Andrea Catsimatidis is the chair of the
Manhattan Republican Party since 2017 and a successful businesswoman in virtue
of having had important positions in businesses owned by her billionaire
father.
Described as a “rising GOP star”,
Catsimatidis has been
a strident promoter of
2020 election conspiracy theories;
already in November 2020,
she asked
“
Is Joe Biden planning a coup by trying to create his own parallel
government?”, and later she asserted that “
Corporate America helped rig
the election.” After January 6, she
was quick to forward
debunked claims
that
Antifa activists were among the rioters
(“
I’m questioning the intelligence of anyone who didn’t think ANTIFA was
involved. It’s so obvious!!!”), responding to criticism by asserting that her
aim was to ensure all the evidence was considered so attackers could be brought
to justice. That is a lie, of course. (It’s also worth noting that similar
conspiracy theories were promoted by her billionaire father,
climate change denialist John Catsimatidis).
Catsimatidis was not particularly sympathetic to the 2023 Manhattan district indictment of Trump either.
Diagnosis: Yes, a village idiot conspiracy
theorist; Qanon conspiracies and rants against the elites (“they”)
are standard fare among wingnut New York socialite billionaires, too. We have
no doubts Catsimatidis has a bright political future ahead of her.
Like father like daughter
ReplyDeleteCan we please stop calling them "conspiracy theorists?" After all, conspiracies have a basis in fact. I prefer "conspiracy loon."
ReplyDeleteConspiracies have a basis in fact? You better watch it NightTrain, GD will banish you from this site with that kind of talk!
ReplyDeleteA fact is that which can be demonstrably proven, not that which you desperately want to be true. Guess which version this blog embraces and your ilk doesn't?
DeleteGood save. Maybe GD will let you slide!
DeleteConspiracies have to be looked at on the evidence.
DeleteGood example, the Tuskegee fiasco.
Evidence was found that it is true.
On the other hand, QAnon has been shown over and over to be a wild rumor with nothing to back it up.