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Attorney Mark Bankston, who has represented Sandy Hook families, didn't mince words when discussing Rodgers' alleged false and conspiratorial beliefs.

Following a report claiming that New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers spread lies about the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, one lawyer representing families affected by the tragedy asked Rodgers to exercise more discretion when he spoke ― although the language he used was a little more colorful.

In a CNN story Wednesday, reporter Pamela Brown described an interaction she had with Rodgers in 2013, in which he falsely claimed that the Sandy Hook attack ― which left 20 children and six adults dead ― was orchestrated by the government.

Another source, not identified by name in the CNN piece, claimed that Rodgers had also said “Sandy Hook never happened,” and that “all those children never existed. They were all actors.”

Dangerous conspiracies like these were at the center of several lawsuits that Sandy Hook families filed against Infowars host Alex Jones, who spent years falsely claiming that various parents who lost their children to gun violence were “actors.”

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[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was gonna say that it was mostly Dan, but honestly the podcast wouldn't be as engaging without the dynamic they have.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I agree completely. Dan might do the vast majority of the work, but that doesn't mean that Jordan's contribution isn't indispensable or that their chemistry as comedians and friends isn't excellent!

Jordan's no dummy btw, not that I thought that you thought so. He often has extremely good insights that Dan hadn't thought of.

Plus there's the fact that Dan would doubtlessly have lost his mind years ago if he'd have had to do it alone lol

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Absolutely. Dan is just torturing himself and Jordan is smart enough not to do it lol