After Trump rally shooting, conspiracy theories flood the internet, creating dangerous ‘spiral’

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Newspaper front pages cover the attempted assassination of former President Trump — The morning papers in Melbourne on July 15, 2024, show the headlines and photos after the assassination attempt on Republican candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. Trump was hit in the ear in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally on July 13, in a chaotic and shocking incident that will fuel fears of instability ahead of the 2024 US presidential election. The 78-year-old former president was rushed off stage with blood smeared across his face after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, while the gunman and a bystander were killed and two spectators critically injured. (William West/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

By Tribune News Service | Tribune News Service

UPDATED: July 15, 2024 at 2:44 p.m.

The conspiracies formed two now familiar camps — one blaming the "deep state" for what happened, the other claiming without evidence that the shooting was not what it seemed.