Where we go one, we go all': Senate candidate touts QAnon after Oregon primary win
The Anons are seeking higher office.
Hours after winning the Oregon Republican primary for Senate, candidate Jo Rae Perkins made a direct pitch to followers of the right-wing conspiracy group QAnon in a video shared to Twitter on Wednesday.
"Hi, my name is Jo Rae Perkins, candidate for the U.S. Senate in Oregon," she said. "Where we go one, we go all. I stand with President Trump. I stand with Q and the team. Thank you, Anons, and thank you, patriots, and together, we can save our republic."
#WWG1WGA #PerkinsForUSSenate #Oregon pic.twitter.com/cHIGnBmBYJ
— Jo Rae Perkins (@PerkinsForUSSen) May 20, 2020
Perkins is running for Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley's seat in a district that will likely remain blue. On May 3, she shared a tweet from "Praying Medic," who is one of the most high-profile followers of QAnon with more than 340,000 followers on Twitter.
QAnon is a series of conspiracy theories that allege President Trump, who has himself retweeted QAnon followers, is fighting members of the national intelligence community attempting to railroad his administration and a ring of sex traffickers that includes Democratic politicians, business leaders, and Hollywood elites. In October 2017, an anonymous user made a series of posts on the imageboard 4chan, claiming that there was inside information from the government, kicking off the conspiracies loosely linked to intelligence agencies.
Supporters of "Q," who is believed to be a high-ranking government official, espouse the phrase, "Where we go one, we go all," as a calling card of sorts. Videos have been shared across the internet of people from all around the world uttering the words. Much of the QAnon community is shrouded in mystery, and the term "Anons" is used to reference members who post anonymously. QAnon members have been spotted at many Trump rallies, and followers liken the president to John F. Kennedy, who they allege was the last president to take on corrupt elements in the intelligence community.
Perkins indicated in January that believing in the QAnon theories was a risk she was willing to take with voters.
“It’s a very, highly calculated risk that I’m taking. Most people play it a lot safer than I do,” she said. “It’s either pure genius or pure insanity. It’s one of the two. The voters are going to have to be the ones that make that decision.”
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