Cynthia McKinney

[[Image:Cynthia mckinney.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Cynthia McKinney]]{{conspiracynav|1}}

{{cquote|The [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]s' answer to [[Michele Bachmann]], McKinney is really stunningly insane, and despite the good stuff she’s done, she is a real threat to sanity and society.|||Encyclopedia of American Loons<ref>[http://americanloons.blogspot.com/2011/11/266-cynthia-mckinney.html #266 Cynthia McKinney] at the [[Encyclopedia of American Loons]], 27 November 2011.</ref>}}

'''Cynthia McKinney''' {{lived|1955}} is a conspiracy theorist, raging [[antisemitism|antisemite]], and former member of [[Congress|the U.S. Congress]] from [[Georgia]]. She was the presidential nominee of the [[US]] [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] in the [[2008 U.S. Presidential Election]]s. She is currently on the faculty of North South University in [[Bangladesh]], where she teaches management and political science courses.<ref>[http://www.northsouth.edu/faculty-members/shss/pss/cynthia.mckinney.html Dr. Cynthia McKinney]</ref>

==Electoral history==

She was first elected in 1992, but lost her seat ten years later. Critics charged that her undoing came from claiming Bush knew [[9/11 conspiracy theories|9/11 would happen but did nothing]] and getting documents released about the murder of rapper [[Tupac Shakur]]. She got her seat back in 2004, but lost it again when she {{wpl|March 29, 2006, Capitol Hill police incident|slugged a Capitol Hill officer}} who attempted to stop her from going into a restricted area of the Capitol because she was not wearing her ID pin and the officer did not recognize her.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/19/mckinney.report/index.html?section=cnn_latest Police report: McKinney hit officer with fist]</ref> She blamed the officer, because apparently, all officers should be able to identify all 535 members of Congress on sight, even though over three-quarters of them change every 2 years (all 435 House seats and a third of the Senate seats). She lost her last Congressional election when she and her father began slinging [[antisemitism]] around, though this was nothing new for McKinney Sr.<ref>Michael Barone, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080402093144/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/baroneweb/mb_020829.htm Lessons from Rep. Cynthia McKinney's defeat.] Archived from the original at US News and World Report, 29 August 2002.</ref> It definitely did not endear her to many.

Had she been elected president in 2008, she would have been the first [[African American]] woman, the first woman, and the first Green Party politician to become president of the [[United States]]; but with endorsements from the likes of Roseanne Barr and [[Ward Churchill]], who needs a [[Hostile media effect|Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy™]] to sink one's candidacy? After a last (failed) run for congress in 2012, she faded from relevance.

==Political positions==
McKinney has a profound [[anti-war]] stance, generally opposing brutal dictators. However, she supported the rule of [[Gaddafi]] in Libya, including his persecution of the Nafusi Amazigh.<ref>Eric Kleefeld, [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/former-rep-cynthia-mckinney-appears-on-libyan-state-tv-video Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney Appears On Libyan State TV.] talkingpointsmemo.com, 23 May 2011.</ref>

She was outspoken in her support for the victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]].

==Conspiracy theories==
McKinney is known for supporting a wide range of [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]. She holds [[truther]] views, and expressed these views for the Congressional record on the House of Representatives' floor.

A fellow conspiracy enthusiast, Greg Palast, reported in June of 2003 that none of the media outlets making this claim offered a proper citation of McKinney's alleged statement in the Congressional record. This, he said, caused him to search that record and fail to turn up the quote.<ref>Greg Palast, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040401143113/http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0619-12.htm "The Screwing of Cynthia McKinney,"] June 18, 2003.</ref>

Palast further claimed that McKinney actually made the following statement for the Congressional record: "George Bush had no prior knowledge of the plan to attack the World Trade Center on September 11." Unfortunately, Palast neglected to provide a proper citation of this claim, making it extremely difficult to verify without extensive trawling through the Congressional record.

McKinney signed on to a 9/11 Truth Movement demand for more answers about 9/11.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050207161853/http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20041026093059633 9/11 Truth Movement statement], October 26, 2004.</ref> A year after that, she held a Congressional hearing on the subject.<ref>''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20050727004640/http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/0705/23natmckinney.html "McKinney Reopens 9/11",] July 23, 2005.</ref> Charged that she was promoting trutherism, she responded with a letter that essentially says she was [[just asking questions]].<ref>Cynthia McKinney ''et al.'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208140230/http://list.nowar-paix.ca/pipermail/nowar/2005-August/000834.html Letter to the Editor], August 2, 2005.</ref> She later started blaming the Jews for 9/11.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20230524100312/https://twitter.com/cynthiamckinney/status/1409519715677085706 The Final Piece of the Puzzle . . .], Cynthia McKinney, archived from Twitter 24 May 2023</ref>

McKinney has also expressed support for many other conspiracy theories, including:

*She supported the disclosure of documents regarding the assassination of [[Martin Luther King]]<ref>[https://fas.org/sgp/congress/2005/hr2554.html Introduction of the Martin Luther King Jr Records Collection Act of 2005.] fas.org, 23 May 2005.</ref> because she believes that his assassination was some sort of secret government plot to prevent the "black messiah". Interestingly, documents released under a FOIA request by the FBI indicate that the FBI was at least interested in the possibility of coercing Martin Luther King Jr. into committing suicide.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/fbicointelprolettertomartinlutherkingjrtocommitsuicide FBI COINTELPRO Letter To Martin Luther King Jr To Commit Suicide]. archive.org, Uploaded by FreedomMedia on August 11, 2019.</ref><ref>[http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9075036.htm Jerry Ray Declares his Brother James Earl Ray Didn’t Shoot Martin Luther King, Jr.] prweb.com, 9 January 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.memoirofinjustice.com/A_Memoir_of_Injustice/Endorsements.html Cynthia's endorsement of "A Memoir of Injustice," a conspiracy screed.] memoirofinjustice.com.</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/cynthiamckinney/status/827469318300409856 banging it out]: "If it's a terrorist act and the culprit yells Allahu Akbar, know that's [[False flag|CIA-speak]] for 'We did it!'</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/cynthiamckinney/status/680135742874599424 Or how about], "[[Russia|Russian]] colonel says ISIS is a division of the CIA."</ref>

*Not surprisingly, she believes that the Kennedy assassinations are also part of a conspiracy.

*She believes that the U.S. military shot and killed 5,000 prisoners during Hurricane Katrina and dumped their bodies in the bayou,<ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/03/618469/-Cynthia-McKinney-DoD-Killed-5000-Prisoners-and-Used-Katrina-to-Hide-the-Bodies Cynthia McKinney - DoD Killed 5000 Prisoners and Used Katrina to Hide the Bodies.] dailykos.com, 3 October 2008.</ref> and that the city of New Orleans executed thousands of people in the aftermath of Katrina.<ref>[https://youtube.com/watch?v=3vVIhyWsa10 Cynthia Mckinney Reveals 5,000 Executed Post Katrina.] [[YouTube]], 30 September 2008.</ref>

*She believes that [[vaccines]] exist to poison black kids.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzoeStyeS5w&t=1s Cynthia McKinney Speaks Out on Dyncorp, Child Trafficking, Fraud and Vaccines.] youtube.com, 2 October 2017.</ref> 

*Her first reaction to the [[Boston Marathon bombing]] was to tweet that Boston cops had a "bomb squad drill" on the same day and that a [[conspiracy theory|familiar pattern was emerging]].<ref>Jack Coleman, [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jack-coleman/2013/04/16/ex-house-member-cynthia-mckinney-eyes-boston-cops-suspects-marathon-bo Ex-House Member Cynthia McKinney Eyes Boston Cops as Suspects in Marathon Bombing.] newsbusters.org, 16 April 2013.</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/cynthiamckinney/status/323938570173833216 "The pattern is becoming too, too familiar.  So, Boston cops were having a "bomb squad drill" on the same day as..."] [[Twitter]], 15 April 2013.</ref> 

*She embraced the [[Pizzagate]] conspiracy theory and extreme [[Donald Trump|Trumpism]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/cynthiamckinney/status/827854574455136256 writing]: "Drain the swamp in Washington, D.C.! Arrest those pedophiles!"</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/cynthiamckinney/status/827785536995807232 smearl stories] about Clinton and other celebritie.</ref>

*She supports [[international Jewish conspiracy]] theories, such as the "Dancing Israelis" theory, and claims that Israel is behind the Nice and Munich terror attacks.<ref>[https://twitter.com/cynthiamckinney/status/757062738929528832 "Same Israeli photographer captures Nice and Munich tragedies. How likely is that? Remember the Dancing Israelis?"] Twitter, 23 July 2016.</ref>

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/cynthiamckinney Cynthia McKinney] on [[Twitter]]

==References==
{{reflist|2|80%}}

{{POTUS08nav}}

{{DEFAULTSORT: McKinney, Cynthia}}
[[Category:9/11 truthers]]
[[Category:2008 US Presidential candidates]]
[[Category:Antisemites]]
[[Category:Anti-vaccination movement]]
[[Category:Anti-war activists]]
[[Category:Conspiracy theorists]]
[[Category:COVID-19 denialists]]
[[Category:Crank magnetism]]
[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Holocaust denialists]]
[[Category:Leftists who turned right with age]]
[[Category:Vatniks]]

Categories: 9/11 truthers, 2008 US Presidential candidates, Antisemites, Anti-vaccination movement, Anti-war activists, Conspiracy theorists, COVID-19 denialists, Crank magnetism, Former United States Representatives, Holocaust denialists, Leftists who turned right with age, Vatniks