Newsmax pulls White House correspondent off air following claim seemingly linking COVID vaccines, tracking and the devil
Newsmax has pulled White House correspondent Emerald Robinson off the air following her claim that COVID-19 vaccines contain bioluminescence that some say can be tracked by the devil.
“Dear Christians: the vaccines contain a bioluminiscent marker called LUCIFERASE so that you can be tracked,” Robinson tweeted, directing the faithful to the Book of Revelations.
Numerous social media users have linked “Luciferase” to Lucifer, though there is no connection between the enzymes used in testing vaccines and the Prince of Darkness. In the Book of Revelations, it’s written that “no man” bearing the mark of the Beast will be spared from the Apocalypse.
The Smithsonian defines bioluminescence as a chemical reaction that produces light energy within an organism’s body, as seen in lightning bugs. COVID-19 vaccines contain no tracking agents of any kind.
Robinson’s tweet, which was spotted by the Daily Beast, has been removed from Twitter.
The Washington Post posted a statement from Robinson’s right-wing media outlet confirming that “Newsmax is currently reviewing the posts and during that period, Ms. Robinson will not be on air but continue with duties for the network.”
It’s difficult to say what’s more surprising — Robinsons’s comments or the fact there were consequences. Her Twitter feed is filled with COVID-19 conspiracy theories including one post that begins by claiming “the pandemic is to force you to get the vaccine” and ends with the notion that leads to a “social credit system” trapping Americans into “obeying the government.”
Previous tweets by Robinson have voiced opposition to vaccine mandates, raged against communists and opposed cultural diversity.
“I don’t want a multi-cultural society,” she tweeted Monday. “I want a Christian society.”
Again, it’s worth noting Robinson is Newsmax’s White House correspondent. The outlet put out a statement distancing itself from her recent tweet Tuesday.
“Newsmax strongly believes and has reported that the Covid 19 vaccines are safe and effective. We do not believe the vaccines contain any toxic materials or tracking markers, and such false claims have never been reported on Newsmax,” the network said.
Newmax also found itself on defense Thursday when Smartmatic voting systems filed a lawsuit against it and fellow fringe outlet OANN, claiming the networks “knowingly and deliberately disseminated a continuous stream of falsehoods” regarding the outcome of the 2020 election.
Newsmax, OANN and Fox News are similarly being sued by Dominion Voting Systems over their coverage of alleged election fraud. Newsmax claims it was accurately reporting on “allegations made by well-known public figures.”
It’s been a busy week for far-right wing fringe movements. Fox News host Tucker Carlson used his popular cable news program to promote a three-part series on the Fox News Nation streaming service that rehashes unsubstantiated claims about the Jan. 6 insurrection.
“Patriot Purge” was panned by Republicans, Democrats and mainstream media outlets as a sordid collection of debunked conspiracy theories meant to undermine the dangers of right-wing extremism. Fox reached out to journalists to clarify Carlson’s program was running on a streaming service, not on Fox News itself, though that channel heavily promoted the series.
On Tuesday, hundreds of QAnon followers converged in Dallas waiting for Donald Trump to be introduced as the nation’s leader once more.
They believed John Kennedy Jr., who has been dead for 22 years, would emerge at the site where his father was assassinated to introduce Trump as the new “King of Kings.” Neither Kennedy nor Trump made an appearance at that event. It was promoted on social media.
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