Guess who scored a “primetime” speaking slot on Wednesday at the RNC?
Hats off, if you guessed Michelle Van Etten, a “multi-level marketer who peddles pseudoscience”-grounded supplements endorsed by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of Infowars.
This isn’t the first time Donald Trump’s been connected to a pseudo-pyramid-scheme-marketed supplement with dubious real benefits. The Trump Network sold “a multivitamin, tailored for customers based on a urine test” that “cost $139.95, plus $69.95 a month for the vitamins, plus $99.95 for additional testing every six months.” A lofty price-point, considering “experts” believed it to be “of questionable value,” according to the Washington Post.
And this isn’t Trump’s only connection with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — a sketchy supplement salesman in his own right — either. Jones is a vocal supporter of the Republican nominee-to-be and Trump’s been a guest on his show on several occasions. Trump has even appeared to consider Jones’s broadcasts to be a legitimate news source — which is concerning given Trump’s said, “All I know is what’s on the Internet.”
Leave your sketchy supplements at home, folks, you’ll be feeling plenty “crazed” without them this week in Cleveland.
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Published: Jul 18, 2016