Trump's Social Media Summit Brings Fringe Voices to White House

[demmiblue]

...

The summit is expected to attract figures like Bill Mitchell, a Twitter booster of Trump’s who has promoted the conspiracy theory known as QAnon; as well as the person behind a pro-Trump meme account known as @CarpeDonktum, whose work has attracted retweets from the president.

Brent Bozell, who heads an organization devoted to exposing alleged liberal media bias and once compared President Barack Obama to “a skinny, ghetto crackhead,” was also expected, alongside another Twitter personality who has said the media was pushing a civil war.

The conservative nonprofit Project Veritas, which uses undercover sting operations in attempts to expose wrongdoing, said founder James O’Keefe would be there. Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican and frequent Google critic, is scheduled to attend, as is Republican Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida.

Traditional Washington conservative organizations such as the Heritage Foundation will be represented. So will a fairly new one, the youth-focused group Turning Point USA, which has been accused of promoting baseless claims against liberals.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-11/trump-s-social-media-summit-brings-fringe-voices-to-white-house

[tanyev]

1. The Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Summit?

[EleanorR]

2. Those really aren't fringe voices when it comes to trump and republicans

Kellyanne, Hannity, Lou Dobbs, Tucker Carlson, Limbaugh... Fox promoting a conspiracy theory floated by the Russians. Sinclair making news anchors read propaganda pieces on air. Radical and corrupt is simply who republicans are now, and those republicans in office who aren't are too cowardly to speak up.

[Dirty Socialist]

3. Turning Point USA

I've seen some of their memes. Wow, are they full of shit!

[demmiblue]

4. Statement from the SPLC on today's White House "Social Media Summit" below:

Link to tweet