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Showing Original Post only (View all)A GOP congressman said so many Republican voters now believe in the QAnon conspiracy theory it could [View all]
destroy the partyGOP Rep. Peter Meijer has warned that the rise of the QAnon conspiracy theory movement could destroy the Republican Party from within in remarks to CNN.
Meijer is one of few Republicans who've spoken out against the rise of conspiracy-theory-driven beliefs among a swath of the GOP grassroots. He was one of only 10 Republicans in the House who voted to impeach Donald Trump for inciting the Capitol riot on January 6.
"The fact that a significant plurality, if not potentially a majority, of our voters have been deceived into this creation of an alternate reality could very well be an existential threat to the party," Meijer, a freshman congressman from Michigan, told the network.
The QAnon movement emerged from messaging boards 4chan and 8chan, to be adopted and promoted by Trump allies on the far right as it spread through the Republican Party. A Republican congresswoman, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, pushed the conspiracy theory before her election last year though in recent weeks has claimed she does not believe in it.
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A GOP congressman said so many Republican voters now believe in the QAnon conspiracy theory it could [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Apr 2021
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When your whole premise is getting voters to believe falsehoods, are you surprised?
Pobeka
Apr 2021
#3
limbaugh died and trumpism with it. the last 30 years were talk radio-caused and dems and
certainot
Apr 2021
#38
Which is why they fight so hard against any Democratic proposals that expand the use of government..
Mad_Machine76
Apr 2021
#15
Thune, Scott, Barasso, Ernst. Losers one and all, the official GOP minority Senate leaders. But,
machoneman
Apr 2021
#20
yes, if they are able to somehow, despite it all, cobble together systemic control politically
Celerity
Apr 2021
#12
The only thing they see are votes and cashish. I don't think leadership really saw it coming. nt
Progressive Jones
Apr 2021
#27
Hasn't Q stopped posting for several months? How does a snake stay alive with no head? nt
Quixote1818
Apr 2021
#23
All it took was to plant seeds in the soil of stupidity (gop brains).
Progressive Jones
Apr 2021
#28
There goes a GOP Rep with a career so short he won't qualify for a pension.
BobTheSubgenius
Apr 2021
#25
"I'm shocked that so many people believe all the nonsense we've spouted!"
struggle4progress
Apr 2021
#26
QAnon's conspiracy theory is a rebranded version of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Botany
Apr 2021
#31
They've been promoting falsehoods and misinformation in earnest since Gingrich
BlueNProud
Apr 2021
#36
Ha ha heh...you think? IMHO, I think it is already destroyed/demolished when you opened the
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2021
#37
Good the sooner the better. The are truly the Enemy Within. The one's meant in the enlistment oath.
usaf-vet
Apr 2021
#46
Q is the flavor of the month. They're a certified cult now. Next week it'll be some other alphabet.
littlemissmartypants
Apr 2021
#48