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The Deplorables
- Hillary Clinton called half of Trump supporters "deplorables" during the 2016 campaign.
- This insult became a badge of pride for some Trump supporters, who embraced the term.
4chan and the Deplorables
- The Deplorables were tech-savvy and active on platforms like 4chan.
- They used shock tactics, memes, and edgy humor to push their agenda.
Posobiec and Pizzagate
- Jack Posobiec, a Republican operative, played a key role in spreading the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory.
- He organized online trolls and pushed the story into the mainstream internet.