QAnon Leader Ron Watkins Is Running for Congress and It's Not Going Great [View all]

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The QAnon influencer vowed to raise “at least a million dollars” and win a House seat in Arizona. So far, he's raised $0.

QAnon Leader Ron Watkins Is Running For Congress and It’s Not Going Great
The QAnon influencer vowed to raise “at least a million dollars” and win a House seat in Arizona. How’s that going?
vice.com
9:20 AM · Nov 18, 2021

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkpbkv/qanon-ron-watkins-congress-campaign-fundraising

Ron Watkins is a month into his campaign for a Congressional seat, and it’s not going so great. He’s struggling to get the media attention he needs, he has no campaign website, he’s steadily losing followers on Telegram, and his opponents have a huge head start on fundraising.

When Watkins, the QAnon facilitator-turned-MAGA influencer, announced he was running for Congress in Arizona last month, he told VICE News he was pretty confident about his chances.

“Mark my words: I am going to raise at least a million dollars and I'm going to win so that the people have a real voice in Washington, D.C.,” Watkins said.

But it turns out that his Democratic opponent had already reached the $1 million mark before Watkins had even announced his candidacy, according to filings published by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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