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Trump openly embraces, amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories
AP News ^ | 16 September 2022 | DAVID KLEPPER and ALI SWENSON

Posted on 09/16/2022 10:20:57 AM PDT by tkocur

After winking at QAnon for years, Donald Trump is overtly embracing the baseless conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world events linked to it grows.

On Tuesday, using his Truth Social platform, the Republican former president reposted an image of himself wearing a Q lapel pin overlaid with the words “The Storm is Coming.” In QAnon lore, the “storm” refers to Trump’s final victory, when supposedly he will regain power and his opponents will be tried, and potentially executed, on live television.

As Trump contemplates another run for the presidency and has become increasingly assertive in the Republican primary process during the midterm elections, his actions show that far from distancing himself from the political fringe, he is welcoming it.

He’s published dozens of recent Q-related posts, in contrast to 2020, when he claimed that while he didn’t know much about QAnon, he couldn’t disprove its conspiracy theory.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy
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1 posted on 09/16/2022 10:20:57 AM PDT by tkocur
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To: tkocur

He made fun of it before the election?


2 posted on 09/16/2022 10:21:58 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: tkocur
... Trump’s final victory, when supposedly he will regain power and his opponents will be tried, and potentially executed, on live television....

Um, what?

3 posted on 09/16/2022 10:23:45 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: tkocur

Conspiracy theories like “they’re spying on my campaign” or “Russian collusion is a hoax” or the Hunter Biden laptop NOT being “Russian disinformation”? Things the media has screamed loudly as being conspiracy theories keep proven to be true.


4 posted on 09/16/2022 10:24:16 AM PDT by JWNM
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To: tkocur

QAnon does nothing for me, but given a choice between listening to QAnon and your everyday Democrat, it is a no-brainer to which one to choose.


5 posted on 09/16/2022 10:24:56 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: tkocur

Q canon versus dearth branDUHn? 🤔😵😎✌


6 posted on 09/16/2022 10:25:44 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: gloryblaze

Don’t knock it. Sounds good to me!


7 posted on 09/16/2022 10:28:42 AM PDT by CletusVanDamme (Well I'm all broken up about that man's rights...)
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To: tkocur
Yeah, well we know a thing or two about the APee. Like how they, along with the NY SLIMES cooperated with the nazis, until 1941.
8 posted on 09/16/2022 10:30:09 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: JWNM

Conspiracy theories, lately many of them seem more like spoiler alerts 🤔🙄


9 posted on 09/16/2022 10:33:16 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: tkocur

Gee you would think that the Dems would have NO problem proving that the election of 2020 was NOT stolen..yet all they do is whine and b*tch..what are they so afraid of, the truth coming out that EVERYONE knows, even the libs know..trust me they wink and smile when asked to their face, that the election was stolen but they are proud of that


10 posted on 09/16/2022 10:34:16 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: tkocur
Donald Trump is overtly embracing the baseless conspiracy theory

I absolutely refuse to believe Trump is retarded.

11 posted on 09/16/2022 10:40:04 AM PDT by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: tkocur

He raised up his arm and made a magic sign
Said what you need is Trump potion number seventeen


12 posted on 09/16/2022 10:42:51 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: tkocur

The left and the media are so desperate to malign conservatives they resort to this.

There will be riots of the GOP take the House and Senate. Mark my words.


13 posted on 09/16/2022 10:43:36 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: tkocur

Just to remind everyone. There is a Q. We don’t know who. There is NO QAnon. QAnon is a Deep State PSYOP, for sure.


14 posted on 09/16/2022 10:44:18 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: tkocur

Donald J Trump. Still the Master Troll.


15 posted on 09/16/2022 10:44:35 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: tkocur

Trump isn’t stupid enough to believe the Q nonsense .
Anyone believing Q should be nowhere near public office .


16 posted on 09/16/2022 10:45:51 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: ConservativeInPA

I enjoyed Q because of its emphasis on doing your own research. I get very itchy around people who know what real truth is and insist that I share that point of view. Never saw Q in that light. Some points seemed reasonable. Some points seemed crazy. But discussions with almost anyone have that same quality, whether Q-related or not, so it was fun interacting with fellow researchers.

And it became a family. Some of the relatives, admittedly, being crazy aunts and uncles but, the most being kind and wise elders who brought passion to the discussions and reassurance during times of anxiety.

And, most importantly, they always loved Trump the way I do.


17 posted on 09/16/2022 10:46:07 AM PDT by mairdie (Egyptian Fayum Portraits of the Ptolemaic Period - https://youtu.be/ghLdvoR81f4)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

People say it is impossible to prove a negative.


18 posted on 09/16/2022 10:46:58 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: tkocur

Our resident Q followers have already been bragging about this over on this thread:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4092265/posts?page=451#451

Forgive me for repeating myself but:

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The lefties are making hay out of it;

Headline: Trump fully embraces QAnon on Truth Social — hours after obsessed supporter allegedly killed wife

Sub: The FBI has labeled QAnon a domestic terror threat, but Trump is going all in on the conspiracy theory

https://www.salon.com/2022/09/14/fully-embraces-qanon-on-truth-social—hours-after-obsessed-supporter-allegedly-wife/

Which is only to be expected. They publicly announced long ago they planned to smear us as “The Party of QAnon” in the midterms:

“House Democrats are preparing to center their strategy for the far-off midterm elections on a simple, aggressive message: Republicans are the party of QAnon.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/qanon-gop-465157

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4092265/posts?page=452#452

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And:

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Funny how Q followers scream that AP is a dirty commie derp state propaganda oufit and can’t be believed and anyone who posts something from AP must be a troll and/or $hot$hill, but it’s a reliable source when it suits [them]. It certainly leans left, I think. And it’s the stated agenda of the Dems to smear us as “The Party of QAnon” (see my last post on this thread).

Seriously, we all know Trump tweeted on the fly (remember covfefe?) and probably retruths on the fly, too. He’s a very busy man. Does anyone really think he checks out the profile and other posts of those posting memes and images he retruths? He may well not have noticed that Q photoshopped onto that image.

As for the music, how do we know Trump picked it? Or knew it was some Q-related music if he did? Some Q follower or promoter may have sent it into to his campaign claiming it was music composed just for him and dedicated to him, and saying nothing about the Q connection.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4092265/posts?page=458#458


19 posted on 09/16/2022 10:47:20 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: tkocur

As far as Qanon.... like even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Most of the Qanon stuff was useless. Some of it was predictive, but understanding the state of corruption of the FBI and Intelligence services, not that hard to figure out.

The two things that Trump open my eyes to was the intelligence (DHS, CIA, FBI, NSA) corruption and partisanship, and that our politicians are on the take from recycled money from the State Department.


20 posted on 09/16/2022 10:47:46 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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