GOP House candidate in Colorado is latest to be linked to QAnon conspiracy theory

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A small but growing number of Republican congressional candidates have links to the far-right conspiracy theory known as QAnon.

, which advances unproven allegations about a so-called deep state plot against President Trump that involves satanism and child sex trafficking.

At the time, Boebert was on the political fringe, running a campaign largely focused on her gun-themed restaurant and resistance to coronavirus lockdowns. She is now on a path to becoming a member of Congress after upsetting five-term Rep. Scott Tipton in Tuesday’s Republican primary. The GOP-leaning rural western Colorado district will likely support the party’s nominee in the November general election.

Republican leaders have distanced themselves from some candidates, such as Greene. But now that Boebert is the nominee in Colorado, the GOP made clear Wednesday it would support her. “We know exactly what we’re about and that’s the Constitution and freedom,” Bishop said. “We are not into conspiracy theories.”

 

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Proof oh you don’t have any real journalist!

Maybe more than a theory.

This is the kind of stuff that lost the 2016 election.

I am finding that conspiracy theories are oftentimes rooted in truth. We just don't want to acknowledge it.

Well well well fucking LA Times... When you have evidence it is no more a Theory.

She reminds me of Sarah Palin. sarahs

So the GOP is still the party of ideas.... just now it's the party of crackpot ideas, specifically

They literally believe Trump is the second coming. If anything - he's the aniti ✝

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