A look at some of the history of US conservative fearmongering conspiracy theories from the 1960s through 2015 (when this article was published), but focused mainly on the 2000s. (Includes quotes from various racist Trump lies, as well as other conspiracy theories.) www.salon.com/2015/09/01/p...

Paranoid history of the GOP: How conspiracy theories poisoned the Republican Party

Wingnuts have become increasingly reliant on reality-defying paranoia. Here's how it happened

A couple of quotes: * “in…2009, a…poll found that ‘a 52% majority of GOP voters nationally think that ACORN stole the Presidential election for Barack Obama last year, with only 27% granting that he won it legitimately.’ The fact that there was absolutely no evidence…did not seem to matter”