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hatrack

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Thu Feb 18, 2021, 09:10 PM Feb 2021

How About Some Paranoid Bullshit? Joe Biden Caused TX Storm As Part Of "Dark Winter" He Predicted

A powerful winter storm has left millions of people without power in Texas amid freezing temperatures. Some Facebook users blamed President Joe Biden — not for a particular policy, but for the storm itself. In a Feb. 15 post, Scott L. Biddle wrote that the storm resulted from “weather manipulation and controlling the jet stream” — something he assured people is “not a conspiracy theory.”

“Joe Biden’s ‘Dark Winter’ statement was not a random thought, it was a foreshadow of what was to come,” Biddle wrote. “Texas is the only state to have its own, entirely independent electric grid separate from the rest of the United States. This is warfare, an attack on Texas by altering the jet stream, seeding the clouds, and ultimately causing the storm that blacked out over 4 million people.”

“Sound crazy? Too hard to believe? Believe it.” Don’t believe it.

The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) We reached out to Biddle — who wrote a book of COVID-19 conspiracy theories that was removed from Amazon — but we haven’t heard back. What he said isn’t true. First, let’s examine the “‘dark winter’ statement.” In November, Biden said the coronavirus pandemic could worsen over the winter months as Americans traveled for the holidays and were forced indoors by colder weather. “We’re still facing a very dark winter,” he said. “There are now nearly 10 million COVID cases in the United States.”

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https://climatecrocks.com/2021/02/18/politifact-no-joe-biden-did-not-manipulate-the-polar-vortex-to-attack-texas/#more-64730

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How About Some Paranoid Bullshit? Joe Biden Caused TX Storm As Part Of "Dark Winter" He Predicted (Original Post) hatrack Feb 2021 OP
That's silly. Laelth Feb 2021 #1
Yes he did so don't mess with Joe StClone Feb 2021 #2
I think you have to be under 75 to manipulate the weather rurallib Feb 2021 #3
Coulda sworn it was the laser Jews that done it. tirebiter Feb 2021 #4
" Winter is coming" dixiegrrrrl Feb 2021 #5
More like White Hoverounds, if memories of the past decade serve me . . . hatrack Feb 2021 #6
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