It’s been a wild month for conspiracy theories in America. When President Joe Biden announced he would step down as the Democratic presidential nominee, fringe conjectures have spread regarding his whereabouts. Specifically, many were speculating whether or not he’s alive, though his first public appearance since contracting COVID on July 17 should hopefully answer that question.
Just a week before, when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire at a former President Trump campaign rally, many people also gravitated toward conspiracy theories to make sense of what happened. People on both sides of the political spectrum latched on to various strains of viral misinformation.
