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Lindsey Graham: 'QAnon is bats--- crazy'
The Hill ^ | Aug 27 | J. Edward Moreno

Posted on 08/27/2020 11:30:18 AM PDT by RandFan

Edited on 08/27/2020 12:54:39 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called the QAnon conspiracy theory that has been spread by some Republican congressional candidates “batshit crazy.”

“Well, QAnon is batshit crazy,” Graham told Snapchat's Peter Hamby in an interview that aired Thursday.

“Crazy stuff. Inspiring people to violence. I think it is a platform that plays off people’s fears, that compels them to do things they normally wouldn’t do. And it’s very much a threat.”

Once a fringe movement, the QAnon conspiracy has gained traction in recent years, with some congressional candidates expressing support of its claims.

The theory suggests that Trump and his allies are trying to uncover a group of Democrats, media figures and celebrities who are operating an international child sex trafficking scheme.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has previously endorsed the theory, won the Republican primary in Georgia's 14th District earlier this month, leading GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) to demand leaders denounce the movement.

Greene has since distanced herself from theory, which the FBI has labeled as a potential domestic terrorism threat.

Graham suggested repealing the protections offered to social media platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields platforms from facing liability for the content posted by its users and the good-faith efforts they make to moderate it.

QAnon is not itself a social media site, but its supporters gather on multiple social media platforms, though Twitter and Facebook have made efforts to remove them.

Graham pointed to "Pizzagate," a related conspiracy theory that claims Hillary Clinton and other top Democratic figures were running a child sex trafficking ring beneath a pizza shop in Washington, D.C. In December 2016, a man fired a gun in the Comet Ping Pong pizza shop in D.C., claiming he was there to “self-investigate" the claims.

“But the pizza owner, under my theory, could sue QAnon for passing along garbage. That’s a pretty dramatic step,” Graham said. “But the only way I know to make people more responsible who run these websites is to allow lawsuits when they go too far.”


TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: graham; qanon
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To: nickcarraway
QAnon was created by some lefty to make fun of conservatives.

No.

That is the thinking of a child.


121 posted on 08/27/2020 6:21:10 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster

Occam’s Razor


122 posted on 08/27/2020 6:22:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: bagster

By the way, Trump made fun of QAnon last week.


123 posted on 08/27/2020 6:22:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Boogieman
Why would he be afraid? Q’s still batting zero when it comes to actually catching any purported bad guys.

Q isn't in the catching bad guys business.

Its in the communication and intelligence business.

Its good to understand what you're talking about before you talk about it.


124 posted on 08/27/2020 6:24:02 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Boogieman
So if people are spouting ludicrous nonsense, we are supposed to not say anything about it, just because they are “allies”?

No, we should makes posts about it.

Just like this one.


125 posted on 08/27/2020 6:25:11 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: mlo
But Q is bat**** crazy.

No.


126 posted on 08/27/2020 6:25:58 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Boogieman
Yet Q is entirely a product of the chans.

No.

The chans are where Q posts.


127 posted on 08/27/2020 6:27:14 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: RandFan

Anyone that has forgotten all the years goober spent with McQueeg should start remembering them and soon. Linda is deep state and has been for some time.


128 posted on 08/27/2020 6:28:02 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic home of the free because of the Brave. Let's all make America great again.)
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To: Paladin2
Maybe Linda should hold some hearings to find those responsible and punish them?

Yes he should.

And he should go over every Q posting and check them for accuracy.

And do it on t.v. He could have General Flynn and Admiral Rogers testify.


129 posted on 08/27/2020 6:29:25 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: nickcarraway; bagster

What would Occam’s Razor say about General Flynn taking part of Q’s “take a pledge” campaign followed by Q’s slogan “where we go one we go all?”


130 posted on 08/27/2020 6:31:36 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: lodi90
Clinesmith was in the Horowitz report. No breaking news there. Sorry.

We were talking about Clinesmith well before the Horowitz report came out.

Qbots are miles ahead of you people who have to wait for public reports or 'legitimate' media sources to tell you stuff.

And you know this to be true.

Example: Epstein Island.


131 posted on 08/27/2020 6:31:53 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Vermont Lt
But its the Q followers that post crazy shit. Not Q.

Thank you.


132 posted on 08/27/2020 6:33:57 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Boogieman
“Q was telling us about Kevin Clinesmith for well over a year now”
Got a link to prove that?

Ooo, Ooo. I do, I do.

3 Aug 2018


133 posted on 08/27/2020 6:38:09 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: AnthonySoprano
When I point out Lindsey’s obvious mole activities - the Q Anon peeps attack me over and over.

Its more likely they attack you because you are the king of the nabobs.


134 posted on 08/27/2020 6:41:15 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Okeydoker
The q people of course immediately called it fake.

Only because it was a fake.


135 posted on 08/27/2020 6:43:32 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: AnthonySoprano

I found out and then remembered that the investigation into Killary, emails and Klinton Foundation was taken over by Durham.

So it’s not over.


136 posted on 08/27/2020 6:49:10 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the Thanks.virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: AnthonySoprano
Bagster and Little Jeremiah, for two.


137 posted on 08/27/2020 6:50:02 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: nickcarraway
It’s not conspiracy theories, it’s gobbledygook. It’s like listening to a psychic.

Not if you're a smart and clever fellow.

But I understand why you would say that.


138 posted on 08/27/2020 6:51:22 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: AnthonySoprano
As an fyi, and you may not know this, but Sessions appointed Durham the very same day Q made its first post.

Think about that.


139 posted on 08/27/2020 6:54:30 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: AnthonySoprano
I’d be pissed too, if I went around attacking peeps that criticized Lindsey Graham only to find out Lindsey thinks you’re a Kook!

Telling a lie over and over does not make it true.

We know what Graham is. Why would we attack you for attacking him.

Make that make sense.

Liar.

I nominate you as the biggest anti-Q, anti Trump propagandist on Free Republic.

You're almost like a professional. And very hard working.


140 posted on 08/27/2020 7:03:21 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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