These possible nods to Pepe suggest that Ms. Bash is likely a part of, or at least aware of Q and the chan research and discussions. The look-alike replacement for plaid shirt boy may have been another wave to those paying attention, probably requiring MSM to have discussions about whether to look like "conspiracy theorists" by covering the resemblance as news.
Note that even though 4chan hoaxers may have come up with a silly idea of trolling the left by claiming that the common, positive flavored “Okay” hand sign now refers to “white power,” it was the MSM-13 that has pushed the hoax throughout mainstream society, as they have degraded too many things, from the office of president to now our use of “chin mudra” while meditating.