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Lou Dobbs Promotes 'Protocols Of Zion' Anti-Semitism Just Days Before Pittsburgh Shooting

Trumps says for the billionth time since he became a candidate that he's an anti-globalist nationalist and suddenly, after the Tree of Life synagogue shootings, the left wing noise machine discovers that it's an anti-Semitic blurt.

But this is really a thing and they are right to highlight it:

Why Did Synagogue Suspect Believe Migrant Caravan Is Jewish Conspiracy? Maybe He Watched Fox News.

On Thursday, merely two days before Bowers reportedly opened fire at the Pittsburgh synagogue, Lou Dobbs had a guest on the show who directly made the connection between Soros and the caravan. 

“A lot of these folks have affiliates that are getting money from the Soros-occupied state department,” Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch’s director of investigations and research, said.

As Josh Marshall from Talking Points Memo pointed out on Twitter “‘ZOG’ is a staple of white supremacist/neo-Nazi websites/literature etc. Stands for ‘Zionist occupied government,’… This guy knows exactly what lever he’s pulling when he uses this phrase,” Marshall wrote.

A screengrab of an apparent Bowers repost on Gab appears to confirm he was well acquainted with the term.

Farrell was hardly the first to make the connection on Fox News. Earlier in the month, Fox & Friends also mentioned the connection, this time citing a tweet by Rep. Matt Gaetz that openly questioned whether Soros was funding the caravan. 

“Mr. Gaetz yesterday called for an investigation whether U.S. backed NGO’s, or George Soros were behind the caravan,” Fox News’ Steve Doocy said. 

Rep. Louie Gohmert also mentioned the possibility that Soros was funding the caravan earlier this week. 

“Well, I can’t help but think the Democrats — perhaps Soros — may be funding this thinking it’s going to help them,” Gohmert said.

Beyond what he could have heard on Fox News though, Bowers also seemed to be fond of a theory that has become viral on far-right websites and forums. 

That theory involves a photo that appears to show migrants getting onto a truck that has an apparent Star of David visible on the side. 

To the surprise of no one, Infowars’ Alex Jones also got in on the conspiracy theory, saying the caravan was an example of how Soros and others are trying to open up “large migration routes from the third-world into the first-world as part of a neo-colonialism system.”