Vice President Mike Pence posted a photo of himself posing with several law enforcement officers, including one wearing a QAnon patch, on Twitter Friday.

Pence was posting about his visit to Florida. In the third picture one of the officers is prominently wearing a patch which appears to be associated with QAnon, a conspiracy group that believe in a vague and far-reaching conspiracy theory about a “deep state” plot against President Trump and the existence of a vast pedophile ring among elites.

Grateful for the courageous members of law enforcement who helped with my visit to Florida this afternoon. Thank you for everything you do to help keep our communities SAFE. Great to meet you! pic.twitter.com/QgPJhfJOOx

— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) November 30, 2018

The White House did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment on the image.

The persona known as Q first posted on internet forum 4chan last year, claiming to be a high-ranking security official in the Trump administration. In the wake of that initial threat, subreddits have been created dedicated to the conspiracy as well as a Facebook group that boast thousands of members.

Q has pushed an unsubstantiated theory that Trump was persuaded to run for president by military leaders and that Trump and the officials are planning the arrests of "deep state" members involved in a pedophilia scheme in what Q and its followers call “The Storm.”

Reddit banned its QAnon page in September, citing "content that incites violence, disseminates personal information, or harasses will get users and communities banned from Reddit."

Trump met with one of the leaders of QAnon, Lionel Lebron, in the Oval Office in August.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/419208-pence-posts-photo-with-law-enforcement-officer-wearing-qanon-patch

South Florida Cop Wore "QAnon" Conspiracy Patch With Mike Pence

Vice President Mike Pence arrived at Fort-Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport just after noon on Friday. He was greeted by a Broward Sheriff's Office SWAT team that included one cop in a #QAnon conspiracy-theory patch. #QAnon is, of course, the batshit-insane, 4Chan-based conspiracy theory that claims Donald Trump is secretly fighting a war with Special Counsel Robert Mueller to capture a secret, elite pedophile ring that includes prominent celebrities and Democratic politicians, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. The theory seems to have come from a group of online con-artists, according to one NBC News investigation.

So it's definitely troubling that an armed BSO SWAT officer hung out with the vice president while wearing a QAnon patch. Jared Holt, a reporter with RightWingWatch, first noticed the photo, which Pence tweeted from his official account. Holt was able to find the same patch for sale on Amazon. The patch says "Question the Narrative."

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/broward-south-florida-cop-wore-qanon-patch-with-mike-pence-10938571

Pence Deletes The Photo

Pic of Q Patch Removed / previous tweet deleted

After and before caps

twitter.com/VP/status/1068658674464423936

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Media Articles on The Pence Tweet

The question has been forced

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/politics/mike-pence-photo-op-sheriffs-deputy-qanon/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/01/pence-shares-picture-him-meeting-swat-officer-wearing-qanon-conspiracy-patch/?utm_term=.02891b64a07f

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/broward-south-florida-cop-wore-qanon-patch-with-mike-pence-10938571

https://kbzk.com/cnn-us-politics/2018/11/30/pence-tweets-deletes-photo-with-sheriffs-deputy-in-qanon-patch/

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-ne-bso-swat-qanon-pence-20181130-story.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-police-officer-wore-qanon-patch-to-meet-vp-pence

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/01/pence-shares-picture-him-meeting-swat-officer-wearing-qanon-conspiracy-patch/?utm_term=.66f07c844ae4

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-florida-cop-qanon-patch-20181130-story.html

https://gizmodo.com/mike-pence-tweets-and-later-deletes-photo-with-florida-1830787173

https://brktech.net/2018/12/01/mike-pence-tweets-photo-with-florida-deputy-wearing-qanon-patch/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/mike-pence-deleted-picture-qanon-florida

https://www.joemygod.com/2018/11/pence-posts-photo-with-cop-wearing-qanon-patch/

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mike-pence-deletes-twitter-photo-with-law-enforcement-officer-wearing-qanon-patch-reposts-other-pictures

http://top.adlesse.com/en/i/610818186319032294/vice-president-mike-pence-deleted-picture-of-florida-deputy-with-qanon-patch

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3709714/posts

http://www.loveinactionnow.com/pence-posts-photo-with-law-enforcement-officer-wearing-patch-associated-with-qanon/

http://electionvideo.timesdispatch.com/Pence-posts-photo-with-law-enforcement-officer-wearing-patch-associated-with-QAnon-34314411