Hillary Clinton Admits Pizzagate Lies Were ‘Really Effective’ Against Her During 2016 Campaign
"The naïveté and the susceptibility of people seeing a video or seeing something in print that looked legitimate was so powerful," she adds The post Hillary Clinton Admits Pizzagate Lies Were ‘Really Effective’ Against Her During 2016 Campaign appeared first on TheWrap .
During her 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton admitted that the Pizzagate conspiracy theory was "really effective" in swaying voters. Referring to the issue during an interview on the "On with Kara Swisher" podcast, Clinton discussed a political ad from Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign criticizing her opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother, Donna Arthur, for alleging that her daughter is a liar.
Acton had been removed from her mother's custody at age 12 following her stepfather's indictment for allegedly raping her. Clinton joined bipartisan criticism of the ad, warning that political spots, internet hoaxes, and myths can harm a campaign. She then focused on the impact of Pizzagate, a false claim that Clinton was running a pedophile ring out of Comet Ping Pong, a pizza shop in Washington, D.C.
Clinton noted that the false claims during her 2016 campaign against Donald Trump were particularly effective, with supporters believing the rumors despite attempts by her team to correct them. She emphasized the power of the internet and the susceptibility of people to readily believe information that appeared legitimate, explaining that even my supporters would say, 'Where did you hear that?
It's not true.' — and they'd say, 'Oh, I saw it on the internet.' This highlights the crucial need to address misinformation and the financial spending against candidates to spread falsehoods.
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