And now the people who have engaged with the QAnon conspiracy theory, including Greene, are running for Congress. Every candidate on this list has engaged with QAnon to some degree; some engaged with QAnon content online before they sought political office on their personal accounts and later on their official campaign accounts; others have appeared on QAnon-related shows and talked about the conspiracy theory. CNN reached out to every candidate for comment on how they engaged with QAnon and whether they were supporters of the conspiracy theory. Republican officials have done little to take a stand against their candidates who have engaged with or embraced QAnon. Trump recently refused to denounce QAnon supporters after he was told what the conspiracy theory was, saying “they are very much against pedophilia” and that he agreed with them.

Source: CNN October 30, 2020 17:48 UTC