The breakout song by an artist who goes by Oliver Anthony laid the groundwork to open the first Republican presidential debate for the 2024 election. But the song has notes of conspiracy theories.
In one lyric, Anthony says,"I wish politicians would look out for miners / And not just minors on an island somewhere.
In another taped interview on his public YouTube page, Anthony also speaks about his concern over human trafficking and says"one of the worst things a human can do is take advantage of a child."Together, those notes hit on themes that are foundational to the QAnon conspiracy theory. That conspiracy theory revolves around a baseless claim that elites are secretly trafficking children for sex and to harvest their blood.
It is closely tied in with the anti-Semitic blood libel and has helped lay the groundwork for a moral panic around children being targeted by pedophiles, which today has propelled violent extremists to target
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