James Alefantis, the owner of Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington, D.C., and his employees have faced months of harassment and death threats from individuals pushing a wholly debunked conspiracy theory dubbed Pizzagate.
Incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn and his son Michael Flynn Jr. have both propagated dangerous conspiracy with the Flynn Jr. specifically touting this one, which has resulted in awful violence over the weekend.
Pizzagate falsely asserts that Hillary Clinton, her campaign chair John Podesta and Alefantis are at the center of a Washington pedophilia ring. Right-wing extremists on online forums like 4chan have banded together to promote these bogus allegations despite there being absolutely either any evidence nor any investigation whatsoever.
The Pizzagate moral panic has become so extreme that, over the past weekend, it even inspired a man wielding an AR-15 assault-style rifle to enter Alefantis' restaurant and attempt to shoot an employee.
This is unacceptable! We need to demand the Flynn's denounce this horrible conspiracy theory immediately. Sign and share the petition to call on the Flynn's use their position of power appropriately.
