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Saturday, May 23rd, 2020

Oregon Republicans pick QAnon conspiracy theorist as U.S. Senate candidate

Author:     IGOR DERYSH
Source:     Salon
Publication Date:     MAY 22, 2020 9:00AM (UTC)
 Link: Oregon Republicans pick QAnon conspiracy theorist as U.S. Senate candidate
Stephan:   I started to write and say where do they find these people? But, as I did so, I realized there is nothing special about this woman's tacky craziness. This is the Republican Party; she got nearly 50% of the vote. The Republican Party of Dwight Eisenhower, Everett Dirksen, Margaret Chase Smith, and Nelson Rockefeller is gone, replaced by Devin Nunes, Louie Gohmert, Jim Jordan, Rand Paul, and Martha McSally. The United States has reached such a level of tribalism that The Great Schism Trend I have been writing about since Obama's first campaign is reaching a level where I don't see how it reconciles. I am not sure these people will accept Joe Biden and a woman, particularly a Black woman without violence.
Joe Rae Perkins | Man holding a Q sign waits in line with others to enter a campaign rally 
Credit: AP/Matt Rourke

Oregon Republicans voted on Tuesday to nominate a QAnon conspiracy theorist to challenge incumbent Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., in November.

Jo Rae Perkins, the former chair of the Linn County Republican Party, defeated three other candidates in Tuesday’s Republican primary with nearly 50% of the vote.

Perkins took to Twitter to celebrate her victory and pledge her allegiance to “Q.”

“Where we go one, we go all,” she said, reciting the QAnon slogan in a video that has since been deleted. “I stand with President Trump. I stand with Q and the team. Thank you Anons, and thank you patriots. And together, we can save our republic.”

The QAnon conspiracy theory began on the far-right message board 4chan, where an anonymous poster who calls himself “Q” writes clues to followers. QAnon supporters believe that a secretive network of deep state officials and liberal elites are running a global child sex trafficking ring and trying to bring down […]

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1 Comment

  1. Monty on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 8:26 am

    RIGHT!!! WHAT HUMP???