The Republican Party just took another step toward a dangerous conspiracy theory

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(CNN) - On Wednesday morning, the President of the United States tweeted congratulations to a Republican candidate who won a congressional runoff in Georgia on Tuesday.

"Congratulations to future Republican Star Marjorie Taylor Greene on a big Congressional primary win in Georgia against a very tough and smart opponent," wrote Donald Trump. "Marjorie is strong on everything and never gives up - a real WINNER!"

Who, you ask, is Marjorie Taylor Greene? Well, aside from being the near-certain next member of Congress in Georgia's strongly Republican 14th District, she is a public supporter of the QAnon movement -- a broad-scale conspiracy theory that sprung to life in early 2017 and is based on a belief that there is a high-level government official, "Q," who sprinkles clues on internet message boards about a series of massive "deep state" conspiracies at work in the country.

(The FBI has said QAnon is a potential domestic terrorism threat.)

"Q is a patriot," Greene said in a nearly 30-minute long video from 2017. She called the conspiracy theory "something worth listening to and paying attention to," adding: "He is someone that very much loves his country, and he's on the same page as us, and he is very pro-Trump."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-georgia-donald-trump/index.html

[Thekaspervote]

1. Indeed part of the gop future! A backwards inconsequential congress peep in a shrinking party

That no one will care or listen to....except the few leftover crazies

[LastDemocratInSC]

2. I've always been surprised that right wingers

Have not evolved feet that point backwards given all the environmental pressure to go in the wrong direction due to their policies.