Trenton, NJ council chief joins Kool-Aid crowd and buys into coronavirus 5G conspiracy hoax

In Featured News by Wireless Estimator April 15, 2020

Trenton, New Jersey City Council President Kathy McBride appears to easily accept a hoax and her most recent foray was falling for a 5G conspiracy deception along with other city council members that reportedly prompted them to draft a proposal (below) banning the construction of towers and antennas in New Jersey’s Capital, according to the Trentonian.

A letter from a city resident appears to have fostered local leaders’ concerns and prompted them to write the draft legislation after they allegedly received correspondence dated April 6 warning that “wireless providers are using the COVID-19 emergency as cover to expand and cement their rapid and virtually unsupervised deployment of harmful wireless infrastructure.”

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Trenton council got letter from resident about cell towers, coronavirus then crafted 5G ban

By Isaac Avilucea iavilucea@trentonian.com @IsaacAvilucea on Twitter Apr 13, 2020

TRENTON — The coronavirus hasn't spared the capital city, and now a hoax linking the outbreak to 5G technology has infected some council members.

The Trentonian has learned that a faction of the governing body, prompted by a conspiracy peddled in a letter from a city resident, pushed to ban 5G in the city.

Council President Kathy McBride, who was famously duped by a "Blue Waffle Disease" hoax during her first stint on council, claimed during an interview last week with The Trentonian that she hadn't seen the letter.

She said residents raised hackles before about a telecommunications tower going up in the South Ward, and that may have led to the concern.

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