The legacy of a conspiracy theory

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🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

How the conspiracy theories that fueled “Pizzagate” were a harbinger of QAnon. Texas in the aftermath of the devastating winter storms. And, a remembrance of Vernon Jordan.

The “Pizzagate” gunman has been released from prison. After Edgar Maddison Welch entered a popular D.C. pizzeria and fired shots in December 2016, he told law enforcement that he had gone there to investigate a conspiracy theory. Reporter Mike Miller explains how Pizzagate signaled the deepening of violence linked to conspiracy theories that would later lead to the siege of the Capitol on Jan. 6.

The power is back on, but millions of Texans wonder what it will take to fully recover — and who will help them. National correspondent Arelis Hernández reports on the Lone Star State two weeks after the deadly winter storms led to a near-collapse of the state’s power grid.

Robin Givhan on the legacy and life of Vernon Jordan, and how he made being a Black man in America look effortless.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:06.0	Hi, this is Ben Terris coming from the Washington Post.
0:09.0	Hi, Jeff.
0:10.0	This is Winfrey Oprah.
0:11.0	Hi there.
0:12.0	How are you?
0:13.0	It's Lisa bonus coming from the Post.
0:14.0	This is Post Reports.
0:16.0	I'm Martin Powers.
0:20.0	It's Thursday, March 4.
0:24.0	Today, the conspiracy theory that rocked DC four years ago.
0:28.0	The aftermath of the Texas storm and the legacy of a Washington power broker.
0:41.0	Four years ago, a young man from North Carolina drove to DC.
0:48.0	I can't which drove up before I was certain to drop my eat.
0:52.0	Motivated by baseless conspiracy theories and raided a local beloved Pizzeria.
0:59.0	Ended up firing his assault rifle a couple times.
1:02.0	Mike Miller is a local enterprise reporter for the post.
1:06.0	An adult male, a proximate in his late 20s, entered the comic pizza with an assault rifle.
1:14.0	The folks that were in the establishment at the time immediately fled.
1:19.0	There is some evidence that the weapon was fired inside of the location.
1:24.0	The service came up to us and said a manager walked into the building, passed us into the back of the building.
1:30.0	You seemed to have like a shotgun or a rifle type of fit.
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