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'QAnon' conspiracy theory creeps into mainstream politics
https://apnews.com/e230131513bf3df60c76bb1151bc6b7c
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
today
MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Donald Trump was more than halfway through his speech at a rally in Milwaukee when one of his hand gestures caught the eye of a supporter standing in the packed arena.
The 51-year-old woman believed the president had traced the shape of the letter “Q” with his fingers as a covert signal to followers of QAnon, a right-wing, pro-Trump conspiracy theory. She turned to the couple on her right and excitedly asked, “Did you see the ‘Q’?”
“He just did it?” asked Diane Jacobson, 63, of Racine, Wisconsin.
“Was that a ‘Q’?” added Jacobson’s husband, Randy, 64.
“I think it was,” replied their new friend, Chrisy. The Geneva, Illinois, resident declined to give her last name in part because she said she wanted to avoid negative “attention.”
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
today
MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Donald Trump was more than halfway through his speech at a rally in Milwaukee when one of his hand gestures caught the eye of a supporter standing in the packed arena.
The 51-year-old woman believed the president had traced the shape of the letter “Q” with his fingers as a covert signal to followers of QAnon, a right-wing, pro-Trump conspiracy theory. She turned to the couple on her right and excitedly asked, “Did you see the ‘Q’?”
“He just did it?” asked Diane Jacobson, 63, of Racine, Wisconsin.
“Was that a ‘Q’?” added Jacobson’s husband, Randy, 64.
“I think it was,” replied their new friend, Chrisy. The Geneva, Illinois, resident declined to give her last name in part because she said she wanted to avoid negative “attention.”
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Dopes...
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In the beginning the turd was a crackpot candidate.
This juggernaut started slow, but someone slipped it and him some crystal meth (or adderall).
The problem is, it's NOT a juggernaut. That crackpot news, the turd, the turdettes in congress, the deplorables, and PUTIN have manufactured this so-called juggernaut.
Now alleged "reputable" polls (always an "outlier" ) are giving outrageous #s of the turd's popularity. I don't believe it.
When we go to the polls in record numbers and reject him, THEY will scream RIGGED, because the votes don't reflect those outlier polls, promoted by crackpot media.
New frontiers emerge on a daily basis.
