Any hope for an odds-defying President Donald J. Trump vanished before his supporters’ eyes — whether they choose to believe it or not — during the third and final presidential debate on Wednesday. Some holdouts, however, have since constructed a conspiracy theory claiming that “crooked” Hillary Clinton was fed the debate questions beforehand.
The Republican nominee — himself a sort of hobbyist in the field — has subscribed wholeheartedly to the conspiracy theory:
Why didn't Hillary Clinton announce that she was inappropriately given the debate questions – she secretly used them! Crooked Hillary.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2016
We now know why the Democratic presidential nominee did it (she’s “crooked”), but she did it remains a mystery. Enter conservative radio host Bill Mitchell.
Mitchell has been on the case all Thursday morning, examining a thin “glowing” panel of Clinton’s podium that sheeple familiar with electric light largely ignored but that he knows somehow displayed her pre-prepared answers to the moderators’ questions:
During the debate, Hillary was constantly reading "something," yet you can see almost nothing written in her notes. WHAT was she reading? pic.twitter.com/mQ2tX2wRZm
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) October 20, 2016
Watch Hillary reading her teleprompter here folks. I mean, my God, it is OBVIOUS. https://t.co/27Libyh6he
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) October 20, 2016
If Hillary is "reading her notes," why does she have to keep looking down to read something she JUST WROTE? What is she reading?
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) October 20, 2016
Every time, as Hillary prepares to answer, she looks down at a 45 degree angle and reads "something". Not her notes.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) October 20, 2016
Where is Trump's light? https://t.co/3QFgFOkdXv
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) October 20, 2016
Hillary was reading throughout the debate.
Her notes were almost blank.
WHAT was she reading? pic.twitter.com/DBE72fKj4T— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) October 20, 2016
Well into his rant, Mitchell appeared to be distancing himself from his definitive accusations, suggesting that he may just be trolling Democrats:
I bring up the Hillary Teleprompter despite the fact Trump won because it drives the Hillbots NUTS and that amuses me.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) October 20, 2016
But three minutes later, he was back in stride:
Why does Hillary need to keep reading her notes? She just made them for God's sake. She can't recall what she just wrote?
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) October 20, 2016
Mitchell, who has steadfastly supported Donald Trump despite the numbers, is “the Trump movement’s post-truth, post-math anti-Nate Silver,” as BuzzFeed has deemed him.
“Tweeting an average of 270 times per day, he has arguably become Donald Trump’s most unrelenting social media surrogate,” BuzzFeed’s Charlie Warzel wrote of Mitchell, whose Twitter handle is @mitchellvii. “Despite Trump’s leaked tax returns and sexual assault allegations, Mitchell isn’t just unwavering in his support, but increasingly certain of his candidate’s chances.”
Despite the risk of persecution after a post-Election Day coup through which Trump usurps the Oval Office, at least one person on Twitter has made light of Mitchell’s theory:
