Biden Did Not Orchestrate the Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack
The Claim
President Joe Biden has deliberately orchestrated the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack as part of a globalist plot to dismantle American exceptionalism.
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On May 7th, the Colonial Pipeline system was forced to shut down after a cyberattack, which caused the pipeline’s operations to come to a halt.
On May 11th, Tucker Carlson used his nightly news show to state that “the White House approves of this disaster.” He then claimed that the government planned to close all of America’s gas stations permanently. The segment circulated on YouTube, titled “Tucker: They did this on purpose.” It gained 1.5 million views within 48 hours.
That same day, a video by the conspiracy theory site InfoWars appeared on Banned.Video, titled “The Gas Shortage Is By Design.” It claimed that President Biden was a stooge for the New World Order and that he was behind the gas shortages. The video also stated that it was the UN’s agenda to take control of everything in the world by the year 2030. This video gained almost 95,000 views within 48 hours.Additionally, the InfoWars video spread to a range of conspiracy theory websites. On social media, claims that the gas shortage is a conspiracy theory have gained thousands of interactions.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar’s investigation could find no evidence that President Biden is behind the cyberattack. Even the majority of conservative news sources have stated that the perpetrator of the cyberattack is a hacker group called DarkSide, which is believed to be based in Eastern Europe.
Additionally, news sources have noted that President Biden has been working to avoid shortages in gas supplies. Instead of attempting to close gas stations permanently, Biden stated that the gas shortage was a temporary situation. He said that the pipeline had returned to functionality and normality would resume over the course of the following week.
Lastly, the claim that the UN is attempting to take control of everything by the year 2030 is false. This is a strong distortion of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As the agenda states, part of this plan is to create larger freedom by ending poverty and protecting the planet from climate change. Instead of taking control of everything, this plan has the aim to give all people the rights to economic resources, including access to the ownership and control over land.
