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MAGA Conspiracies Falsely Accused a Brown University Student

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

Politics, News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Tim Miller takes on the MAGA conspiracies that falsely accused a Brown University student of murder. After the Brown University shooting, right-wing influencers like Laura Loomer, Benny Johnson, and even a DOJ official spread baseless accusations targeting a student. The real killer was later identified on Thursday, a 48-year-old Portuguese national with no connection to the student. Tim breaks down how MAGA media and politicians fueled this dangerous lie.

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Hey, everybody.

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It's Timor from the Bullwork.

0:32.1

Conspiracies were in ramp in Maga circles about the tragedy at Brown University, the murders, and then the murder of the MIT professor this week.

0:41.8

You might remember that initially following the shooting on Brown's campus, Cash Patel had popped off,

0:49.9

and the FBI had said that they had found a person of interest.

0:53.1

It was a Wisconsin man.

0:55.0

And after that person was released, conspiracists online and inside our own government started spreading information about who they thought the actual killer was.

1:07.0

These conspiracies reached as high as the assistant attorney general of these United States.

1:12.2

It wasn't just random online people. It was huge accounts in the Maga Right. They decided that they found

1:18.3

this student who was a Palestinian activist, who is a Palestinian activist, and who has, his pronouns

1:27.2

are he,

1:28.5

they on social media.

1:30.4

And somehow they had identified this person as the one that they thought

1:35.0

committed these crimes.

1:36.6

They said that he even had shouted Al-Alu Akbar when he did the killing at Brown.

1:44.5

It turns out this is totally wrong.

1:48.0

Late last night, the actual perpetrator of these crimes was found.

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