They were a big part of the mob that attacked the Capitol
This point is so important. People who have been conned are afraid of admitting it because it makes them feel foolish. Plus they get a social payoff from the feeling of belonging in the group. Leaving is thus both isolating and shameful. https://t.co/Suad8ok1OH
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) January 17, 2021
The day after a QAnon believer made it to Washington, D.C., last week, he texted a frightening forecast of what could come with Joe Biden’s inauguration: “I predict that within the next 12 days, many in our country will die" https://t.co/8d21ePbCQ8
— POLITICO (@politico) January 13, 2021
New: How QAnon consumed Trump’s party, radicalized "digital soldiers" and helped spark the Capitol siege. The insurrection was a Q fantasy made real; believers say it's just the start https://t.co/5bQ6Bwz8cC
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) January 13, 2021
This happened AFTER the storming of the Capitol. https://t.co/wmS6KhEJje
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) January 11, 2021
It's still stunning that this Q insanity is a thing that we have to know about, and I can't imagine trying to explain the stupid thing and the stupid people who fell into that radicalism to folks who aren't Very Online. https://t.co/1j8ECLVY73
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) January 11, 2021
Reminder: President Trump has repeatedly refused to condemn QAnon.
— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) January 10, 2021
“I know nothing about it,” he told @SavannahGuthrie in October. “I do know they are very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard.” https://t.co/RtB3eCGaia
General Flynn and Sidney Powell’s Twitter accounts have been permanently suspended as part of Twitter’s crackdown on QAnon accounts and accounts that engage in coordinated harmful activity. pic.twitter.com/TptbGsAKvX
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 8, 2021
Is the "QAnon Shaman" from the MAGA Capitol riot covered in Neo-Nazi imagery? https://t.co/MWGdkJerZc pic.twitter.com/QUSLQNtziV
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 8, 2021
Ron Watkins, who runs the site where Q from QAnon posts and whom many believe may be Q himself, is now also banned from Twitter.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 8, 2021
He spent the last month targeting private citizens with claims of election fraud. He lives in Japan and runs 8kun, a site born in the Philippines.
Now would seem to be a good time for lots of people who have resisted it to emphasize how much of a deadly threat QAnon is.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 8, 2021
It's featured in virtually of all of this, as we're seeing with our own eyes over and over again
The terrifying story of how QAnon infiltrated moms' groups https://t.co/BsLqONK3ax
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 5, 2021
Remember how it was controversial a few months ago that Trump had invited Greene to the White House for his RNC speech? Now look. Classic normalization of once controversial/outrageous behavior by Trump as we all just look on. She’s an extremist who has said crazy bigoted things. https://t.co/4obdsMtxbZ
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) January 5, 2021
New from me and @oneunderscore__ and @janestreet. Trump's expert rehash of QAnon and 4chan conspiracy theories in his call with Brad Raffensperger shows just how far down the far right fringe rabbit hole the President has fallen. https://t.co/xLOdunNGDB
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) January 4, 2021
Sad! 