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WaPo<\/a>:<\/p>\n Outside the Las Vegas Convention Center, Kayleigh McEnany raised a microphone to a mega-fan and asked what it felt like to be acknowledged by President Trump at his February rally in Sin City.<\/p>\n At the time a spokeswoman for Trump’s reelection campaign, McEnany nodded as the supporter said the shout-out was most meaningful because of the words on the shirt he was wearing, which he read aloud: “Where we go one, we go all,” the motto of QAnon conspiracy theorists<\/a> who believe Trump is battling a cabal of deep-state saboteurs who worship Satan and traffic children for sex.<\/p>\n McEnany, who has since become the White House press secretary, continued, asking the supporter, “If you could say one thing to the president, what would you say?”<\/p>\n “Who is Q?” he replied, inquiring about the mysterious online figure behind the baseless theory. McEnany smiled and said, “Okay, well, I will pass all of this along.”<\/p>\n The little-noticed exchange — captured in a video posted to YouTube<\/a> — illustrates how Trump and his campaign have courted and legitimized QAnon adherents.<\/p>\n The viral online movement, which took root on Internet message boards in the fall of 2017 with posts from a self-proclaimed government insider identified as “Q,” has triggered violent acts and occasional criminal cases.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Tags:<\/b> Rick Hasen<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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WaPo: Outside the Las Vegas Convention Center, Kayleigh McEnany raised a microphone to a mega-fan and asked what it felt like to be acknowledged by President Trump at his February rally in Sin City. At the time a spokeswoman for Trump’s reelection campaign, McEnany nodded as the supporter said the shout-out was most meaningful because … Continue reading “How the Trump campaign came to court QAnon, the online conspiracy movement identified by the FBI as a violent threat”<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading