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GOP Senate candidate’s husband spreads conspiracy theories online: report

The husband of Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kelli Ward reportedly has a history of spreading conspiracy theories online.

According to a report published by CNN on Thursday, Michael Ward, who has heavily participated in his wife’s campaign to replace outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), has frequently retweeted social media users who have promoted bizarre conspiracy theories.

The news outlet reviewed tweets collected by SnapBird, a Twitter monitoring website, shared by Ward suggesting that Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer who was murdered in 2017, had been involved in the hacking of the committee’s emails and alleging his death was a cover-up.

Ward also reportedly shared a tweet from actor James Woods in November, in which the actor alleged he had been “mocked forever” for asking who killed Rich.

"Wow. This is so powerful. We've been mocked forever asking who killed #SethRich? #DonnaBrazile dedicating her book to him is astonishing," Woods wrote.

Ward reportedly retweeted another post months earlier that suggested Bill and Hillary Clinton murdered their political enemies. The tweet read: "These so-called suicides seemingly connected [with people] investigating/testifying against the Clintons almost rival the Bubonic plague of 1348."

A year before that, he reportedly retweeted a photo of former FBI Director James Comey with text imposed saying he didn't charge Hillary Clinton because "I don't want to die suddenly and mysteriously” in July 2016.

Ward also reportedly targeted Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) over his age and claimed on Twitter in March 2017 that he "supports, funds, equips and trains #ISIS.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/395624-gop-senate-candidates-husband-spreads-conspiracy-theories?__twitter_impression=true