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Trump Jr. joins the COVID misinformation circus his father is already running

Donald Trump Jr. promoted the same misleading doctors’ video on July 27, adding another Trump-family megaphone to a misinformation push that social platforms later acted against. The problem was not just the false medical claims; it was the way the campaign’s orbit kept feeding the country garbage during a worsening public-health emergency.

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First recorded Jul 27, 2020·Meaningfully updated Jul 27, 2020

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Trump Jr. joins the COVID misinformation circus his father is already running

Donald Trump Jr. promoted the same misleading doctors’ video on July 27, adding another Trump-family megaphone to a misinformation push that social platforms later acted against. The problem was not just the false medical claims; it was the way the campaign’s orbit kept feeding the country garbage during a worsening public-health emergency.

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Trump Jr. joins the COVID misinformation circus his father is already running

Donald Trump Jr. promoted the same misleading doctors’ video on July 27, adding another Trump-family megaphone to a misinformation push that social platforms later acted against. The problem was not just the false medical claims; it was the way the campaign’s orbit kept feeding the country garbage during a worsening public-health emergency.

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