“The politicians get the support of the far-right groups that are emerging and are becoming more visible — they get the support of those constituents,” said Kurt Braddock, a communication professor at American University who studies extremism. Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado has come under scrutiny for her ties to members of the Three Percenters, a radical militia group. And before she was elected to Congress, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia endorsed executing Democratic lawmakers, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (Ms. Greene has since said she does not follow QAnon.) And in a recent fund-raising solicitation, he spread a groundless conspiracy theory that the F.B.I.

Source: New York Times July 05, 2021 17:37 UTC