Michael Flynn's Family Is at War With Each Other Over QAnon

[DonViejo]

The retired general’s brother and sister are fanning the flames. His son is a public skeptic.

Will Sommer
03.18.19 4:42 AM ET

Michael Flynn’s family members appear to be at war with each other over the QAnon conspiracy theory and whether Flynn himself is playing a role in it.

Flynn, who served briefly as Donald Trump’s national security adviser, became a martyr figure for QAnon believers after taking a plea deal from Special Counsel Robert Mueller for lying about his Russia contacts. Many QAnon fans, who have seized on a series of internet clues posted by the anonymous Q to imagine a world in which Trump is engaged in a secret war against high-ranking Democratic pedophiles, think Flynn is, in fact, secretly working with Mueller to help Trump defeat the deep state. The most ardent of those fans add three “star” emojis to their Twitter handles, a reference to Flynn’s status as a retired three-star general. Some even claim that Flynn himself is “Q.”


“They think he’s an essential part of the story, they think that he actually didn’t do anything wrong,” said Travis View, a researcher who studies the QAnon phenomenon.

Because of Flynn’s role in QAnon lore, believers of the conspiracy theory are desperate for him to confirm that QAnon is real. But Flynn has never discussed the conspiracy theory publicly.

Into that void, his family members have stepped—but not with a unified voice. Instead, they’ve come down on opposite sides of the conspiracy, with his siblings Joseph Flynn and Barbara Redgate eagerly signaling support to QAnon believers, and his son Michael Flynn Jr. becoming a vocal QAnon skeptic.

The family divide came into sharp focus last week, when Joseph Flynn tweeted just one letter, “Q,” prompting QAnon believers to rejoice. His Twitter mentions subsequently filled up with happy QAnon fans, who posted Q memes and “#WWG1WGA,” a reference to the conspiracy theory’s motto, “Where we go one, we go all.”

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[hlthe2b]

1. That is one warped family... Was their family home built on a toxic waste dump? radiation depot?

[blm]

3. Heheh

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[ck4829]

5. LOL, but I think radioactive waste considers the Flynn Klan to be toxic

[Mister Ed]

2. "Where we go one, we go all".

A good motto for lemmings.

[GeorgeGist]

4. More Q NONSENSE.

[NewJeffCT]

6. I call it "Q A Moron"

instead of QAnon.

Weren't all these Democrats and Never Trump Republicans supposed to be arrested in early December?