Roseanne Keeps Promoting QAnon, the Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory That Makes Pizzagate Look Tame

[DonViejo]

She’s been tweeting a fringe conspiracy, leading some fans to question whether she had been kidnapped and replaced with an imposter.

KELLY WEILL
03.30.18 5:09 AM ET

On Wednesday actress Roseanne Barr received a phone call from President Donald Trump congratulating her on the ratings for the reboot of her sitcom, Roseanne.

But as recently as November, Barr fans were speculating that the Trump-supporting actress had secretly been taken out and swapped with an imposter as part of a massive “deep state” conspiracy.

Barr’s 1990s show about a blue-collar Illinois family spent 21 years off air before returning Tuesday to a massive viewership of more than 18 million. Since the show’s last episode in 1997, Barr’s politics have taken a sharp turn right, with the actress voicing her support for Trump as well as a number of fringe conspiracy theories. In November, she became a bit player in one of her favorite theories: a 4Chan-based conspiracy called QAnon that alleges satanism and sex-trafficking by Trump’s opponents.

“who is Q?” Barr tweeted the morning of Nov. 17.

“tell Qanon to DM me in the nexxt 24 hours,” she tweeted hours later.

“Q” or “QAnon” refers to a user on the anonymous message board 4chan. The user claims to be a high-ranking government official with inside knowledge of the White House where, he claims, Trump is planning mass arrests of top Democrats for allegedly being involved in a satanic child-sex-trafficking ring. Or something. QAnon’s messages have always been vague to the point of near-gibberish, opening them to interpretation. When QAnon has given specifics—like the time he claimed John Podesta would be arrested or indicted Nov. 3—the prediction has fallen flat.

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[Farmer-Rick]

1. Geez, she really has gone off the deep end

I wonder if she has one of those old age mental issues.

Paranoia and belief in conspiracies is a symptom of some mental illnesses.

[Phoenix61]

2. It's also one of the signs of dementia

She's the right age.

[Farmer-Rick]

3. She sure is.

I did not watch the show but I saw some interviews of her and she seemed slow on the uptake and had a mild dear in the headlights look. My Aunt had that look in her last year.

[GoCubsGo]

4. She had a head injury from a car wreck as a teenager.

It's possible that is the issue. But, yes. She went off the deep end years ago. She needs an intervention at this point.

[spanone]

5. courting the deplorables for ratings

[Exotica]

6. #QAnon theories are amongst the most batshit insane ones floating

out there, AND they are incredibly simplistic and poorly done. Only dullards of an extreme degree would buy into this utter tosh.

[Merlot]

7. Didn't she show up at the Occupy in New York?

That wasn't so long ago.

[dalton99a]

8. Kick

[highplainsdem]

9. K&R

[D_Master81]

10. I've thought for months...

that some guy somewhere in another country is laughing his ass off knowing he's pulling all these RWers chains claiming to be QAnon.

[mountain grammy]

11. These people are nuts and sick.

but they have an audience. Dangerous stuff here, 8 months before a hugely significant election..

[Flaleftist]

12. omg

[highplainsdem]

13. December NY Mag article with more about the Q nonsense:

http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/12/qanon-4chan-the-storm-conspiracy-explained.html

[Cha]

14. And, now roseanne, the CT Idiot, has an

even bigger soapbox than her asshole tweets.

She's helping to normalize trump and is "Fake news" shite among every other racist shit issue he spews.

[icymist]

15. "the White House where, he claims, Trump is planning mass arrests of top Democrats"

and Roseanne is helping to do this?