Conspiracy Theorists Quotes
This was a Nationally Broadcast Speech speech in the run up to American entry to WWII, Lindbergh had been a national here for being the first aviator to fly over the Atlantic to Europe. Politically, the National Hero became an active fascist supporter of Mussolini and Adolph Hitler who awarded him a Medal for Supporting Fascism, Anti-Semitism and advocating for America to allow Hitler to conquer German and the rest of Europe. After WWII he was in disgrace. This quotation is one of his many attempts to keep America from interfering with Hitler in Europe as he was a great admirer of Fascism and the two leading proponents in Europe.
Yale University had announced the discovery of a Norse map called the Vinland Map. It was an old Viking map that showed the East Coast of America and Canada as well as Greenland and Iceland. It purported to prove that the Vikings had been to America before Columbus. This was shocking and unbelievable to large numbers of Italian Americans many of whom lived in New York City. Most Italian Americans rejected the possibility that the map could be genuine, but there had to be a reason that it was forged. In the midst of the Cold War, there was an obvious villain and it did not take long before large numbers of people believed and repeated the headline. The quotation shows how rabid the anti-Communism of the Cold War was. The authenticity of the Vinland Map is still debated. Ironically, Columbus—the “discoverer” of America, never got to North America at all. He landed in and captured some islands in the Caribbean. The Daily News was then the largest circulation newspaper in the United States.
Welch was a conspiracy theorist paranoid and gave the legitimate conservatives of the time a bad name. The quotation was in the first version of the book, and then it was removed.
Trump had a penchant for making statements and attacks and offering policies that were racist, sexist, boorish, and often unconstitutional. Leaders of this own Republican party urged him to act more presidential, stop the lies and exaggerations, and advocate for traditional Republican positions and programs, but most Republicans supported him. Just before the second presidential debate, video tape was found where r. Trump uttered vile, sexist language and admitting to committing acts of sexual assault and predation on women. Then in the debate, he claimed that it was just “locker room talk” which angered many even further in that he was not an adolescent at the time but was a 59 year old man. Republicans denounced hime in droves with many leaders and office holders of the party withdrawing their support of him as a presidential candidate. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House and the Senior Republican in the country, then announced that he would no longer support or campaign for Trump, but would only campaign for other Republicans. This was Trump’s campaign speech on that subject. Note the total insensitivity and paranoid belief in a conspiracy theory.