GOP Candidate Claims George Floyd’s Death Was Deepfaked
In 2020, as cities around the US and the world rumbled with the roar of protesters demanding justice for recently killed George Floyd, one Missouri Republican candidate was claiming the now infamous video depicting his death was a deepfake. Winnie Heartstrong, who was running to take over a house seat near St. Louis released a conspiracy-laden, bonkers 23-page document where she claimed those involved in the video showing Floyd’s death were actually “digital composites of two or more real people to form completely new digital persons using deepfake technology.”
The use of deepfake technology has serious implications for American civic and political life. We call on President Trump @realDonaldTrump and AG Barr @TheJusticeDept to launch an investigation into the death of Mr. Floyd.
Sign here: https://t.co/DNytdWqtR2 #FalseFlagsMatter
— Dr. Winnie Heartstrong for Congress (@realDrWinnie) June 15, 2020
The bizarre document falsely alleged Floyd died long before the video in question was taken. It also erroneously claimed Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was sentenced to nearly 23 years in prison for a second-degree murder charge, was actually Cash Cab host Ben Bailey.
