Has Trey Gowdy Made Claims Describing a Conspiracy Against Trump?

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A viral Facebook post from page Trey Gowdy Now attributes conspiratorial thoughts about coronavirus, the Black Lives Matter movement, and other events of the Trump presidency to former Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy:

The quote attributed to Gowdy in this photo did not originate with him: It was tweeted by a popular Twitter account named Sarah Hucklebee (note the spelling), which itself led to false claims that the tweet came from former Trump administration White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The Trey Gowdy Now post is also a variant of an old, debunked claim that Gowdy expressed skepticism about coronavirus.

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    Visibly

    That is good to hear. But he was a disgrace when he interrogated/debated with Hilary Clinton in congress! Listening to that debate was an essential moment when I understood that GOP leaders were lost. Before then, I hoped it was mainly the voters, or some extremely revengeful individuals. But Gowdy’s performance that day.....
    If he had been a woman, he would have been rejected for eternity.

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    DougAz

    ..but Hillary for Heaven's sakes. I hold Trey Gowdy in lower regard than.. my donkeys deposits. Most revolting man..well there was Nunez

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      JohnF

      Still is.

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    Chris

    I look forward to these fact checks.

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    Pat Riot

    Good to know.

    The problem with Internet false information like this is that while sometimes it's pretty obvious, in this case it is something that would be 100% consistent with Trey Gowdy's past, so it's very believable.

    If there was a quote by Elizabeth Warren going around that said, "All Americans are going to have to get a tax increase. That's just too bad". You would say, "well of course she would say that".

    In reality she probably wouldn't since Democrats have decided to stop their unilateral disarmament and copy-cat the Republicans on taxes ("let's cut taxes and increase government programs!"), but a bit of false information like that would be likely to stick to her.

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    1. Ryan

      I think you make a good point about false/misleading information on the internet. Its often most effective when there's a grain of truth, or when it's something that you could easily imagine that person saying.
      Outside of robust fact-checking, I don't know how you counter that kind of misinformation though. My general sense is that most of the people liking or sharing that kind of stuff don't actually care if it is factually inaccurate, what is more important is that FEELS true. On the internet more than any other medium, Truthiness trumps Truth.

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  5. ROBERT

    Thanks! Fact checking is a valuable service. Glad you and the Dispatch provides it.

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