Media Troll Propped Up By Trump’s White House Is “Not Buying” The Syrian Gas Attacks
Mike Cernovich: “I’m Not Buying It That Children Were Actually Killed By Assad In Syria”
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"Alt-right” media troll Mike Cernovich declared that he was “not buying” that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out chemical attacks against Syrians, days after advisers of President Donald Trump praised him on Twitter for his “Pulitzer”-worthy coverage.
On April 2, Cernovich alleged that Susan Rice, who served as national security adviser under former President Barack Obama, requested “unmasking of incoming Trump officials” caught in surveillance. In a tweet the next day, Trump’s counselor Kellyanne Conway promoted Cernovich's appearance on 60 Minutes, calling it “a must-see ratings bonanza.” The day after, Donald Trump Jr. lauded Cernovich for his claim about Rice, tweeting, “In a long gone time of unbiased journalism he’d win the Pulitzer.”
During a live stream broadcast on April 5, Cernovich reacted to news of devastating chemical attacks in Syria that killed and injured dozens of people, including children, which Western leaders have blamed on Assad. Cernovich claimed that “a lot of pictures and a lot of video evidence” coming from reporters in Syria reminded him of the false testimony given by a Kuwaiti girl to Congress in the run-up to the Gulf War in 1990. The girl had falsely claimed that she saw Iraqi soldiers steal incubators from a hospital in Kuwait, leaving babies to die on the floor. In his broadcast, Cernovich went on to say, “I’m not buying it that children were actually killed by Assad in Syria.”
Cernovich frequently entertains numerous conspiracy theories, and often appears on leading conspiracy website Infowars. Cernovich has also helped popularize numerous conspiracy theories, including the “Pizzagate” story that claimed an underground child sex trafficking ring was run out of Comet Ping Pong, a Washington, D.C., pizza parlor and involved top Democratic officials. Despite widespread debunking of the story, Cernovich still recently claimed that the restaurant was a place “where a lot of pedophiles meet.”
From Cernovich’s April 5 live stream on Periscope: