Cultists Lie About Barricades Around Supreme Court

The Daily Beast reports:

Several right-wing accounts on X pushed a false narrative Monday that barricades had been installed around the Supreme Court ahead of its ruling regarding former President Donald Trump’s sweeping claims of immunity from criminal prosecution.

In a since-deleted post, Turning Point USA contributor and serial plagiarist Benny Johnson shared a 22-second video clip of barricades surrounding the high court.

The clip began to gain traction and the same video soon showed up on several other right-wing accounts. One widely circulated post by @dom_lucre received more than 1 million views as of publication.

Read the full article. The notorious fake news account Dom Lucre has been boosted by Elon Musk on many occasions.

No there’s not https://t.co/nsK85tTI7Q pic.twitter.com/11Ah6eaAYz

— Daniel Barnes (@dnlbrns) June 18, 2024

Hey MAGA, if you are following Benny Johnson, you are a following a guy who slings fake bullsh*t at you constantly.

There was no fencing installed at the Supreme Court today, but that didn’t stop Benny Johnson (and a ton of other MAGA accounts) from telling you there was and… pic.twitter.com/vaIzb0ud37

— Peter Henlein (@SwissWatchGuy) June 18, 2024