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Delarage

(2,186 posts)
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 08:18 PM Dec 2020

Strange "Epoch Times" related caravan in Delaware today

I was driving near the Hagley Museum (down the road from where Kamala Harris recently stayed) and saw a bunch of State Troopers at the intersection. I figured it was Biden's motorcade going by (again) but it was actually a 20-or-so vehicle caravan of minivans and SUVs with giant signs on top saying "ENDCCP.COM" and then Chinese writing under it. A couple vehicles had "Source of the Coronavirus" under the ENDCCP.COM, instead of the Chinese writing. All the vehicles were from New York or California.

I went to the website and it had a bunch of legitimate complaints about the Chinese Communist Party mixed in with possible conspiracy theories (spying via 5g technology). The only politicians I saw noted were Scott Perry R-Florida and a big ol' picture of Ronny Raygun.

Has anyone else seen this?


Link to a crappy picture of caravan cars from Google (sorry it's blurry):

https://images.app.goo.gl/3rxforJny6zm5k1KA

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Strange "Epoch Times" related caravan in Delaware today (Original Post) Delarage Dec 2020 OP
When we are driving in Lancaster County iamateacher Dec 2020 #1
That's sad Delarage Dec 2020 #2
Dug deeper; of course there's a Trump Connection Delarage Dec 2020 #3

iamateacher

(1,089 posts)
1. When we are driving in Lancaster County
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 08:22 PM
Dec 2020

There are still Trump truck parades. Still Trump signs. Guess it will still persist untIl their employers ask for them to take vaccines

Delarage

(2,186 posts)
2. That's sad
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 08:25 PM
Dec 2020

I'm not sure this is Trump-related. It seemed super-random for a caravan touting a movement against the "Chinese Communist Party" to be rolling through Delaware. I'm immediately distrustful of random caravans these days

Delarage

(2,186 posts)
3. Dug deeper; of course there's a Trump Connection
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 08:31 PM
Dec 2020

The Epoch Times is behind it and they have apparently embraced Trump and "Q"


The small New York-based nonprofit news outlet has spent more than $1.5 million on about 11,000 pro-Trump advertisements in the last six months, according to data from Facebook’s advertising archive — more than any organization outside of the Trump campaign itself, and more than most Democratic presidential candidates have spent on their own campaigns.

Those video ads — in which unidentified spokespeople thumb through a newspaper to praise Trump, peddle conspiracy theories about the “Deep State,” and criticize “fake news” media — strike a familiar tone in the online conservative news ecosystem. The Epoch Times looks like many of the conservative outlets that have gained followings in recent years.

But it isn’t.

Behind the scenes, the media outlet’s ownership and operation is closely tied to Falun Gong, a Chinese spiritual community with the stated goal of taking down China’s government.

[link:https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-qanon-impending-judgment-day-behind-facebook-fueled-rise-epoch-n1044121|
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