Alex Jones Just Got in an Obviously Staged Fight on His Infowars Livestream, and People Keep Making the Same Jokes

Embattled Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones got into a kerfuffle with Miles McGinnes, the ultra-liberal brother of the alt-right Gavin McGinnes, on his show Wednesday afternoon.

McGinnes slapped Jones and called him a "joke."

"Anyone can take you," McGinnes yelled, "but you sit here and threaten other people."

A startled Jones called McGinnes a liar as more subdued hitting ensued. Amid suggestions for security to intervene, Jones pushed his guest to the ground, screaming, "that son of a bitch is in trouble" and "you're a punk."

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Given how trashy and ridiculous this whole incident was, many people on Twitter think it was staged for attention.

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Wednesday was a rough day for Jones. A Connecticut judge ruled that he must give a sworn deposition in a defamation lawsuit filed by the families of two victims—six-year-olds Noah Pozner and Jesse Heslin—who were among the 26 students and faculty slaughtered in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Judge Barbara Bellis previously ruled that Jones had to surrender marketing, business, and financial documents pertaining to Infowars.

For years on Infowars, Jones repeatedly referred to the massacre, which claimed the lives of more than 20 children, as a hoax and "false flag" operation perpetrated by the government. He also accused the families of faking the deaths of their kids.

"The official story of Sandy Hook has more holes in it than Swiss cheese," Jones alleged in 2014. "I've looked at it and undoubtedly, there's a coverup. The good news is, most people I've seen do not believe Sandy Hook, and it's a total hoax any way you slice it."

Jones's false rhetoric resulted in threats of violence and death aimed at the families.

Jones has dismissed the complaints as attempts to impede his First Amendment right to free speech. Parents of the victims, as well as the court, see things very differently.