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House votes to condemn baseless QAnon conspiracy theory
Washington Post ^

Posted on 10/02/2020 1:12:38 PM PDT by MNDude

The House voted overwhelmingly Friday to condemn the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory as the online movement identified as a potential domestic terrorist threat by the FBI has gained traction with some in the Republican Party.

The vote was 371 to 18 for the resolution sponsored by Reps. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) and Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) and came days after Malinowski said he received death threats from QAnon supporters after a false GOP ad accused him of lobbying “to protect sexual predators.”

Seventeen Republicans and one independent voted against the resoultion condemning QAnon, a pro-Trump conspiracy theory that has been a central vector of misinformation about the coronavirus, on the same day the president said he and his wife had tested positive for the virus.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: 8kunpornboard; baseless; believeanythingcrowd; fakenews; misinformation; news; notnews; qanon; tommalinowski; washingtoncompost
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To: AppyPappy

It is amazing how the FBI is slow to recognize one terrorist, while jumping at the next. I’d imagine some “career prosecutor” flipping a coin except there is a discernible pattern. If the Democrats dislike a certain group, the FBI is on them like white-on-rice. If Trump or the Republicans try to point out a left-wing groups anti-social behavior that same FBI gets all “Stevey Wonder” on us.


41 posted on 10/02/2020 1:35:21 PM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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To: MNDude

I’m amazed that the entire House found it necessary to take a position on a harmless, if somewhat eccentric, group of otherwise patriotic Americans.


42 posted on 10/02/2020 1:41:10 PM PDT by ScottinVA (First, letÂ’s deal with the election; then weÂ’ll deal with BLM.)
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To: MNDude

FO and get to work on meaningful things


43 posted on 10/02/2020 1:41:40 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: MNDude
'QAnon conspiracy theory as the online movement identified as a potential domestic terrorist threat by the FBI has gained traction with some in the Republican Party."

Those evil QAnons bombing and murdering everyone they see need to be stopped! /s

Actually it's the evil FBI minions who attempted a coup against our President and use the QAnon as an innocent scapegoat that need to be stopped.

44 posted on 10/02/2020 1:48:33 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: MNDude

I’m sure glad they solved all of the nation’s other pressing problems.


45 posted on 10/02/2020 1:48:44 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: LucyT

FYI


46 posted on 10/02/2020 1:49:50 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (#onlyonelifematteres The rest is, Vanity of vanities... vanity of vanities! All is vanity. Ec 1:2)
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To: FewsOrange

:: Rep. Justin Amash (L-Mich.), who used to be a Republican, also voted against the resolution. ::

Justin Amash?
The fellow who became a billionaire with an auto parts company in Grand Rapids (area)?
Auto parts company in Michigan.
Like the one recently sold to the heathen Chinee?
Hmmmm...trying to find a friend on the right, Justin?


47 posted on 10/02/2020 1:51:59 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Scatology is serendipitous.)
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To: MNDude
came days after Malinowski said he received death threats from QAnon supporters after a false GOP ad accused him of lobbying “to protect sexual predators.

Was this NRCC ad false? I haven't seen any information rebutting it. Sounds like Malinowski's problem is with the National Republican Congressional Committee, not Q.


48 posted on 10/02/2020 1:52:36 PM PDT by Defiant (Does anyone really think that the people creating a police state don't want police?)
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To: MNDude

My evaluation has always been that QAnon was just silly BS. It’s hard to believe it’s still around.

Now that Congress has set a precedent that they can act as censors, let’s move on to condemning all the others who offend via free speech and press: the Mueller Investigation; the WaPo; the NYT; CNN; ABC; CBS; MSNBC; all the looney Left websites; statements by the DNC and FBI, etc. Gonna be busy little bees if they’re to condemn every idiot in the world.


49 posted on 10/02/2020 1:54:31 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: MNDude

Ok, now we know there are 371 pedo supporters in the House, good to know.


50 posted on 10/02/2020 1:55:04 PM PDT by Rocky Mountain Gal
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To: MNDude

I loath conspiracy theorists, but this is really stupid. “Free speech” is often ignorantly used for people merely upset that some platform or another tossed them off, but this time it actually refers to Congress doing someting. And that’s wrong, no matter how much I hate people who promote conspiracies.


51 posted on 10/02/2020 1:55:45 PM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: MNDude

At least the house wasn’t spending our money or growing government. They can spend all day, everyday writing and voting on resolutions.


52 posted on 10/02/2020 1:57:09 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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To: God luvs America
Senate should send it back with the addendum which condemns violence by antifa and blm

Excellent idea.

53 posted on 10/02/2020 1:57:35 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (Your tagline sucked, so it was deleted - Admin)
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To: MNDude

Have the weighed in on OJ yet? Because I am undecided.

/sarc


54 posted on 10/02/2020 1:58:14 PM PDT by Noamie
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To: MNDude

Did they vote to condemn the baseless MSM conspiracy theories too.


55 posted on 10/02/2020 2:00:17 PM PDT by caver (Somwo)
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To: Major Matt Mason
Oops, not sure how I ended up on this thread, but my post was meant for another thread.

No worries. I think that post works on almost any FR thread.

56 posted on 10/02/2020 2:02:17 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (Your tagline sucked, so it was deleted - Admin)
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To: MNDude

How about condemning the Russian hoax theory, the illegal wire tapping, the illegal FBI investigation, the phony Mueller investigation, and the sham impeachment.


57 posted on 10/02/2020 2:09:13 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: TangoLimaSierra; Major Matt Mason
I think that post works on almost any FR thread.

It works for me. Nearly every professor in my American History, Political Science and Comparative Gov't classes decades ago trumpeted the dangers of multi-party systems, using Germany 1919 - 1933 as the example. It's been a slow process for me to arrive at a willingness to see a viable conservative party, but I'm there.

58 posted on 10/02/2020 2:23:01 PM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal that can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground--Mencken)
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To: MNDude

Have they condemned newspaper horoscopes as well?


59 posted on 10/02/2020 2:27:49 PM PDT by libertylover (Election 2020: Make America Great Again or Burn it to the Ground. Choose one.)
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To: MNDude

I thought this was a joke when i read the headline. Seriously??? Apparently they have nothing to do. WHY is the Q thing such a problem for them?


60 posted on 10/02/2020 2:52:39 PM PDT by alabama_heart ( th)
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