"Groomers," Paul Pelosi and so much more: The most unhinged GOP conspiracy theories of 2022

Conspiracy theories have been a fixture of American politics for generations, but in the age of Donald Trump and the internet, they have become more dangerous and unhinged than ever. But to honor conservatives' unique achievements in this field, Salon created a roundup of the most unhinged Republican conspiracy theories of 2022: Voting as late as possible on Election Day will "stop the steal" In the lead-up to the 2022 midterms, a close ally of Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano sought to convince voters to cast their ballots "as late in the day as possible" on Election Day in order to "overwhelm the system" and "stop the steal of 2022". Voting as late in the day as possible, claimed the Republican clerk of a Colorado county, would "overwhelm the system" and "expose the algorithm" used by nefarious Democrats. Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana tweeted a photo of Nancy Pelosi looking distressed and called her husband's attacker "the nudist hippie male prostitute LSD guy." Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas called the man "a hippie nudist from Berkeley," and Marjorie Taylor Greene continued to insist that the media was spreading misinformation and the intruder was a friend of Paul Pelosi.