Its not the fringe anymore, this crap runs pretty deep in the repub party

[dajoki]

HISTORY! Congress Poised to Get Its First QAnon Believer
https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-green-a-georgia-republican-is-poised-to-become-congress-first-qanon-believing-member

A believer in a conspiracy theory the FBI classifies as a possible domestic terrorist threat is in a prime position to soon be elected to Congress, after coming in first in a Republican primary in Georgia on Tuesday.

QAnon conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has frequently posted messages about the bizarre pro-Trump conspiracy theory on social media, handily leads the primary field of Republicans in Georgia’s heavily Republican 14th District. Greene, who beat her closest opponent by more than 20 percent, will head to an August run-off after receiving 41 percent of the primary vote.

Greene is an outspoken supporter of QAnon, a conspiracy theory based on a series of anonymous messages posted online by a mystery figure named “Q.” QAnon believers think that Donald Trump is engaged in a shadowy war against a cabal of global elites, including the Democratic Party, and will soon arrest or even execute top Democrats in an event they know as “The Storm."

Despite such ludicrous claims, Greene has praised QAnon. In a video posted online, she called the anonymous “Q” a “patriot” and said that their predictions had been accurate

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Greene’s QAnon beliefs haven’t stopped her from winning the backing of at least one high-powered Republican. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) endorsed her bid, calling her “exactly the kind of fighter needed in Washington to stand with me against the radical left.” Greene has also been boosted by $44,000 in spending and $78,000 in earmarked contributions from the House Freedom Fund, a PAC tied to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, according to campaign finance watchdog group Open Secrets.

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And here's another one.

Two Weeks Ago, She Predicted Trump Would Use COVID to Arrest Obama. Now She’s a GOP Senate Candidate
https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-weeks-ago-she-predicted-trump-would-use-covid-to-arrest-obama-now-shes-a-gop-senate-candidate

[RKP5637]

1. The GOP has become the party of choice for wackos, religious freaks, deranged

citizens and the lunatic fringe. I'm not surprised at all. A few years ago people could be excused for not understanding what the new GOP was all about, but now, there is no excuse. Anyone belonging to the GOP now knows exactly what it is all about ... endless lies and distortions, cheating, corruption, authoritarianism and wackiness.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. This kind of f**kery goes all the way back to the 50s and the Birchers.

Birchers, Patriot Movement, militias, constitutionalist/sovereigns, KKK/nativists/neo-confederates, gold bugs, anti tax protesters and scammers, Randian acolytes, all of these wingers believe in some kind of conspiracy, they just rebrand it and find new scapegoats.