Why QAnon supporters are winning congressional primaries

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QAnon is a conspiracy theory that didn’t exist until a few years ago. It’s actually a webbed network of conspiracy theories that, at its most basic, alleges there is a secret group of elites working to get President Trump out of office. There are allegations of pedophilia mixed in there, too.

So what’s up with two congressional candidates who have embraced this relatively new conspiracy theory winning their primaries in 2020? One even has a good shot of going to Congress.

In May, Jo Rae Perkins won a Republican Senate primary in Oregon after saying she supports the conspiracy theory. And on Tuesday, Marjorie Taylor Greene made it to an August runoff in a competitive Republican congressional primary in northwest Georgia. Greene is now a pretty sure bet to make it to Congress: She beat her runoff opponent by 20 points in the primary, and the district is a safe Republican one.

Experts on conspiracy theories and political psychology warned about reading too much into these wins. “Two is not a trend,” said Joseph Uscinski at the University of Miami, who has written a book about why people believe in conspiracy theories.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/why-qanon-supporters-are-winning-congressional-primaries/ar-BB15qLTO?li=BBnb7Kz

Probably because most intelligent people have left the Republican party.

[live love laugh]

1. Jo Rae Perkins. The name says everything. nt

[Thunderbeast]

2. Republicans have won exactly ONE statewide election in this century.

The Oregon GOP that used to be the proud home of:

Mark Hatfield, Pacifist
Bob Packwood, Abortion rights champion
Tom McCall, Environmental pioneer
Gordon Smith, Mental health advocate

Thirty years ago, Republicans held the statehouse, both chambers of the legislature, and both Senate seats.

The wingnuts are now on the brink of irrelevance. Their only source of power now is habitually walking out of legislative sessions to prevent a quorum. It is ALL they have left after gutting education and passing ridiculous tax rebate policy that prevents the state from saving money when times are good in "rainy day" accounts.

We end up with "Joe Rae"s because Republican will no longer invest in hopeless campaigns. Their brand is now badly damaged.

[chowder66]

3. For their next stunt in running and voting in contenders they'll dig up Charles Manson's,

Hitler's and Jeffrey Epstein's remains. There is no bottom.

[zak247]

4. Just the new tea party. They wont last.

Where is the tea party now? This cult will likely fade away when Trump loses