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'Black Insurrectionist' X Account That Spread Anti-Harris Conspiracies Was Reportedly Run by a White Guy

A social media account claiming to be run by a Black veteran was allegedly tied to a white guy from upstate New York.

Rightwing conspiracy theories have roiled the internet over the past few weeks, many of them targeted at Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. At least two prominent examples of those theories have been sourced to an X account dubbed “Black Insurrectionist,” which had, until recently, sported a profile picture of an African American war veteran. The AP reports that a white guy named Jason G. Palmer is “directly linked” to the Black Insurrectionist account, which went by the handle @DocNetyoutube.

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