Donald Trump Jr. recently claimed that a video of a woman allegedly trying to burn down Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth home in Atlanta, GA, was just a ploy to get more people to “vote Democrat” via Mediaite.
The former president’s son was seen retweeting the video showing a woman using a red canister to splash liquid around the structure and foliage. She also reportedly carried a lighter.
However, Don Jr. wasn’t falling for it, despite the official word from Atlanta police.
“This insanity is going become the norm for at least the next year while they try to create fake hate hoaxes to motivate people to vote Democrat. The Psy-Op will be incredibly extreme… don’t fall for it, or even a tiny fraction of it,” he wrote.
Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum told reporters that two off-duty New York City Police officers plus a group of onlookers helped detain the woman on Thursday until local police could arrive and place her under arrest.
The suspect, 26-year-old Laneisha Shantrice Henderson, was charged with 2nd-degree arson and interfering with government.
“Fortunately, the attempt was unsuccessful thanks to the brave intervention of Good Samaritans and the quick response of law enforcement … Our prayers are with the individual who allegedly committed this criminal act,” the King Center said in a statement.
This isn’t Don Jr.’s first take at the conspiracy theory. Some past favorites include spreading COVID-19 misinformation (that got him temporarily suspended from Twitter in 2020), “liking” Alex Jones’ patently false tweets about the Parkland shooting, and making up stories about Chinese spy balloons. Politico has even dubbed Jr., “Dad’s ambassador to the fringe.”
This insanity is going become the norm for at least the next year while they try to create fake hate hoaxes to motivate people to vote Democrat. The Psy-Op will be incredibly extreme… don’t fall for it, or even a tiny fraction of it. https://t.co/RUf5n9ZkOW
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) December 8, 2023
