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.”
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Yes sir!
Release the Memo
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Sessions was activated by the Deep State - and he was compromised by same.
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Sounds like “someone” has something they don’t want out into the public domain!
Eff U Linda! You’ve been such a psychotic flip flopper since Trump I trust NOTHING you spew. And spew you do!
So he was just basically listing everyone that worked at the DOJ/FBI and Clinesmith of course was included on the list. Big whup.
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Yes!
And Clinesmith does what he’s told.
7th floor protected.
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ME: Name one.
Obviously, you cannot name a single Q Anon peep who attack you "over and over" when you "point out Lindsey's obvious mole activities."
BECAUSE IT NEVER HAPPENED.
I'm done with you. You are clearly illiterate.
“it definitely doesn’t seem any more provocative than the extremist and divisive stuff you hear out of these leftist pundits on TV all day long in several networks”
Well, accusing someone of being part of an organized child trafficking network without any evidence is pretty provocative.
Q Anon adherents Little Jeremiah and Bagster - for two.
Trust Sessions. Defer to Fraud Huber.
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Clinesmith to be sentenced POST Election.
ZERO to 6 months for Treason.
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By his comments, he is parroting the mainstream media and has no clue about Q. He might as well be calling the riots peaceful protests.
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True. A lot of stuff said about Q is not true. There’s all sorts of shills and trolls that just post junk on the board with no documentation.
Some people find documentation that is interesting, but could be embarrassing for the Politicians. So the LSM can always find posts to use against the so called group.
They are just afraid that stuff like Hunter Biden’s deals with Ukraine, or HRC’s betrayal with Uranium 1 will come out. Lots of proofs found on stuff like that-which the LSM just ignores or at most mentions in passing.
So true Greeneyes. And it is so clear to anonyone that has actually followed Q to point out the repeated lies in all the MSM articles.
I for one welcome the Awakening, thanks Media!
BTW Graham has no idea about Q, nor would he, even though he has been mentioned many times by Q. I wonder if he will be briefed on the Qposts about him?
Probably already knows at least some of what has been dug up. All the more reason to discredit anything he can.
LindseyRemember that linda is up for reelection in November
Yes. Sleeeep. Sleeeep.
>>Graham has been playing us for a long time<<
I don’t trust this guy...at all. Same with McCain. Freaking slimy.
I sooo wanted to think LG had changed his spots...
The sheep dropped his leopard spots?
By his comments, he is parroting the mainstream media and has no clue about Q. He might as well be calling the riots peaceful protests.
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Exactly. He literally is calling the riots peaceful protests, since Q followers are never violent and Q messages have never promoted violence.
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