Must-read Ali Velshi thread about QAnon, Trump and the GOP

[highplainsdem]

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Trump is going to save the world from a satanic cult of pedophiles? The only thing more improbable than QAnon’s beliefs is its incredible rise. Trump & the GOP are now cozying up to far-right, racist, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic conspiracy theorists. #velshi

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QAnon has quickly leapt out of the deepest, darkest corners of the web into the political mainstream, with both QAnon members & regular old racists winning Republican Congressional primaries in recent weeks. #velshi

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It’s not just conspiracy theorists seeking shelter under the umbrella of the GOP. Laura Loomer—a self-described “proud Islamophobe” banned from multiple social media platforms—won the Republican nomination for Florida's 21st Congressional District. #velshi

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Loomer’s district includes West Palm Beach, where the president owns his main residence. Her most famous constituent-to-be tweeted, “Great going, Laura. You have a great chance against a Nancy Pelosi puppet!” #velshi

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Surprising to nobody is the deafening silence from most Republicans. Not all, but most. Further proof for your friends who are still thinking about voting Republican that the party has been hijacked. #velshi


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Racists, anti-Semites & Islamophobes have free rein. They can win GOP primaries & WILL most likely become Members of the House of Representatives, which already includes conspiracy theorists like anti-vaxxer Bill Posey of FL & infamous bigots like Steve King of IA. #velshi

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To my Republican friends: this is not who you are & you should shudder that this is happening to your party. They say, "if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas," but that's just mean to dogs. #velshi

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So, I’ll put it more clearly: you have a choice to make in 73 days. Will you support the man who has denuded your party & led it around by the nose from racist immigration policy to a refusal to confront the staggering truth about racism in policing? #velshi

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Republicans—the kind who believe in smaller government & balanced budgets—will lose their party for the ages. These fringe movements will embed themselves into the fiber of the GOP & it will take generations to remove them. #velshi

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The Grand Old Party, they say, is the Party of Lincoln. We don't have to wonder what he WOULD have said because it’s on the record. “In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time & eternity.” #velshi

[soothsayer]

1. Do we think QAnon started as a goof? And then accidentally took off?

So freaking weird.

[highplainsdem]

2. Not sure.

[kimbutgar]

3. I think Stephen Miller is the QAnon originator.

There was no QAnon before MF45 came into the White House. I can see Stephen Miller going home at night and making those postings.

[Blue Owl]

5. Yup -- eating glue and typing underneath a bare bulb

n/t

[crickets]

4. K&R for visibility.