Alex Jones has finally found a story alleging a widespread international conspiracy that he thinks is too far-fetched and too thinly sourced to be believed.
The Washington Post reported this weekend that a “secret CIA assessment” found the Kremlin interfered in the 2016 U.S. election to help President-elect Donald Trump best Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
“It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s goal here was to favor one candidate over the other, to help Trump get elected,” an anonymous U.S. official said. “That’s the consensus view.”
For Jones, who believes the government is putting chemicals in the water that “turn the friggin’ frogs gay,” there’s no evidence to back what he calls a “conspiracy theory”:
Absolutely no evidence has been produced to substantiate the conspiracy theory. https://t.co/HjrCd1dnAQ
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) December 12, 2016
Jones’ personal website, Infowars.com, featured a lengthier criticism of the Post report. The Infowars.com criticism, titled “TRUMP BLASTS ‘CONSPIRACY THEORY’ RUSSIA/CIA CARD FBI,” concluded by suggesting the Post article is likely a “bullshit fake news” story.
Jones’ sudden thirst for concrete evidence is a change of pace for a radio host who has endorsed theories alleging the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook was staged by government actors and that President Obama is literally possessed by a demonic spirit.
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Alex Jones finally finds a conspiracy he can't get behind https://t.co/EvJ2TeqBmC pic.twitter.com/sRzLQ00f8y
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 14, 2016
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