Donald Trump campaign manager shared posts in 2021 saying Trump’s lies caused the violence on January 6 | CNN Politics
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In the immediate aftermath of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, a number of conservatives and Republicans broke ranks with then-President Donald Trump and blamed him for the violence that day. Among them was Trump’s current campaign manager, Chris LaCivita.
  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Some of those posts have since been deleted from LaCivita’s feed, but CNN was able to review them on the Internet Archive WayBack Machine, which archives internet webpages.

    That’s interesting, since the Internet Archive has been the subject of a few hacks in the last few weeks…

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      Are suggesting Trump’s campaign has anyone competent enough to hack the Internet Archive in an attempt to remove material from years ago? Or are you saying that maybe someone hacked the Internet Archive to plant creditable sounding comments about Trump’s campaign staff?

      Maybe I’m way off though, and you’re not trying to create a new conspiracy theory and just forgot to finish your sentence.

      • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 hour ago

        Sorry, I thought it was obvious that Trump’s campaign is getting all sorts of foreign help, including state-level actors that might object to organizations that keep evidence the campaign is trying to stuff down the memory hole …

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
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      55 minutes ago

      Like JD Vance, Trump loves people that need to humiliate themselves doing a 180 in service to him and shamelessly covering for him in public.

      A few from the top of my head: Lindsey Graham Ted Cruze Nikki Haley Ron DeSantis