Vice News reports:
Right wing conspiracy theorists and social media trolls are spreading an unhinged claim that Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has been replaced with a body double.
The unfounded conspiracy began to percolate on social media platforms like Twitter and Telegram on Friday, and while it’s unclear where it originated, it may have been triggered by news the same day that the senator was preparing to leave Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D.C., where he has spent the last five weeks being treated for clinical depression.
The Fetterman conspiracy gained momentum over the weekend when some high profile figures in the MAGA-sphere shared it. One of the most prominent is the right-wing troll account known as Catturd.
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Please learn about focal lengths of camera lenses and now they impact photos of people. I’m begging you.
Begging. pic.twitter.com/6f8xcuTge2
— Bren Danflashes (@sheepsleepdeep) March 24, 2023
I think a DNA sample is in order, here. LOL. That’s not Fetterman on the right. pic.twitter.com/FpcS2FLK0m
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) March 24, 2023
They literally replaced fetterman, this is insane https://t.co/UkTBhQcKov
— Jason Roberge (@JasonRobergeVA) March 24, 2023
Right wing conspiracy theorists are spreading an unhinged claim that John Fetterman has been replaced with a body double. https://t.co/nFH4PWMa8u
— VICE News (@VICENews) March 27, 2023