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A history of peddling debunked theories won’t guarantee you a spot in Trumpland — but it apparently doesn’t hurt.
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he’s chosen Fox News contributor Monica Crowley as the National Security Council’s senior director of strategic communications. If her conspiracy theory-pushing past is any indication, she’ll fit right in with several of Trump’s administration picks.
Crowley promoted a debunked theory that Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin had ties to “Islamic supremacists” ― a claim proven false by The Washington Post,Snopes and other sources.
A CNN report found Crowley repeatedly spread this phony information through various channels, including op-eds and guest appearances on radio shows and Fox News.
In August, Crowley called Abedin’s parents “essentially tools of the Saudi regime” on Fox News’ “Hannity.” A month later, she wrote that Abedin’s family had “alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood” in a Washington Times piece.
But Crowley’s unsubstantiated claims aren’t limited to targeting Abedin. She was a vocal proponent of the birther movement, often calling President Barack Obama’s citizenship into question. In 2008, she suggested Obama lied about his blackness.
“[Obama is] not black African, he is Arab African,” she said on Laura Ingraham’s radio show. “And yet, this guy is campaigning as black and painting anybody who dares to criticize him as a racist. I mean that is — it is the biggest con I think I’ve ever seen.”
Crowley isn’t the first Trump pick with a history of peddling conspiracy theories.
More: Trump Is Assembling An Impressive Team Of Conspiracy Theory Pushers
Wow, it looks like we'll have to depend on Russia and North Korea for more reliable news in the future - because we won't be able to believe a damn thing coming out of the Trump Administration. Sad...
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he’s chosen Fox News contributor Monica Crowley as the National Security Council’s senior director of strategic communications. If her conspiracy theory-pushing past is any indication, she’ll fit right in with several of Trump’s administration picks.
Crowley promoted a debunked theory that Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin had ties to “Islamic supremacists” ― a claim proven false by The Washington Post,Snopes and other sources.
A CNN report found Crowley repeatedly spread this phony information through various channels, including op-eds and guest appearances on radio shows and Fox News.
In August, Crowley called Abedin’s parents “essentially tools of the Saudi regime” on Fox News’ “Hannity.” A month later, she wrote that Abedin’s family had “alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood” in a Washington Times piece.
But Crowley’s unsubstantiated claims aren’t limited to targeting Abedin. She was a vocal proponent of the birther movement, often calling President Barack Obama’s citizenship into question. In 2008, she suggested Obama lied about his blackness.
“[Obama is] not black African, he is Arab African,” she said on Laura Ingraham’s radio show. “And yet, this guy is campaigning as black and painting anybody who dares to criticize him as a racist. I mean that is — it is the biggest con I think I’ve ever seen.”
Crowley isn’t the first Trump pick with a history of peddling conspiracy theories.
More: Trump Is Assembling An Impressive Team Of Conspiracy Theory Pushers
Wow, it looks like we'll have to depend on Russia and North Korea for more reliable news in the future - because we won't be able to believe a damn thing coming out of the Trump Administration. Sad...
