https://www.foxnews.com/media/qanon-conspiracy-theory-enters-politics-what-to-know
“Q” has moved from the fringes of the imageboard 4chan and into ballot boxes and troubling headlines across the United States.
“Q” is the anonymous person or people leading the group QAnon.
Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is now poised to become the first QAnon believer elected to Congress, while a QAnon follower was arrested in New Hampshire late last week after livestreaming himself on a treacherous police chase while his five children were in the car.
QAnon is a conspiracy theory centered on the baseless belief that President Trump is waging a secret campaign against enemies in the “deep state” and a child sex trafficking ring run by satanic pedophiles and cannibals.
Q and the QAnon supporters refer to “The Storm” often, which is a reference to an October 2017 meeting between Trump and military leaders during which Trump said, “the calm before the storm.” During the so-called “storm” thousands of deep state operatives and top Democrats, including Hillary Clinton and President Obama, will allegedly be rounded up and sent to Guantanamo Bay.
Daily Beast tech reporter Will Sommer has reported heavily on QAnon for nearly three years and told Fox News that QAnon believers think even he “is going to get arrested and sent to Guantanamo Bay.” Sommer explained that what is truly concerning, however, goes beyond the conspiracy and has evolved into fatal, real-world violence.
A man charged with killing the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family last March showed off a QAnon symbol scrawled on his left hand during a court appearance. Police in Colorado have also said a 50-year-old woman, inspired by QAnon, sought to kidnap her own child.
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