slate | Over the course of the day, two similar threads held the second
highest spot in that forum. One argued that “Unite the Right” organizer
Jason Kessler was possibly a secret pro-Obama operative and another said that far-right rallies across the country were part of an “organized smear campaign.”
Alt-right media personality Mike Cernovich, meanwhile, claimed that
the violence was being initiated by left-wing groups in order to provoke
a civil war. Another prominent alt-right social media voice, Jack
Posobiec, said it was part of a “deep state [plot] to remove Trump
allies in the WH and accelerate their coup.”
Julian Assange compared the torch-lit rally
in Charlottesville to ones that took place in Ukraine in 2014, which he
and alt-right voices also claim were Soros-funded affairs meant to
foment the breakdown of civil society.
Finally, former Breitbart writer Patrick Howley wrote that
by pressuring the president to denounce the racist attack, “Trump’s
enemies are clearly hoping to separate Trump from any and all militia
groups that could take part in potential acts of civil disobedience if
Trump gets impeached and the nation heads into a Civil War-type
scenario.”
His old boss, Steve Bannon, is now one of the most senior officials in Donald Trump's government.
