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Roseanne Barr faces backlash over Trump conspiracy theory tweet
Actress
Roseanne Barr faced heavy criticism on social
media this weekend after posting a tweet
apparently indicating support for an online
conspiracy theory claiming President Trump is
involved in combating a global trafficking ring
tied to the "deep state."
In a tweet
posted Friday night, the "Roseanne" star alleged
that Trump was breaking up human trafficking rings
and freeing "hundreds" of children in sex slavery
around the world every month.
"President
Trump has freed so many children held in bondage
to pimps all over this world. Hundreds each month.
He has broken up trafficking rings in high places
everywhere. notice that. I disagree on some
things, but give him benefit of doubt-4 now," the
actress wrote.
Barr's tweet
was initially met with widespread confusion, with
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman tweeting
simply, "What?"
Journalists
quickly noted that Barr's claim appeared to
indicate her support for a conspiracy
theory that alleges the existence of a
massive child-trafficking ring linked to rogue
elements in the government tied to Hillary Clinton
and the Democratic Party.
The
conspiracy has been traced to an anonymous user
identified as "Q" or "QAnon" on the online message
board 4Chan. Twitter users noted that Barr has
mentioned Q in past
tweets as recently as November.
The
conspiracy theory is similar to the "Pizzagate"
theory that led to a man firing shots inside a
Washington, D.C., pizzeria in 2016 in an attempt
to "investigate" the claims.
Barr's tweet
led to backlash from members of the media,
Democrats and other public figures, including
former Nixon White House counsel John Dean, who
slammed Barr's network, ABC, for giving her a
platform.
Michael
Tomaso, a former MSNBC producer, wrote back,
calling the president that Barr was praising
"fictional."
"This
fictional president sounds amazing! Especially
compared to the real one who's been repeatedly
retweeting white supremacist linked groups the
last two years," he wrote.
"Where is the
evidence for this???? As far as I can tell this is
completely untrue. Name times and places please,"
wrote former Democratic National Committee chair
Howard Dean.
Despite the
criticism, Barr later doubled down on the message,
but said she would refrain from mentioning it
further because it invited "bullying" from
critics.
"i thought
today was a good day to talk about freeing kids
from sex slavery, since it is Passover. I didn't
realize that so many were not aware of it. Anyway,
no more opinions from me on twitter, it invites
bullying. Moving on," she wrote in a tweet late
Friday.
Barr, an
outspoken supporter of the president on social
media, spoke with
Trump as recently as Wednesday when the
president called the actress to congratulate her
on the ratings success of the reboot of her show,
"Roseanne."
The show
prominently features Barr's politics as a Trump
supporter, while other members of her on-screen
family tend to be more liberal.
"We just kind
of had a private conversation but we talked about
a lot of things and he's just happy for me," Barr
later told ABC's "Good Morning America" of the
call.
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