Trump's Pick for Intelligence Chief Follows a Slew of QAnon Accounts
Source: The Daily Beast
For a nominee to helm the U.S. government’s intelligence apparatus, Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) draws on some unusual sources of information.
Ratcliffe’s official, verified campaign Twitter account follows several accounts on the political fringe, including a 9/11 truther account with just one follower besides himself and four promoting the outlandish QAnon conspiracy theory, which posits that the world is run by a cabal of Democratic pedophile-cannibals—and has been ruled a potential source of domestic terrorism by the FBI.
The conspiracy theorists followed by Ratcliffe, whose nomination for director of national intelligence goes before the Senate intelligence committee Tuesday morning, cover a bizarre range of beliefs. They posit that John F. Kennedy Jr. faked his death to help Trump to take down the Deep State. Others claim a Democratic sex dungeon exists in in a Washington pizzeria. But Ratcliffe and the QAnon promoters he follows have one thing in common: utter loyalty to Trump.
Even before Ratcliffe’s QAnon interest was known, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), a committee member, told The Daily Beast, “Congressman Ratcliffe is a partisan politician who has spent the last two years promoting conspiracy theories in defense of Donald Trump.”
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As a candidate, Donald Trump would famously boast that if elected, he'd "surround myself only with the best and most serious people" -- adding: "We want top-of-the-line professionals." That's from the CNN archives. 
Rachel Maddow finally gave up on keeping track of how many people have gone through the rapidly spinning revolving door of Trump administration employees. It was at well over 60 the last time I knew, and that was over a year ago.
So now he wants this Looney Tunes escapee to be the Director of National Intelligence? Yeah, "only the best people". The people who'll give Trump only what he wants to hear, is more in line with what Trump means. 
But his Twitter account is not proof. I follow Trump and I’m only half nuts. 
