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When Alison Lopez discovered her uncles sister had been part of the mob that breached the Capitol doors on 6 January, she immediately reported her to the FBI. I had no second thoughts, she said.
Lopez found out about her in-laws participation when the woman in question called her aunt from inside the Capitol to brag about taking back the election. Lopez, who is 42, said she had known the relative her whole life but had no qualms about reporting her.
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Leslie, who considers herself far left politically, said she had watched in horror as vigilantes stormed the Capitol on 6 January, only to learn days later her estranged mother was one of them.
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I am really, really angry that I have essentially lost my family to a cult, she said. I am angry that people were not taking the rise of QAnon more seriously. People kept saying, nobody is actually going to do anything, it is just a bunch of idiots online.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/17/capitol-attack-reporting-family-internet-sleuths-qanon?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1
malaise
(269,054 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)Quite weird.
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)He is a half brother. I only met her once at his wedding.
malaise
(269,054 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)And she isn't close to her.
for the possibilities unearthed
Turn them all in.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)But, I'm not related to his sister. I know his sister pretty well, but she isn't technically a relative (except in a Southern "cousin" way).
malaise
(269,054 posts)It may be more cultural than anything else
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,007 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)By marriage. But his sister is not her aunt.
I think that fits. 😁
tblue37
(65,408 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Not their spouses. Their spouses siblings are not considered your relatives
Cirque du So-What
(25,943 posts)None whatsoever.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)Deuxcents
(16,248 posts)I have lost a couple of family members to the cult. I should hope they never go that far but if they did.. Id make that phone call, too. Ive made myself sick thinking about it.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Ive been watching the videos for anyone I may know.