Kamala Harris sends conspiracy theorists into overdrive

Despite his reputation for being a very centrist, middle-of-the-road Democrat, President Joe Biden has been the target of countless conspiracy theories from far-right MAGA Republicans — many of them involving Ukraine.

But with Biden having dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, MAGA conspiracy theorists — including fundamentalist white evangelicals and Christian nationalists — have shifted their focus to the new Democratic presidential nominee: Vice President Kamala Harris.

MSNBC's Anthony L. Fisher examines these Harris-related conspiracy theories in an op-ed published on August 4.

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"It's always the end of the world for the Make America Great Again movement," Fisher explains. "Ever since Donald Trump's escalator ride in 2015, there's been zero nuance to the MAGA message…. But especially since Vice President Kamala Harris became the likely Democratic nominee, MAGA messaging has gone from overwrought and hyperbolic to absolutely hysterical and apocalyptic."

The "deranged" obsessions of anti-Harris MAGA Republicans, Fisher notes, include "imminent totalitarian government, End Times and literal biblical demons. "

MAGA Republican Tim Pool tweeted, "She is Hitler and Stalin combined but times 200. She is a Communist Despot come to put conservatives in (concentration) camps."

"It's hard to argue what's 'most disturbing' among these deranged comments from very angry people," Fisher argues. "But a worthy contender came from Lance Wallnau, the influential Christian nationalist who has the ears of both Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson."

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Fisher continues, "He likened the first Black and Indian woman to be nominated for president by a major party to Jezebel — a spirit with demonic powers…. The aforementioned MAGA influencers are worthy of ridicule, sure, but they're more worthy of thoughtful, diligent scrutiny, because they'd be guiding forces of what might pass for principles in a second Trump Administration."

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Anthony L. Fisher'sfull MSNBC op-ed is available at this link.