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QAnon creeps into mainstream politics
The Washington Times ^ | Updated: 11:24 a.m. on Sunday, February 9, 2020 | Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Posted on 02/09/2020 9:34:56 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

MILWAUKEE — President Donald Trump was more than halfway through his speech at a rally in Milwaukee when one of his hand gestures caught the eye of a supporter standing in the packed arena.

The 51-year-old woman believed the president had traced the shape of the letter “Q” with his fingers as a covert signal to followers of QAnon, a right-wing, pro-Trump conspiracy theory. She turned to the couple on her right and excitedly asked, “Did you see the ‘Q’?”

“He just did it?” asked Diane Jacobson, 63, of Racine, Wisconsin.

“Was that a ‘Q’?” added Jacobson’s husband, Randy, 64.

“I think it was,” replied their new friend, Chrisy. The Geneva, Illinois, resident declined to give her last name in part because she said she wanted to avoid negative “attention.”

The Jacobsons met Chrisy and her husband, Paul, hours earlier in the line to get into the Jan 14 rally. The couples bonded over their shared interest in QAnon, which centers on the baseless belief that Trump is waging a secret campaign against enemies in the “deep state” and a child sex trafficking ring run by satanic pedophiles and cannibals.

What started as an online obsession for the far-right fringe has grown beyond its origins in a dark corner of the internet. QAnon has been creeping into the mainstream political arena for more than a year. The trend shows no sign of abating as Trump fires up his reelection campaign operation, attracting a loyal audience of conspiracy theorists and other fringe groups to his raucous rallies.

Trump has retweeted QAnon-promoting accounts. Followers flock to Trump’s rallies wearing clothes and hats with QAnon symbols and slogans. At least 23 current or former congressional candidates in the 2020 election cycle have endorsed or promoted QAnon,...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: creeps; harekrishnas; heavensgate; jonestown; q; qanon; qcreeps; qdrop16; qodemonkey; qreeps; qtards; thorazine
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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator

To: BillyCuccio

Rothschild doesn’t represent all Jewish people. It would be anti-Semitic to suggest it does.


22 posted on 02/09/2020 10:30:29 AM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: bagster

chicken, huh.

not washington times.

wonder why the times is putting this info out in the street???


23 posted on 02/09/2020 10:31:59 AM PST by thinden
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Durham was assigned by Barr, there is some hope he is doing something.
Huber has done nothing.
Sessions set Trump up for a Special Counsel and knew he was going to do it when he accepted the job.
The honorable thing to do was withdraw and let President Trump have an AG that was not compromised.


24 posted on 02/09/2020 10:32:37 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: BillyCuccio

“It also has a strong antisemitic undertone blaming the rothchilds and other banker families for everything.”

..... your comment is utter and total BS. You smell like a troll peddling that shiite.


25 posted on 02/09/2020 10:33:46 AM PST by semaj (We are the People)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

LOL, the funny thing is, my grandmother, Agripina Chernova, bless her soul, was Russian. She left for China after the Communists took over. Married a Belgian and settled in. When the Japs invaded, they all went to concentration camp, just like in the movie Empire of the Sun. Came to the US after they were liberated by American soldiers. She taught me about Commies and their depravity. Now, that said, I have not a clue about what your problem is or why you are hostile to me calling QAnon bullsh8 which it 100% is, and you need never respond to me again.


26 posted on 02/09/2020 10:35:27 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

“Rothschild doesn’t represent all Jewish people. It would be anti-Semitic to suggest it does.”

.... exactly.


27 posted on 02/09/2020 10:35:58 AM PST by semaj (We are the People)
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To: yldstrk

You hate free speech, like all good Bolsheviks.

Your granny taught you well.


28 posted on 02/09/2020 10:39:01 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Truth is hate to people who hate truth.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Admin Moderator

Why didn’t you follow protocol and post this in the Qthread?


29 posted on 02/09/2020 10:43:37 AM PST by No.6
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To: No.6

Because it’s from the Washington Times.

Can’t you read?


30 posted on 02/09/2020 10:44:15 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Truth is hate to people who hate truth.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Michael Kunzelman, @$$wipe.


31 posted on 02/09/2020 10:52:40 AM PST by sauropod (If women are upset at TrumpÂ’s naughty words, who bought 80 million copies of 50 Shades of Grey?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Michael Kunzelman of the Associated Putz's writess:

"What started as an online obsession for the far-right fringe has grown beyond its origins in a dark corner of the internet."

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And in so doing Michael of the AP reveals himself to be a total idiot.

But I repeat myself.

32 posted on 02/09/2020 11:00:26 AM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wow, who knew we had so many asses on FR. What happened to this site.

Thank you for sharing. I found it to be an interesting read. Sorry you’re getting so much hate.


33 posted on 02/09/2020 11:01:54 AM PST by Tx Angel (Insert witty tagline here)
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To: semaj

Agree.


34 posted on 02/09/2020 11:02:26 AM PST by ResistorSister (Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. I Cor. 16:13)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

I agree with you but then Jeff, who I think is a good man at core, would have assessed all what had happened from the Trump Tower meeting with Admiral Mike Rogers and told the President-Elect there might be a political problem if he was to become AG.

In other words, he could have turned down the offer, albeit reluctantly.

But as it stands, it was worth it, as Don Jr. tweeted, we should thank Adam Schiff and his fellow coup plotters, for without their efforts the deep state spies inside the White House would never have been outed.

POTUS took their blows on the ropes for 15 rounds until they fell on the mat from their own exhaustion and now we get to drag their glutton carcasses off.

Surprisingly, POTUS looked great through the process but I believe him when he said his family was truly suffering. To watch their beloved father go through what he was subjected to and to be drug into it and threatened themselves must have been a never-ending nightmare of horror for them.

I was waiting for Nadler to call First Lady Melania to testify what she heard her husband whisper in his sleep.

So now we are united and we are ready to see justice finally served. I hope we receive closure because I know people are ticked beyond imagine.


35 posted on 02/09/2020 11:13:54 AM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“The honorable thing to do was withdraw and let President Trump have an AG that was not compromised.”

And yet the Qballs told us to “trust Sessions” for over a year.

Nutballs the lot of them.

L


36 posted on 02/09/2020 11:16:51 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

Exactly. I dont trust Barry to do jacksh**.

People need to be indicted. Now!


37 posted on 02/09/2020 11:18:50 AM PST by I got the rope
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To: I got the rope

BARR


38 posted on 02/09/2020 11:19:22 AM PST by I got the rope
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Great Awakening


39 posted on 02/09/2020 11:36:43 AM PST by TheConservativeParty (MAGA KAG)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’d use the ASL sign for “Q”


40 posted on 02/09/2020 11:36:52 AM PST by PAR35
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