BOMBSHELL #1: “QANON IS A MANUFACTURED BOOGEYMAN”
When pressed on Q, Watkins didn’t flinch. He drew the line Anons have known forever:
“QAnon is manufactured by the left-wing media, and it’s probably put out mostly by a company called Media Matters… funded by a name named George Soros.”
He clarified: Q is simply one anonymous poster among thousands on 8kun. No special account. No contact with Watkins. No knowledge of Q’s identity (and he explicitly said it’s not him or his son Ron, who stepped back from admin duties around December 2020). QAnon, the label? A media invention designed to lump legitimate research on the deep state, election integrity, and elite corruption into a scary-sounding cult label. Watkins noted it gets parroted in thousands of articles like clockwork – exactly the coordinated propaganda operation Anons have documented for years.
The Committee tried to tie Q drops or /qresearch/ to extremism. Watkins: zero concern, zero removals, zero law enforcement tips on it. Q posts never violated the law, so they stayed up. Free speech 101.
BOMBSHELL #2: THE STOLEN ELECTION WAS “PROVEN” – AND JAN 6 WAS BEAUTIFUL
Watkins didn’t hedge. He believes the 2020 election was stolen and said so on record:
“The election was stolen, and it’s been proven… I saw where they were – I saw the video of them covering the windows and refusing to let poll watchers watch the counting… suitcases full of ballots from under desks.”
He cited 2000 Mules, Georgia/ Pennsylvania/Arizona irregularities, and more. No apologies, no “both sides.” Straight facts.
On January 6 itself? Watkins was THERE. He went after President Trump’s December 19, 2020 tweet (“Be there, will be wild!”) because he supports the sitting President and wanted to hear him unfiltered. His account destroys the Committee’s narrative:
“I went to a rally, and that rally – we marched over to the Capitol after the rally, and it was very peaceful… I have never seen so many people in one place at one time for the same reason… 3 million people… That was a cross-section of America… It was wonderful. It was peaceful. It was patriotic.”
He was on the west side near the Washington Monument/Peace Circle. Wall-to-wall patriots, teenagers on scaffolding, a few megaphone instigators (including what he described as antifa-types with umbrellas pushing through). No windows broken in his view. No police scuffles. No breach where he stood. The violence the media obsesses over? “On the other side of the Capitol from the 3 million people.” He called the crowd “friendly… beautiful, wonderful” with zero litter – statistically invisible arrests relative to the size.
He even addressed Ashli Babbitt: “I’ve seen the picture of Ashli Babbitt being murdered… I believe that was murder, sir.”
BOMBSHELL #3: POLITICAL PRISONERS AND THE REAL INSURRECTION
Watkins doesn’t just talk – he acts. He writes letters to J6 detainees through a Catholic ministry (patriotmailproject.org), calling them political prisoners held in cruel conditions without due process. He slammed the show trials, delayed justice, and Soviet-style tactics.
On Mike Pence: Watkins said the Constitution is silent on the VP’s role in certification, called Pence’s actions “cowardly,” and agreed with his son Ron’s blog post that Pence may have committed treason by allowing the certification to proceed.
Post-Jan 6 posts on 8kun calling for further action? Watkins reviewed exhibit after exhibit of heated, vulgar, or extreme language. His consistent answer: “That’s gross, but it’s not illegal… It doesn’t say where. It doesn’t say when. It doesn’t say how.” No specific, actionable incitement = protected speech. Nothing was removed unless reported as illegal. History isn’t rewritten on 8kun.
WHY THIS MATTERS FOR ANONS AND THE GREAT AWAKENING
The J6 Committee’s entire premise was to blame Trump, patriots, and platforms like 8kun for a “domestic terrorist attack.” Watkins exposed it as a farce. 8kun didn’t organize caravans, coordinate with Trump’s team, or push violence. It simply allowed Anons to research, post, and speak freely – the very thing the deep state fears most.
This transcript vindicates everything Q research has uncovered: media coordination, Soros influence, election theft, entrapment narratives around January 6, and the weaponization of “QAnon” as a thought-crime label. Watkins stood tall as a veteran, platform owner, and patriot. The Committee got nothing usable.