Preview For This Week's Top 10 Conservative Idiots

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Actress Roseanne Barr faced heavy criticism on social media this weekend after posting a tweet apparently indicating support for an online conspiracy theory claiming President Trump is involved in combating a global trafficking ring tied to the "deep state."

In a tweet posted Friday night, the "Roseanne" star alleged that Trump was breaking up human trafficking rings and freeing "hundreds" of children in sex slavery around the world every month.

Journalists quickly noted that Barr's claim appeared to indicate her support for a conspiracy theory that alleges the existence of a massive child-trafficking ring linked to rogue elements in the government tied to Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party.

The conspiracy has been traced to an anonymous user identified as "Q" or "QAnon" on the online message board 4Chan. Twitter users noted that Barr has mentioned Q in past tweets as recently as November. The conspiracy theory is similar to the "Pizzagate" theory that led to a man firing shots inside a Washington, D.C., pizzeria in 2016 in an attempt to "investigate" the claims.

Barr's tweet led to backlash from members of the media, Democrats and other public figures, including former Nixon White House counsel John Dean, who slammed Barr's network, ABC, for giving her a platform.
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/381123-roseanne-barr-faces-social-media-backlash-over-trump-conspiracy-theory-tweet

You know what Roseanne? If I may channel the message boards that peddle these conspiracy theories - show us pics or it didn't happen!

*audience laughs and applauds*

This week on the Top 10 - the Wheel Of Corruption is back! Gun Nut Apologists insult mass shooting victims, Trump congratulates Roseanne on her bigly ratings, we'll delve into the conspiracy theory known as "The Storm", Trump celebrates Easter by shooting his mouth off, and another Trump firing means we've got another edition of the Trumper Games! Happy Trumper Games! Plus - in our ongoing segment "Top 10 Investigates" we're going to head to the desert city of Victorville, California, where we'll visit an automotive boneyard. And in our weekly sermon of all things holy, Holy Shit, our resident pastor is going to predict the future by telling you how the Christian right has already called 2020 for Trump. We've also got a new installment of People Are Dumb, because, well, people are dumb. And we've got the next round of our Stupidest State contest. This time its Round 1 Week 3 and we're live from the desert at the Gila River Arena in Phoenix, Arizona and we've got a double header as Nevada goes for broke against Wisconsin, while Florida brings their big guns to the dance against Looooosiana. All this and a live performance from The Decemberists!

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