{"id":804,"date":"2020-11-06T11:52:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T11:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/?p=804"},"modified":"2020-11-10T17:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T17:55:00","slug":"conspiracy-theorist-joins-armed-protest-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/2020\/11\/06\/conspiracy-theorist-joins-armed-protest-in-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Conspiracy theorist joins armed protest in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alex Jones, the man behind such theories as &#8220;chemicals in the water are turning the frogs gay&#8221; and &#8220;the government have weather weapons&#8221;, has been seen speaking to Republican supporters in Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"631\" height=\"473\" src=\"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AlexJonesInfoWars.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AlexJonesInfoWars.jpeg 631w, https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AlexJonesInfoWars-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AlexJonesInfoWars-500x375.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><figcaption>Mr Jones developed his right-wing following with theories of nefarious &#8216;globalists&#8217;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With chants of &#8220;count the votes&#8221;, the armed protest outside Maricopa County in Arizona gathered to prevent Biden from supposedly &#8220;stealing&#8221; the election from incumbent President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones announced to the masses with his megaphone: &#8220;We don\u2019t know how this is gonna end, but if they want a fight, they\u2019ve got one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones developed a cult following through his InfoWars podcast, spreading conspiracy theories about &#8220;big tech&#8221; and the secret lizard overlords controlling the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conspiracy theorist has since been banned from many social media sites, including YouTube, as his misinformation spreading and baseless accusations have violated multiple community guidelines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republican supporters in Arizona were outraged when Fox News and other media outlets called Arizona to be in Biden&#8217;s favour, and their chant of &#8220;count the votes&#8221; stand in direct contrast to Republican chants in other states to &#8220;stop counting&#8221;, inspired by President Trump&#8217;s twitter post. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Jones, the man behind such theories as &#8220;chemicals in the water are turning the frogs gay&#8221; and &#8220;the government have weather weapons&#8221;, has been seen speaking to Republican supporters in Arizona. With chants of &#8220;count the votes&#8221;, the armed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":{"x":"0.18","y":"0.30"}},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[132,60,107,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":816,"href":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions\/816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/InvictaNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}