Donald Trump Runs the Military & The Role of Militias | Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy
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The Divisiveness of the Militia Movement
I think the main thing to know with them is that they have been stirred up by this broader milieu where conspiracism about a variety of things, but especially about COVID-19 was kind of at the forefront of their motivation. For them, it seems that they really believed that the lockdown efforts in Michigan and perhaps some that were being discussed nationally were really interpreted as government tyranny. And so I think that the idea that some people have special knowledge or special insights into the way the world really works is a major variable creating some of this divisiveness.
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