro-Trump QAnon movement, based solely on the idea that Chauvin looks somewhat like Bailey. But it remains on the fringe of the conspiracy-theory internet and is unusual to see touted so openly—particularly from someone running for federal office.
Heartstrong declined to comment about her Floyd conspiracy theories, referring The Daily Beast to her document and her May video about the matter. In the video, Heartstrong laid out a gruesome scheme for how she claimed the murder could be staged.
“You lure in a homeless man, you give him some drugs laced with poison, and you kill him,” Heartstrong, who is Black, said in the video. “Black America, you all need to wake up and stop being so emotional,”
Despite her bizarre claims, Heartstrong stands a good chance of winning the Republican primary on Aug. 4, although she would almost certainly lose the general election. Heartstrong’s claims about Floyd have caught on with right-wing conspiracy theorists and have earned her appearances on internet radio shows, including a YouTube show hosted by conspiracy theorist David Zublick, who has more than 175,000 subscribers on the site.
More importantly, Heartstrong’s only primary opponent is Anthony Rogers, a podcaster and comedian whose social-media pages feature off-the-wall video endorsements from figures like Joe Exotic campaign manager Joshua Dial, and schlock director Uwe Boll. Former Trump adviser Roger Stone, who is awaiting a 40-month prison term, has also endorsed Rogers, calling him “exactly the kind of hellraiser we need to send to Congress.”
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I think we are being played on many levels, and I continue to pray against the evil succeeding. I continue to pray against unholy alliances.
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LORD HELP US
Winnie Heartstrong has put out a 23-page document laying out a series of incoherent conspiracy theories about Floyd’s death. She’s likely to be the party’s nominee.
Will Sommer
Updated Jun. 24, 2020 11:17AM ET / Published Jun. 24, 2020 4:27AM ET
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
A Republican House candidate in Missouri has published her own half-baked report claiming that the video of George Floyd’s death—which has sparked nationwide protests to end the racial inequities in the criminal-justice system—is, in fact, a staged “false flag.”
Winnie Heartstrong, a candidate running for the St. Louis congressional seat held by Lacy Clay (D-MO), has pushed conspiracy theories about Floyd’s death for nearly a month on Twitter. In late May, a video featuring Heartstrong claiming that “George Floyd is alive” circulated among far-right Twitter accounts and received more than 100,000 views.
Heartstrong went further last week with a 23-page document laying out a series of incoherent conspiracy theories about Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. Heartstrong insists Floyd actually died years earlier, and the video that shows his death is actually a bogus “deepfake” meant to stir up racial tensions.
“We conclude that no one in the video is really one person but rather they are all digital composites of two or more real people to form completely new digital persons using deepfake technology,” Heartstrong writes in the document, which she claims was created with help from “citizen investigators.”
Perhaps the strangest part of Heartstrong’s report is the claim that Ben Bailey, a comedian who surprises taxi passengers with the chance to win money on the game show Cash Cab, was somehow involved in playing the role of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged with killing Floyd. Heartstrong’s report is replete with graphics comparing Chauvin’s face to Bailey’s, including one declaring “Boom! Here’s the ‘killer cop.’”
“Citizen investigators have suggested that the ‘officer Chauvin’ who appears in the arrest video bears a striking resemblance to the actor and comedian Benjamin Ray Bailey who features in Cash Cab,” Heartstrong writes.
Heartstrong went further last week with a 23-page document laying out a series of incoherent conspiracy theories about Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. Heartstrong insists Floyd actually died years earlier, and the video that shows his death is actually a bogus “deepfake” meant to stir up racial tensions.
“We conclude that no one in the video is really one person but rather they are all digital composites of two or more real people to form completely new digital persons using deepfake technology,” Heartstrong writes in the document, which she claims was created with help from “citizen investigators.”
Perhaps the strangest part of Heartstrong’s report is the claim that Ben Bailey, a comedian who surprises taxi passengers with the chance to win money on the game show Cash Cab, was somehow involved in playing the role of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged with killing Floyd. Heartstrong’s report is replete with graphics comparing Chauvin’s face to Bailey’s, including one declaring “Boom! Here’s the ‘killer cop.’”
“Citizen investigators have suggested that the ‘officer Chauvin’ who appears in the arrest video bears a striking resemblance to the actor and comedian Benjamin Ray Bailey who features in Cash Cab,” Heartstrong writes.
The Cash Cab conspiracy theory has caught on with some elements of the pro-Trump QAnon movement, based solely on the idea that Chauvin looks somewhat like Bailey. But it remains on the fringe of the conspiracy-theory internet and is unusual to see touted so openly—particularly from someone running for federal office.
Heartstrong declined to comment about her Floyd conspiracy theories, referring The Daily Beast to her document and her May video about the matter. In the video, Heartstrong laid out a gruesome scheme for how she claimed the murder could be staged.
“You lure in a homeless man, you give him some drugs laced with poison, and you kill him,” Heartstrong, who is Black, said in the video. “Black America, you all need to wake up and stop being so emotional,”
Despite her bizarre claims, Heartstrong stands a good chance of winning the Republican primary on Aug. 4, although she would almost certainly lose the general election. Heartstrong’s claims about Floyd have caught on with right-wing conspiracy theorists and have earned her appearances on internet radio shows, including a YouTube show hosted by conspiracy theorist David Zublick, who has more than 175,000 subscribers on the site.
More importantly, Heartstrong’s only primary opponent is Anthony Rogers, a podcaster and comedian whose social-media pages feature off-the-wall video endorsements from figures like Joe Exotic campaign manager Joshua Dial, and schlock director Uwe Boll. Former Trump adviser Roger Stone, who is awaiting a 40-month prison term, has also endorsed Rogers, calling him “exactly the kind of hellraiser we need to send to Congress.”
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GOP House Candidate Insists George Floyd Killing Was Staged
Winnie Heartstrong has put out a 23-page document laying out a series of incoherent conspiracy theories about Floyd’s death. She’s likely to be the party’s nominee.
www.thedailybeast.com
