Former Trump campaign officer and current Department of Health and Human Services spokesman Michael Caputo told Facebook users âwithout offering a shred of evidenceâthat armed, left-wing militants are being trained âall over the countryâ for insurrection, and shared other false conspiracies in an unhinged talk. âRemember the Trump supporter who was shot and killed?â Caputo said in the livestream. âThat was a drill.â He also accused longtime scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of âsedition,â claiming they were harboring a âresistance unitâ to President Trump that would not help in the fight against coronavirus until, Caputo said, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is in office. âYou understand that theyâre going to have to kill me, and unfortunately, I think thatâs where this is going,â Michael Caputo alleged.
Caputo then predicted that Trump would win the election, but that Biden would refuse to concede, imploring gun-owning viewers to buy ammunition. Before the string of conspiracy theories, Caputo also said he was under siege by the media and that his mental health had failed. âI donât like being alone in Washington,â he said, describing âshadows on the ceiling in my apartment, there alone, shadows are so long.â
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