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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInfoWars pushes conspiracy that Biden cut power to Texas
As millions of Texans were battling a severe winter weather crisis without steady electricity, heat, and running water, InfoWars, the American far-right website run by Alex Jones, floated another conspiracy theory.
It said that president Joe Biden blocked Texas from increasing power ahead of the severe winter storm, a claim that has since been comprehensively debunked by fact-checkers.
Published on 20 February, InfoWars article is headlined: Joe Bidens Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Killer Storm. It is still live on the site and has also been republished by the website Your News, with both versions being shared widely on Facebook and other social media.
An Emergency Order from the Biden administrations Department of Energy shows Texas energy grid operator ERCOT ( Electric Reliability Council of Texas) was instructed to stay within green energy standards by purchasing energy from outside the state at a higher cost, throttling power output throughout the state ahead of a catastrophic polar vortex, the story read.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/infowars-pushes-conspiracy-biden-cut-045608340.html
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)NoRethugFriends
(2,322 posts)Everyone knows Hillary did it.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)The entire mental zeitgeist of society is being deliberately poisoned, and there seems to be no way to shut it down.
I just feel a deep despair over what's happening...
Initech
(100,097 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)All the usual suspects have to be considered.
JI7
(89,260 posts)rictofen
(236 posts)Biden did use his weather machine to send the cold to Texas.