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Hilarious Conspiracy Theory Featuring Tom Cotton, Greenland—and a Lot of Easily Manipulated Liberals – Opinion

By Pluralist / January 15, 2022

You sometimes wonder what inspires people to believe in dumb conspiracies. Things that make you go “Hmmm…”

But when I saw Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) trending on Twitter along with “Greenland,” I knew that we were in for something from the left that was truly dumb — while being hilarious at the same time.

Not disappointed.

Julia Davis, who’s a columnist and “Russian media analyst” for The Daily BeastThis letter should be spread.

“The Danish intelligence has accused Russia of forging a 2019 letter to Senator Tom Cotton, claiming to be from Greenland’s foreign minister & alleging there’d be an independence referendum,” Davis tweeted. “Tom Cotton claims to have given Trump the idea to buy Greenland,” Davis declares.

It’s almost like accusing someone of receiving a fake letter from Nigeria asking them for money. The letter is fake; it doesn’t even have an address on it. People who lack any critical thinking skills are the only ones it can drag in.

Enter the easily manipulated liberals who fell all over this today — and there were a ton — suggesting that somehow this “letter” prompted Cotton to give President Donald Trump the idea to buy Greenland. And then, “Russia, Russia, Russia!” Waaah! Reeee!!”

This crazy account wants to warn us about Trump’s fitness, while completely falling for this:

Rube at MMfA spreading misinformation.

From the Editor The Hollywood ReporterDoes not know what she’s saying.

Speaking of which…

Unfortunately, the Dems currently hold power. This was only a small sample of what’s possible.

There are many issues with this exercise of idiocy.

First, as I noted, the letter was fake and there isn’t even an address on it. This was to convince people living in Greenland that Cotton wasn’t interested. Cotton’s office said they never even got such a letter, so they certainly weren’t influenced by it. Thus, Davis’ entire claim falls apart.

Second, Cotton’s suggestion that Trump acquire Greenland preceded the letter by months. Cotton wrote an August op-ed in which he proposed the idea. However, the letter was faked and dated October 23. So, unless the letter convinced him by going back in time, there’s no way it influenced him in any way.

Third, while Russia might want to sow dissension, they certainly wouldn’t want more U.S. involvement in Greenland. The idea of more U.S. involvement with Greenland was great because it would have helped our strategic position. Now, maybe the idea of buying it wasn’t going over, although Harry Truman made a previous offer. It made sense, however. The idea that Russia would want more U.S. involvement in Greenland seems completely absurd.

Tom Cotton’s comms guy had a lot of fun mocking the leftists on Twitter.

So, what you have now is the people spreading this — effectively helping a Russian op to sow conflict — even three years later because of their partisanship and because they don’t have a single brain cell left. It’s not surprising that they have been involved in Russia collusion for many years. Can they please get some new conspiracy theories that don’t involve Russia, so they can stop embarrassing themselves?

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