As the fallout from the decision to clear out the occupied zones by force continued to rock the USA, with riots across the nation on both sides of the political spectrum, US officials wondered if it could get any worse. Soon they would find out that it could.

Two weeks after the Incident:

After the battles between the insurgents and US national guard forces, 19 individuals escaped to China. Once they arrived in China, the PRC government gave these individuals resources to promote ideas such as the following:

• Urge people across the political spectrum to aggressively boycott any company that tries to take legal action against protesters
• Strengthen local community ties and reduce reliance on a Federal government that has demonstrated its desire to deploy military force against Americans protesting government overreach and misconduct
• Conduct general strikes against American corporations until the Federal government admits wrongdoing and pays damages to those killed or injured during the clearance of the Autonomous Zones.

The direct testimonies that these individuals gave, along with recent technologies released by China, helped spread the massive protests currently gripping the United States. Both left and right-wing groups took to the streets to protest against the American government's actions, common violence. As a result, support polls for the GOP in the upcoming election began to plummet. As a result, the Republican base often looked for other right-wing parties that were once minor fringe parties, which now surged in popularity.

All this led GOP leaders to wonder, "How much worse can this situation get?" Well, they were about to find out.

Four Weeks After the Incident:

After some time, clips directly filmed by the insurgents started to be released on both right and left-leaning media. Newscasters such as presidential candidate Alex Jones frequently brought up these clips, stating that "the mainstream media didn't want the American people to see these videos." Videos of the horrors committed by government forces and police bureaus, such as Portland police lighting several dead bodies on fire, took the world by storm, constantly being spread on Twitter and other websites.

Among left-leaning groups, rumors spread by bots, individuals, and other groups contained content such as:

• Crimes committed by corporations.
• GOP voter suppression in minority communities
• The USA government mainly allocated the Black Christmas bailout funds to corporations and banks rather than to the American people. This led to further rumors among the American population that the Black Christmas attacks were a false flag attack committed by the US government.
• Income inequality

While on the right, rumors spread by demagogues, bots, and other groups contained:

• Government crimes
• Anti-minority slogans and rants
• The US government mainly allocated black Christmas bailout funds to PoC and "illegals."
• The reparations that China paid the US government for COVID was kept secret from the American people in order to promote Sinophobia and manipulate the American electorate. Instead the money was spent on social justice initiatives in the US.
• And pro political independence movements in Southern Red states.

All in all, tensions were high, and protests gripped the nation constantly. However, the most significant rumor would begin to spread soon after the government response came out.

Five Weeks After the Incident:

The US government's response to the occupied zone clearing placed troops near every federal and financial institution. This began to cause rumors to spread that the US government was considering canceling elections. While these rumors were denied, the story was eaten up by news agencies across the nations, which constantly pushed for the most significant headline to bring in viewership. In states across the Western seaboard, riots broke out, which caused damage to corporations, federal buildings, and police stations. Across the nation over 20 deaths occurred from these left wing protests caused by scuffles between looters and store owners in most cases. Several however have been killed by police who claim it was in self defence.

In the South, right-wing thugs harassed National Guard soldiers. In several cases, violent fistfights broke out, and in one case, a National Guard soldier fired upon the protesting crowds in an act similar to that of the Boston Massacre. Nevertheless, southern Politicians continued to call for greater freedoms from the federal government with rumors that a new "Southern Freedom" party may rise to partake in future elections. Overall, around 30 deaths have occurred as a result of these clashes between police and National guards units.

However, another shock to the US would occur during a police search in Portland.

Seven Weeks After the Incident:

In a search to find several of the missing insurgents, Portland Police would stumble into a treasure trove of data. In a basement near the St. Johns commune, large stores of weapons, explosives, and chemicals were found along with an unlocked computer. On their data, messages between the owner, a left-wing militia member, and Chinese intelligence services showed that the information given to news sources had directly come from the insurgents being held in the PRC.

Further investigations would find that many of the bots being used to spread these rumors had Chinese IP addresses, and contact between Chinese intelligence agencies and several US contacts spiked during the period where the rumors began to spread increasingly. Within a few weeks after discovering this data, US intelligence agencies had painted a clear picture of what occurred:

• Chinese intelligence agencies purposely began the spread of rumors across America which gained significant traction in the US.
  • This was done with the express goal of causing further tensions between left and right groups along with the government.
• China used the insurgents it gave asylum to spread rumors, videos, clips, and information to the American public that would cause further tensions and violence within the USA.

The Results:

While US officials have released much of the Chinese plot information, like with Russia in 2016, many still refuse to believe the truth. As a result, riots, protests, and more continue to occur across the USA in the lead-up to the election. Police and national guard units are overworked and exhausted trying to keep the peace.

Support for the GOP has plummeted this election cycle as moderates and the republican base condemns the actions taken to clear out the protesters, which many shared common beliefs.

Among national guard units, suicides, mental health issues, and most alarmingly, desertions have reached all-time highs as several units have refused orders to go and guard federal buildings and quell protests. This is particularly high in Southern states and West coast states.

We can only wait and see the response the US government will have to this ongoing crisis and the effect that it will have on the upcoming US elections.

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tldr:

• China spread rumors that caused riots and protests in the USA
  • Everyone knows China started the rumors but much of the spreading was done by twitter users and US news stations
• Southern States want more freedom
• GOP looses major support