Is Brad Raffenspeger the Brother of a Huawei Executive?

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President Donald Trump claimed in a recent tweet that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s brother “works for China.”

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1344142388063821825

The tweet appears to be referencing a conspiracy theory that achieved some virality earlier this year, which suggested that Raffensperger is the brother of the CTO of Chinese technology and telecommunications company Huawei, Ron Raffensperger. The conspiracy received traction on social media website Parler, where it was shared by popular pro-Trump accounts:

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    The Stray Goose

    No, but he IS related to another Huawei executive: Brad Jones. See. They both have the same first name so they must be related. --- That's about the level of smarts these people are using.

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  2. CatoTheElder

    Thanks, Alec. Yeoman’s work, as always, well done.

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    Barry Alexander

    These are the same people who believe that, in 1961, a man’s birth certificate was faked, with the knowledge that 45 years later, that infant would be a candidate for President. They’ll just say that the total lack of evidence shows the effectiveness of the conspiracy.

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    CynthiaW

    Oy, the crazy, it burns.

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  5. tla

    How can anybody believe anything trump tweets when he has absolutely no tether to the truth. He not only doesn’t care about the truth, he didn’t even care about being credible.

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    Narwhal

    Are the people telling him stuff like this is true just punking him?

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      Rajeev

      I think it's Trump that finds a lot of these nuts. He finds videos from people or groups with <100 followers and retweets them right away.

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      Pat Riot

      Punking him? This communication of his probably made him $10 million more in donations from Republicans. The truth most definitely doesn't matter. Regardless of this fact check and others, probably 40 million Americans now believe Raffenspeger has a brother, and nobody on this planet can tell them any different because to believe otherwise means you are a Democrat.

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    Victor Clairmont

    Thanks for the fact check.

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    Not Jonah Goldberg

    What a time we live in when you have to fact-check things like this.

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    Pat Riot

    But this shows you that Trump has absolutely no problem going after prominent elected Republicans with every bit of viciousness that he goes after Democrats.

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      Farhall

      If we can have alternative facts, why not alternative siblings?

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      I Am the Eggman

      Naturally. He has no loyalty to anyone; he just demands that everyone be loyal to him.

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