Re: claims that Antifa “infiltrated” the Trump supporters and manipulated them into the attempted coup. Someone asked me to put my two cents in about this tonight (always a dangerous request), so here goes.
It’s preposterous. This appears to be a desperate conspiracy theory meant to mitigate the public relations catastrophe for the Trump administration following the Capitol insurrection. There is soooo much footage of the perpetrators, and nothing to suggest that they are somehow a multitude of brilliant, Oscar-worthy actors who are nefariously impersonating Trump supporters. (C’mon.)
Here’s a hint — anytime someone claims they witnessed a “busload” of actors or impersonators, there is a good bet it is colossal bullshit. The whole actors-on-busses scenario is a common conspiracy theory. The last time it was in play, I was hearing it from pro-Trump apologists of the Charlottesville violence perpetrated at the Unite the Right rally in 2017.
I asked them for evidence repeatedly for it. The best I got was an undated picture of two parked busses without passengers — the person who sent it to me couldn’t even name the vehicles’ location. It could have been any two empty busses, anywhere in America.
That’s it. That was the only “evidence.”
I would be extraordinarily surprised if there was even an ounce of truth to this new claim. Its appearance today simply underscores how desperate the Trump camp is to conduct damage control.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 