J.R. Majewski, the MAGA rapper and landscaper who last week won a Republican primary for Congress in Ohio, has been trying to distance himself from QAnon. Media Matters followed up CNN’s report by releasing a report of its own, including a video of Majewski explicitly stating his belief in the conspiracy theory. In a video newly uncovered by @mmfa, U.S. House nominee J.R. Majewski said: “I believe in everything that’s been put out from Q,” the figure behind QAnon. “He’s been out there and he’s been farming and he’s been carving the name Trump … he’s been carving the name Trump into his farm and those plains, we pass over that farm,” he said. “He’s a great guy, and he’s in there fighting for whatever the hell he’s fighting for.

Source: CNN May 09, 2022 19:27 UTC