December 20, 2025 11:00am by David Farrar

Depressing

Over a third of GOP voters think the moon landing was faked and that the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or didn’t happen as historians describe.

Over 40% think 9/11 was likely an inside job.

And more than half still think the 2020 election was rigged. pic.twitter.com/GizkUMxZe9
— Heath Mayo (@HeathMayo) December 4, 2025

The first one isn’t a conspiracy theory. There is genuine uncertainty over how Covid-19 started.

The others though are depressing. 36% of Republicans think the moon landings were fake. The same number are Holocaust deniers or minimisers. This detachment from reality used to be a few cranks on the extreme left and now it is mainstream conservative thinking in the US.

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