Posted on 08/12/2020 8:28:57 PM PDT by RandFan
A campaign spokesperson for President Trump took aim at a GOP congressman on Wednesday after the lawmaker dismissed the QAnon conspiracy theory in a Twitter post.
Matt Wolking, deputy communications director for Trump's reelection campaign, called on Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) to publicly reject the credibility of the dossier authored by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele, which allies of the president have argued was the basis for the Russia investigation lead by former special counsel Robert Mueller.
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz told members of Congress that the opposition research compiled by Steele did not prompt the investigation into the Trump campaign and its ties to Russia.
"When will @RepKinzinger condemn the Steele Dossier fabrications and conspiracy theories pushed by Democrats?" Wolking wrote, adding, "That actually WAS Russian propaganda."
His tweet came in response to a tweet earlier in the day from Kinzinger, who called the QAnon conspiracy a product of "Russian propaganda or a basement dweller" following the victory of Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon supporter, in the GOP primary runoff for Georgia’s 14th District on Tuesday night.
The congressman was the first GOP lawmaker to criticize Greene's win, asserting there is "no place in Congress for these conspiracies."
Following Greene's win, Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to voice his support for the GOP candidate, calling her a "future Republican star."
"Congratulations to future Republican Star Marjorie Taylor Greene on a big Congressional primary win in Georgia against a very tough and smart opponent," Trump tweeted. "Marjorie is strong on everything and never gives up - a real WINNER!"
Requests for further comment from Wolking and the Trump campaign were not immediately returned. Kinzinger's office also did not immediately return a request for comment from The Hill.
The QAnon conspiracy, which began shortly before the November election in 2016, claims without evidence that top Democratic officials, major celebrities and figures in the media are working together to bring down Trump and are tied to an international child sex trafficking ring. The theory is based on posts by a mysterious individual or group of individuals on an anonymous internet forum.
The posts have made numerous predictions that have not come to fruition, including claiming that Trump's 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton would be arrested as a result of the now-shuttered Russia investigation.
Greene is expected to win the general election in her red district in November. She won 60 percent of the vote in Tuesday's runoff election
HaHa.....no ransom required
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Matt Wolking, deputy communications director for Trump’s reelection campaign, called on Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) to publicly reject the credibility of the dossier authored by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele, which allies of the president have argued was the basis for the Russia investigation lead by former special counsel Robert Mueller.
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This is a call to reject what has been proven to be a false dossier that WAS used as the basis for a fraudulent coup attempt.
Nothing to do with any theory, Q or otherwise.
That headline is not accurate.
LOL. Of all the bat **** crazy conspiracy theories that have made the rounds in recent years, this one is just risible. I can’t believe the management allows the promotion of that fertilizer on here. It makes us all look like a bunch of loons.
The Qcult disguises itself as a Republican group while loading slander into the chamber, and their fellow Democrats fire it at Republicans.
Lies.
There is plenty of evidence for both 'theories'.
Are we now to assume that Trump, through his spokesman, would rip and disapprove of you people who bash the Qanon 'theory'?
Since I like to 'connect the dots', I'll go ahead and assume that.
#YouPeople
It makes some of us look stupid and dull.
And it ain't my people.
If they could get something as easy to verify as that wrong. Now imagine that most of the entire article is a bunch of made up misinformation. And they are trying to convince you here that there there never was a conspiracy to frame Trump.
umm unless your head is buried in the sand, and you havn't watched the Senate hearings of Rod Rosenstein and Sally Yates, not payed attention to exculpatory evidence withinheld from General Flynn's Counsel, etc. etc. etc. watched the disgusting actions of the judge on the case then you are a DEM operative, Lincoln Project buffoon, or just plain ignorant.
And yet you have no problem with this article that is full of factual misinformation. An article that also lies about what happened to Trump. You don’t need Q to have learned what the deep state did to Trump. Much evidence has been released. But hey lets give the Hill a pat on the back for being a bunch lie oriented fake journalist.
Maybe in the same way that Trump is a 'Republican'. The better way to describe the 'Qcult' is 'Patriot', which the Republican party may or may not be. They're more derp state than patriot.
The 'Qcult', as you call it, is Trump's true ideological base. Those who know what is and dismiss or attack it, have one foot in their derp state indoctrination and they don't even know it.
And its not a disguise.
ignorance is bliss
Quite the cogent post in this context.
Right. Today’s talking points brought to you by Acosta. There is/was no conspiracy. It is all in your head. Rosenstein didn’t say he never would have signed the warrant. How do you say fraudulent FISA warrants? lol
I am scratching my head trying to make sense of it. Reading the article didn’t help at all.
Qanon is Chinese intelligence.
People really have to parse everything these days.
The opposition research may not have "prompted" the investigation into the Trump campaign (it's evident that the Carter Page FISA investigation was the pretext for that) but it sure as hell was used in the investigation into the Trump campaign.
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