A Washington Post/University of Maryland poll finds 34 percent of Republican respondents believe it is “definitely” or “probably true” that “FBI operatives organized and encouraged” the January 6th, 2021 MAGA insurrection at the US Capitol. while another 34 percent said “not sure,” leaving just 30 percent agreeing that the debunked conspiracy theory was “probably/definitely false.”
Which, when you take out the 2 percent for “No opinion/Skipped,” leaves 68 percent of GOP voters who aren’t convinced that thousands of Trump voters stormed the Capitol with the intent of disrupting the certification of fat former President Trump’s humiliating defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 election on their own. The majority among respondents identifying as Trump voters is even higher: 44 percent saying the “Fedsurrection” is probably or definitely true, plus another 33 percent saying “not sure,” with just 21 percent agreeing that it’s probably or definitely false.
Among overall respondents this actually works out to a slim 51 percent majority saying either the false flag fantasy was probably/definitely true at 25 percent and another 26 percent who say they aren’t sure versus 48 percent saying it’s probably or definitely false. On another result that the Post didn’t break down by political affiliation, the pollsters found that 11 percent of respondents say there’s “solid evidence” the FBI organized the attack, another 13 percent saying it’s a “suspicion only,” and 26 percent are not sure versus 48 percent saying “FBI did not organize” the riot.