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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBig day in the "JFK Jr lives" sect of QAnon as the man himself is expected to reveal himself...
Silent3
(15,909 posts)underpants
(196,495 posts)This is beyond nuts.
SledDriver
(2,122 posts)
demmiblue
(39,720 posts)Buckeyeblue
(6,352 posts)I'm sure when it doesn't happen today there will be a million excuses.
tanyev
(49,295 posts)Sneederbunk
(17,492 posts)solara
(3,894 posts)tgenerico
(109 posts)demmiblue
(39,720 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,900 posts)
ret5hd
(22,502 posts)Docreed2003
(18,714 posts)Lol, love that someone has turned this into a meme!!!!
Trump's but is so outrageous I wouldn't be shocked to see Andy Kaufman under the Trump mask!!
demmiblue
(39,720 posts)Polybius
(21,901 posts)Even if JFK Jr. faked his death and Trump wanted him as his VP, it would be too late. He's stuck with Pence.
Tyfairbanks600
(51 posts)Heck, some of them even like RFK and say he would be a Republican today.
demmiblue
(39,720 posts)The theory that Kennedy was alive and running Q arose in June 2018, after the anonymous poster behind Q briefly went dark. Another anonymous poster, R, showed up on the QAnon forums on the website 8chan and started dropping hints that JFK Jr. had faked his death to avoid being targeted by members of the deep-state conspiracy and was actually Q.
The idea gained further credence thanks to Liz Crokin, a right-wing conspiracy theorist who referred to JFK Jr.s role as Q during a 2018 interview with vlogger Jenny Moonstone. In the video, Crokin cited Qs posts about former President John F. Kennedy as evidence that JFK Jr. was running the account. The way that Q talks about JFK Sr. in the posts, it is with such love and passion, it makes me think that it is someone that is close to him, Crokin said in the video. If JFK Jr. faked his death and was alive, it would make sense that he was Q.
Adding fuel to the fire, a quote attributed to JFK Jr. in praise of Trump was widely shared by QAnon supporters on social media. If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate, the quote, which was reportedly published in George Magazine in June 1999, read. (Kennedys fatal plane crash was on July 16, 1999.)
The fact-checking website Politifact later found there was no record of Kennedy ever having written such a thing in George or anywhere else, for that matter. (The photo accompanying the post, however, did appear to be genuine, and was taken at a Knicks game the two attended in March 1999.) Not wanting to let a silly thing like facts get in the way, QAnon supporters clung to the theory that Kennedy and Trump had long been in cahoots, and the quote continues to circulate to this day, as does another quote from JFK Jr. reportedly vowing to avenge his fathers death, even if I have to bring down the whole government. (Its unclear if that quote is real either way, it was in the context of accusations that Lyndon B. Johnson was behind his fathers assassination. For the record, Lyndon B. Johnson is also very, very dead.)
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-jfk-jr-conspiracy-theory-854938/
Link to tweet
fierywoman
(8,595 posts)Tyfairbanks600
(51 posts)They usually tend to cite his quotes about reducing the top marginal rate from 90% to 75%ish.
fierywoman
(8,595 posts)decided they were batshit crazy and I didn't need to waste time on them.. But thank you for going where I haven't the patience to go (so that I don't have to !)
lettucebe
(2,355 posts)So they wait until Oct 17 to announce a new VP pick? Uh, okay. Right after they announce their new health care plan.
area51
(12,691 posts)
Arazi
(8,887 posts)JCMach1
(29,202 posts)I assume it will make local news tonight. Epic fail if you are looking at earned media. I honestly didn't even know he was coming.
