Donald Trump promotes bizarre OANN conspiracy about 75 year old police victim Martin Gugino, and all hell breaks loose

| 11:35 am EDT June 9, 2020
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We all watched the police forcefully shove seventy-five year old Martin Gugino to the ground, and then leave him lying there after he hit his head and started profusely bleeding. The two police officers who shoved him are being criminally charged with assault. But Donald Trump apparently watched some other video.

In what might actually be the worst tweet that Trump has ever come up with, he posted this: “Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?”

We’re not even sure where to start. We all saw the video. We know what really happened. Yet Trump has now decided that the old guy in the video is somehow a part of Antifa, an imaginary domestic terrorist group. Suffice it to say that Trump’s tweet is not going over well. It’s as if he woke up this morning and decided to see how many additional voters he could lose today.

Dear Palmer Report readers, we all understand the difficult era we're heading into. Major media outlets are caving to Trump already. Even the internet itself and publishing platforms may be at risk. But Palmer Report is nonetheless going to lead the fight. We're funding our 2025 operating expenses now, so we can keep publishing no matter what happens. I'm asking you to contribute if you can, because the stakes are just so high. You can donate here.