The Alt-Right Still Supports Trump, Is Still Mad, and Is Still Pushing Fake News
Michael G. Flynn, the son of fired felon and former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, is throwing yet another Twitter tantrum, and this one is a doozy.
The younger Flynn came to the nation’s attention after the election, when he was pushing the PizzaGate conspiracy theory that was so prevalent in some circles – especially the alt-right – that today one man today sits in jail after driving from North Carolina to northwest Washington, D.C. to “investigate” the pizza parlor that falsely was painted as the center of a child sex trafficking ring operating out of its basement, and headed by Hillary Clinton and John Podesta.
And when it comes to jobs on team Trump, it’s like father, like son. Both Flynns have been fired by Trump officials.
The elder Flynn was fired allegedly for lying to Vice President Mike Pence, but the real reason had a lot more to do with then-Acting Attorney General Sally Yates telling the Trump administration that Flynn was likely compromised by the Russians – and the media found out and pressured the White House to act.
The younger Flynn was fired from the Trump transition team for pushing the dangerous PizzaGate lie.
Meanwhile, on Monday, Flynn Jr. posted several strange and cryptic tweets.
In one, he tweeted “#ImpeachObama,” after alt-right conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec tried to get the hashtag trending.
In another, far stranger tweet, Flynn Jr. tweeted:
The responses to the madness, however, were the best part: