rightwingwatch--2020-08-17--Infowars Personality ‘Millie’ Weaver Arrested on Felony Charges, Fans Shower Her With Cash

Millicent “ Millie ” Weaver , a personality who operates under conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ’ Infowars umbrella , was arrested Friday on three felony charges : robbery , tampering with evidence , and obstructing justice .
Weaver was also charged with domestic violence , a misdemeanor .
Weaver ’ s fans have already compiled a six-figure cash sum to gift to Weaver upon her release .
Weaver , her romantic partner Gavin Wince , and her younger brother Charles Weaver Jr. were arrested Friday morning and jailed in Ravenna , Ohio .
Weaver live streamed a portion of her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Guys , I ’ m literally about to break huge breaking news right now .
I ’ m being arrested , and I have no idea why.
” A documentary film produced by Weaver was set for release around the time of her arrest , but there is no evidence to indicate that the arrest corresponded with her film .
Court records show the indictment against Weaver and the warrant for her arrest were produced on July 20 , meaning her arrest was authorized nearly a month prior to her film release @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indictment is her mother , Felicia McCarron .
An individual on YouTube claiming to be McCarron claimed the charges stemmed from a “ family dispute ” over a cell phone .
Prosecutors recommended Weaver ’ s bond be set at $ 20,000 , Heavy reports .
Weaver will appear before a judge for an arraignment hearing Monday morning .
A staffer from the Portage County Sheriff ’ s Office told RWW that the hearing would not be viewable to the public online and that those who wished to view the hearing would have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court house .
While Weaver and her cohorts were in jail , Canadian far-right outlet Rebel Media founder Ezra Levant launched a GoFundMe page benefiting Weaver , raising more than $ 137,000 by the time of publication .
According to a message posted on the GoFundMe page , Levant will transfer this lump sum to Weaver when she is released from custody .
A link to the fundraiser was shared online alongside suggestions that Weaver ’ s arrest was tied to her latest video , which Weaver claimed would expose a network of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against President Donald Trump .
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that Jones discussed Weaver ’ s arrest on his Friday broadcast , “ claiming , without providing any evidence , that she was arrested for stealing government documents.
” Elijah Schaffer of Glenn Beck ’ s BlazeTV repeated Jones ’ claim that Weaver “ was arrested for allegedly obtaining leaked government documents.
” Robert Barnes , an attorney who once represented Infowars in defamation lawsuits , stated without proof that Weaver ’ s arrest was part of a pattern of law enforcement “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The claims coincide with longstanding right-wing narratives about a supposed “ deep state ” working inside the government to undermine the Trump administration .
The Daily Dot reports that when it asked a Portage County Jail administrator about theories that Weaver ’ s arrest was related to her film about the “ deep state , ” the “ administrator laughed.
” Wonkette reports that a Portage County Jail official “ said that the crimes they are accused of have nothing to do with ‘ government papers ’ or with exposing the deep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emails.
” “ It is unclear how a charge of domestic violence would even fit into such a scenario , ” Wonkette ’ s Robyn Pennacchia writes .
Levant launched a similar GoFundMe page for Gateway Pundit contributor Cassandra Fairbanks , which solicited about $ 25,000 on the back of claims that anti-fascists attacked Fairbanks ’ home with guns and fireworks .
A RWW investigation published in July found little evidence to support Fairbanks ’ version of events .

Millicent “Millie” Weaver, a personality who operates under conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars umbrella, was arrested Friday on three felony charges: robbery, tampering with evidence, and obstructing justice. Weaver was also charged with domestic violence, a misdemeanor. Weaver’s fans have already compiled a six-figure cash sum to gift to Weaver upon her release.
Weaver, her romantic partner Gavin Wince, and her younger brother Charles Weaver Jr. were arrested Friday morning and jailed in Ravenna, Ohio. Weaver live streamed a portion of her arrest on Facebook, telling viewers, “Guys, I’m literally about to break huge breaking news right now. I’m being arrested, and I have no idea why.” A documentary film produced by Weaver was set for release around the time of her arrest, but there is no evidence to indicate that the arrest corresponded with her film.
Court records show the indictment against Weaver and the warrant for her arrest were produced on July 20, meaning her arrest was authorized nearly a month prior to her film release. The alleged victim mentioned in the indictment is her mother, Felicia McCarron. An individual on YouTube claiming to be McCarron claimed the charges stemmed from a “family dispute” over a cell phone. Prosecutors recommended Weaver’s bond be set at $20,000, Heavy reports.
Weaver will appear before a judge for an arraignment hearing Monday morning. A staffer from the Portage County Sheriff’s Office told RWW that the hearing would not be viewable to the public online and that those who wished to view the hearing would have to do so in person at the court house.
While Weaver and her cohorts were in jail, Canadian far-right outlet Rebel Media founder Ezra Levant launched a GoFundMe page benefiting Weaver, raising more than $137,000 by the time of publication. According to a message posted on the GoFundMe page, Levant will transfer this lump sum to Weaver when she is released from custody.
A link to the fundraiser was shared online alongside suggestions that Weaver’s arrest was tied to her latest video, which Weaver claimed would expose a network of contractors hired to carry out a coup against President Donald Trump.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that Jones discussed Weaver’s arrest on his Friday broadcast, “claiming, without providing any evidence, that she was arrested for stealing government documents.”
Elijah Schaffer of Glenn Beck’s BlazeTV repeated Jones’ claim that Weaver “was arrested for allegedly obtaining leaked government documents.” Robert Barnes, an attorney who once represented Infowars in defamation lawsuits, stated without proof that Weaver’s arrest was part of a pattern of law enforcement “criminalizing journalism that obtains information from whistleblowers.” The claims coincide with longstanding right-wing narratives about a supposed “deep state” working inside the government to undermine the Trump administration.
The Daily Dot reports that when it asked a Portage County Jail administrator about theories that Weaver’s arrest was related to her film about the “deep state,” the “administrator laughed.” Wonkette reports that a Portage County Jail official “said that the crimes they are accused of have nothing to do with ‘government papers’ or with exposing the deep state or with Hillary Clinton’s emails.”
“It is unclear how a charge of domestic violence would even fit into such a scenario,” Wonkette’s Robyn Pennacchia writes.
Levant launched a similar GoFundMe page for Gateway Pundit contributor Cassandra Fairbanks, which solicited about $25,000 on the back of claims that anti-fascists attacked Fairbanks’ home with guns and fireworks. A RWW investigation published in July found little evidence to support Fairbanks’ version of events.
Millie Weaver Indictment by RWW Blog on Scribd
Millie Weaver Arrest Warrant by RWW Blog on Scribd


rightwingwatch--2020-08-18--Right Wing Round-Up: Any Election Trump Loses Was ‘Rigged’

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rightwingwatch--2020-08-18--Right Wing Bonus Tracks: ‘Do You Regret Being an Idiot?’


rightwingwatch--2020-08-18--Eric Metaxas and Jenna Ellis: Joe Biden is Mentally Unfit and ‘Extremely Leftist’ Kamala Harris Pick

Eric Metaxas and Jenna Ellis: Joe Biden is Mentally Unfit and ‘Extremely Leftist’ Kamala Harris Picked for ‘Identity Politics’

Eric Metaxas , a right-wing author and pundit , hosted Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis on his radio show last week .
Both Metaxas and Ellis are fellows at Liberty University ’ s Falkirk Center , named for its founders Jerry Falwell Jr. and Charlie Kirk .
When the conversation turned to the announcement that Sen. Kamala Harris would be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ’ s running mate , Metaxas and Ellis portrayed the selection of the former California attorney general and current U.S. senator as an example of “ identity politics.
” Metaxas recently drew criticism for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesus was white.
” Ellis and Metaxas joked about the pronunciation of Harris ’ s first name—Ellis said “ however you pronounce it , somebody is gon na get mad ” —and implied that it ’ s ridiculous for voters to be excited about the historic nature of having a woman of color and daughter of immigrants running to serve as vice president of the United States .
Here ’ s what Metaxas had to say : I was gon na say it ’ s—identity politics is really the term .
So , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and says , ‘ It ’ s got to be a woman.
’ And then he says , ‘ It ’ s got to be a woman of color.
’ It ’ s so bizarre .
In other words , instead of thinking , ‘ Who ’ s the best person I could possibly choose ?
’ It would be nice if they ’ re a woman or be nice if they ’ re a woman of color , ’ but the idea that he kind of boxes him in , so then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like three or four people and then he picks Kamala Harris .
And I thought it gets so absurd .
Because her husband is white , her mother is from India—is Indian—her father is from Jamaica , she grew up in Canada—like you start thinking , ‘ What are we—like what world have we gotten into that this is the kind of thing that to we want to focus on ?
I mean , it ’ s just , it ’ s madness to me , because she is , in many ways @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as president—like a nightmare .
But just the idea that Joe Biden is reduced to this kind of identity pandering , it ’ s just , you kind of think , ‘ Is that really what we want to do ?
’ Ellis agreed that Biden was “ pandering to the identity politics ” with his choice of Harris after Democratic primary voters had nominated Biden , a “ very old white man.
” Ellis said it doesn ’ t matter to her whether a person “ looks like me ” but whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she suggested Harris is not : The fact that Joe Biden thinks that voters care that Kamala Harris , you know , is a woman or is of color — that shouldn ’ t matter compared to her policies , that are so extreme , and so extremely leftist .
And socialist .
I mean , this election really boils down to either we ’ re preserving America , freedom , and liberty or we ’ re turning to socialism .
And it doesn ’ t matter whether it ’ s a woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ socialist .
We need to soundly reject that .
Metaxas portrayed Biden as a Manchurian candidate , a “ cardboard figure ” being propped up , “ a cipher , a husk , a front man for the most radical elements in the party.
” Metaxas also implied that Biden is cognitively unfit for office and that “ behind the scenes , the party mandarins , the elders , are scheming.
” He added , “ I don ’ t get the impression that Biden has the energy to be president an hour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know , 18 hours the way President Trump is.
” ( He didn ’ t say how many of those 18 hours are spent watching Fox News and rage-tweeting . )
Ellis agreed , calling it “ just despicable that Biden is the nominee ” without having answered questions about his “ mental competency.
” Without any apparent sense of shame or irony , Trump attorney Ellis charged that whenever Democrats “ get any semblance of power , they will manipulate that and they will use it to their own political advantage , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of office and the obligations of that office .
They use any power to their own political advantage .
That ’ s not what our system of government is designed to do at all.
” She seems to share Trump ’ s chutzpah , claiming that “ it ’ s just president Trump who is wanting to protect the vote all the way down ticket for every American regardless of who you ’ re voting for .
”

Eric Metaxas, a right-wing author and pundit, hosted Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis on his radio show last week. Both Metaxas and Ellis are fellows at Liberty University’s Falkirk Center, named for its founders Jerry Falwell Jr. and Charlie Kirk. When the conversation turned to the announcement that Sen. Kamala Harris would be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s running mate, Metaxas and Ellis portrayed the selection of the former California attorney general and current U.S. senator as an example of “identity politics.” Metaxas recently drew criticism for a tweet in which he claimed, “Jesus was white.”
Ellis and Metaxas joked about the pronunciation of Harris’s first name—Ellis said “however you pronounce it, somebody is gonna get mad”—and implied that it’s ridiculous for voters to be excited about the historic nature of having a woman of color and daughter of immigrants running to serve as vice president of the United States.
Here’s what Metaxas had to say:
I was gonna say it’s—identity politics is really the term. So, the idea that Biden boxes himself in and says, ‘It’s got to be a woman.’ And then he says, ‘It’s got to be a woman of color.’ It’s so bizarre. In other words, instead of thinking, ‘Who’s the best person I could possibly choose?’ It would be nice if they’re a woman or be nice if they’re a woman of color,’ but the idea that he kind of boxes him in, so then he’s got a choice of like three or four people and then he picks Kamala Harris. And I thought it gets so absurd. Because her husband is white, her mother is from India—is Indian—her father is from Jamaica, she grew up in Canada—like you start thinking, ‘What are we—like what world have we gotten into that this is the kind of thing that to we want to focus on? I mean, it’s just, it’s madness to me, because she is, in many ways, I think, a horrible thought as president—like a nightmare. But just the idea that Joe Biden is reduced to this kind of identity pandering, it’s just, you kind of think, ‘Is that really what we want to do?’
Ellis agreed that Biden was “pandering to the identity politics” with his choice of Harris after Democratic primary voters had nominated Biden, a “very old white man.” Ellis said it doesn’t matter to her whether a person “looks like me” but whether someone is qualified and competent, which she suggested Harris is not:
The fact that Joe Biden thinks that voters care that Kamala Harris, you know, is a woman or is of color — that shouldn’t matter compared to her policies, that are so extreme, and so extremely leftist. And socialist. I mean, this election really boils down to either we’re preserving America, freedom, and liberty or we’re turning to socialism. And it doesn’t matter whether it’s a woman of color leading that charge to go socialist. We need to soundly reject that.
Metaxas portrayed Biden as a Manchurian candidate, a “cardboard figure” being propped up, “a cipher, a husk, a front man for the most radical elements in the party.” Metaxas also implied that Biden is cognitively unfit for office and that “behind the scenes, the party mandarins, the elders, are scheming.” He added, “I don’t get the impression that Biden has the energy to be president an hour a day, much less, you know, 18 hours the way President Trump is.” (He didn’t say how many of those 18 hours are spent watching Fox News and rage-tweeting.) Ellis agreed, calling it “just despicable that Biden is the nominee” without having answered questions about his “mental competency.”
Without any apparent sense of shame or irony, Trump attorney Ellis charged that whenever Democrats “get any semblance of power, they will manipulate that and they will use it to their own political advantage, instead of actually carrying out their oath of office and the obligations of that office. They use any power to their own political advantage. That’s not what our system of government is designed to do at all.”
She seems to share Trump’s chutzpah, claiming that “it’s just president Trump who is wanting to protect the vote all the way down ticket for every American regardless of who you’re voting for.”


rightwingwatch--2020-08-18--QAnon Conspiracy Theorist Mark Taylor Knows Why Trump Dodged the Question About QAnon

During a press conference last Friday , President Donald Trump was asked if he agreed with Republican congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene that the QAnon conspiracy theory is something “ worth listening to.
” After Greene won her Republican primary in Georgia ’ s 14th Congressional District earlier in the week , Trump congratulated her even though she ’ s a full-blown conspiracy theorist who had been denounced by other Republican leaders for having posted racist videos on her Facebook page .
Trump dodged the question during the press conference , and QAnon conspiracy theorist and so-called “ firefighter prophet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Appearing on Chris McDonald ’ s “ The MC Files ” program last night , Taylor argued that Trump had been given a perfect opportunity to denounce the QAnon conspiracy theory but didn ’ t do so , which he interpreted as tantamount to confirmation of its legitimacy .
Taylor then added that Trump knows that the “ deep state ” is trying to get him on the record in support of QAnon because it intends to carry out a “ false flag ” operation to delegitimize the movement and take him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , was too smart to take the bait .
“ They want Trump on the record supporting Q before they pull their false flag , ” Taylor said .
“ It ’ s not time for the president to come out yet and say Q is legit .
There ’ s still many moving pieces of this puzzle yet before he does that .
I can almost guarantee you they got intelligence in the background , they knew the question was probably coming , which is why he glanced right over it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when they pull a false flag and they blame it on a Q follower , now they can blame the president.
” “ That ’ s the diabolical nature of this bunch we ’ re dealing with , ” replied McDonald .

During a press conference last Friday, President Donald Trump was asked if he agreed with Republican congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene that the QAnon conspiracy theory is something “worth listening to.” After Greene won her Republican primary in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District earlier in the week, Trump congratulated her even though she’s a full-blown conspiracy theorist who had been denounced by other Republican leaders for having posted racist videos on her Facebook page.
Trump dodged the question during the press conference, and QAnon conspiracy theorist and so-called “firefighter prophet” Mark Taylor thinks he knows why.
Appearing on Chris McDonald’s “The MC Files” program last night, Taylor argued that Trump had been given a perfect opportunity to denounce the QAnon conspiracy theory but didn’t do so, which he interpreted as tantamount to confirmation of its legitimacy. Taylor then added that Trump knows that the “deep state” is trying to get him on the record in support of QAnon because it intends to carry out a “false flag” operation to delegitimize the movement and take him down. But Trump, Taylor said, was too smart to take the bait.
“They want Trump on the record supporting Q before they pull their false flag,” Taylor said. “It’s not time for the president to come out yet and say Q is legit. There’s still many moving pieces of this puzzle yet before he does that. I can almost guarantee you they got intelligence in the background, they knew the question was probably coming, which is why he glanced right over it, because they want him on record because when they pull a false flag and they blame it on a Q follower, now they can blame the president.”
“That’s the diabolical nature of this bunch we’re dealing with,” replied McDonald.


rightwingwatch--2020-08-18--Matt Gaetz Speech Writing Consultant Likens COVID-19 Restrictions to ‘Crimes Against Humanity’

Darren Beattie , who has been paid thousands of taxpayer dollars by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida for speech-writing consultant services , likened restrictions of business and public gatherings during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to “ crimes against humanity.
” In a tweet posted Aug. 17 , Beattie wrote : “ Covid lockdowns might turn out to be one of the greatest crimes against humanity short of war/genocide.
” Gaetz announced last year that he had hired Beattie , a former White House speechwriter who left the Trump administration after CNN revealed he attended and presented at a conference that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Florida congressman tweeted in April 2019 , “ Very proud to have the talented Dr. Darren Beattie helping our team as a Special Advisor for Speechwriting .
Welcome on board !
” Beattie never joined Gaetz ’ s congressional staff payroll .
Rather , Politico reported in July that Gaetz was disbursing public funds to Beattie for speech-writing consultant services through a limited liability company registered in Wyoming .
The arrangement ran afoul of Congressional ethics rules that forbid using taxpayer money to pay speech writers , political consultants and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aides told Politico at the time that they made a clerical error and were working to fix it .
Political Research Associates reported this month that since Beattie started working with Gaetz , his “ connection to White nationalist leaders , and commitment to a range of disturbing supremacist and anti-democratic views , has only deepened .
”

Darren Beattie, who has been paid thousands of taxpayer dollars by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida for speech-writing consultant services, likened restrictions of business and public gatherings during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to “crimes against humanity.”
In a tweet posted Aug. 17, Beattie wrote: “Covid lockdowns might turn out to be one of the greatest crimes against humanity short of war/genocide.”
Gaetz announced last year that he had hired Beattie, a former White House speechwriter who left the Trump administration after CNN revealed he attended and presented at a conference that regularly draws white nationalist attendees and speakers. The Florida congressman tweeted in April 2019, “Very proud to have the talented Dr. Darren Beattie helping our team as a Special Advisor for Speechwriting. Welcome on board!”
Beattie never joined Gaetz’s congressional staff payroll. Rather, Politico reported in July that Gaetz was disbursing public funds to Beattie for speech-writing consultant services through a limited liability company registered in Wyoming. The arrangement ran afoul of Congressional ethics rules that forbid using taxpayer money to pay speech writers, political consultants and other such outside hires. Gaetz’s aides told Politico at the time that they made a clerical error and were working to fix it.
Political Research Associates reported this month that since Beattie started working with Gaetz, his “connection to White nationalist leaders, and commitment to a range of disturbing supremacist and anti-democratic views, has only deepened.”


rightwingwatch--2020-08-18--Anti-Muslim Provocateur Laura Loomer a Likely Pick in Republican Primary to Represent Trump’s Distri

Anti-Muslim Provocateur Laura Loomer a Likely Pick in Republican Primary to Represent Trump’s District in Congress

Far-right provocateur Laura Loomer is on the ballot today in the Republican primary race to represent Florida ’ s 21st District in Congress .
Loomer leads the race in fundraising and may even win , raising the profile of her candidacy and bigoted views .
Loomer , who if elected would represent Palm Beach County , home of President Donald Trump ’ s Mar-a Lago , has been an active right-wing operative since 2016 , when she supported Trump ’ s presidential campaign via attention-grabbing stunts and advocacy .
She has since helped lead numerous demonstrations and rallies for various @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far-right nationalists .
She has posed for photographs with extremists , including white nationalist Richard Spencer .
Loomer ’ s most notable ventures have targeted Big Tech companies , inspired by her bans from nearly every major platform for engaging in hate speech , online harassment , or in-person confrontations .
Loomer frames herself as a free speech absolutist who is fighting to restore the First Amendment rights she claims tech companies have taken from conservatives .
Although banned from mainstream platforms like Twitter , Loomer continues to toil away on platforms like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ followers , to spread Islamophobia , disinformation , and hate .
Loomer has called Muslims “ savages ” and referred to herself as a “ # ProudIslamophobe.
” On multiple occasions , she has proclaimed that she does not care about what happened to Muslims in the Christchurch shootings , where more than 50 people were murdered .
She said on her Telegram channel : “ I do care more about my free speech than Christchurch.
” White nationalist hate group VDARE has promoted her campaign for Congress , as has Fox News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Matt Gaetz , who is up for reelection this year and has his own connections to far-right figures , and Roger Stone , a convicted felon and associate of the Proud Boys hate group , have endorsed Loomer .
According to The Daily Beast , Loomer has raised more than $ 1.1 million for her congressional campaign and hired Karen Giorno , a former Trump campaign adviser , to lead her campaign .
Loomer ’ s campaign website touts endorsements from far-right figures including Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona , columnist Michelle Malkin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Even if Loomer wins her primary , she faces a tough election in November .
Florida ’ s 21st District is solidly blue ; incumbent Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel defeated her last Republican challenger by nearly 30 % .

Far-right provocateur Laura Loomer is on the ballot today in the Republican primary race to represent Florida’s 21st District in Congress. Loomer leads the race in fundraising and may even win, raising the profile of her candidacy and bigoted views.
Loomer, who if elected would represent Palm Beach County, home of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a Lago, has been an active right-wing operative since 2016, when she supported Trump’s presidential campaign via attention-grabbing stunts and advocacy. She has since helped lead numerous demonstrations and rallies for various Trumpian causes, often in concert with far-right nationalists. She has posed for photographs with extremists, including white nationalist Richard Spencer.
Loomer’s most notable ventures have targeted Big Tech companies, inspired by her bans from nearly every major platform for engaging in hate speech, online harassment, or in-person confrontations. Loomer frames herself as a free speech absolutist who is fighting to restore the First Amendment rights she claims tech companies have taken from conservatives. Although banned from mainstream platforms like Twitter, Loomer continues to toil away on platforms like Parler, where she has gained 150,000 followers, to spread Islamophobia, disinformation, and hate.
Loomer has called Muslims “savages” and referred to herself as a “#ProudIslamophobe.” On multiple occasions, she has proclaimed that she does not care about what happened to Muslims in the Christchurch shootings, where more than 50 people were murdered. She said on her Telegram channel: “I do care more about my free speech than Christchurch.”
Using free speech, Laura Loomer reiterates she doesn’t care about neo-Nazi terrorist murdering 51 people. She doesn’t care because victims were Muslim, suggests those upset about neo-Nazi terrorism don’t care about 9/11. But decent people care about both. Loomer was 7 on 9/11. pic.twitter.com/NxZZ764Nm5 — Luke O’Brien (@lukeobrien) May 18, 2019
White nationalist hate group VDARE has promoted her campaign for Congress, as has Fox News host Jeanine Pirro. Trump allies Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is up for reelection this year and has his own connections to far-right figures, and Roger Stone, a convicted felon and associate of the Proud Boys hate group, have endorsed Loomer.
According to The Daily Beast, Loomer has raised more than $1.1 million for her congressional campaign and hired Karen Giorno, a former Trump campaign adviser, to lead her campaign. Loomer’s campaign website touts endorsements from far-right figures including Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, columnist Michelle Malkin, and radio host Wayne Allyn Root.
Even if Loomer wins her primary, she faces a tough election in November. Florida’s 21st District is solidly blue; incumbent Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel defeated her last Republican challenger by nearly 30%.


rightwingwatch--2020-08-19--Right Wing Round-Up: MAGA Cancel Culture


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rightwingwatch--2020-08-19--’50 Day Fight’ Project Calls for Spiritual War Against Satan and His Demons to Reelect Trump

President Donald Trump ’ s religious-right supporters are carrying out an array of efforts to promote his reelection , some using prayer and spiritual warfare as organizing vehicles .
One of the latest is calling for a “ Fifty Day Fight ” between Sept. 14 and Election Day to defeat “ the enemy ” and ask God for “ a second miracle ” to put Trump back in the White House .
The group held an online organizing meeting on Wednesday .
The project was launched by Daniel Bernard , president of a Tampa , Florida-based ministry called Somebody Cares @ @ @ @ @ @ @ include anti-LGBTQ activist and POTUS Shield member Harry Jackson , far-right Christian broadcaster and failed politician E.W .
Jackson , and Jason Yates , who heads My Faith Votes , a religious-right GOTV operation .
A video promoting the project portrays the 2020 election as a “ battle of good and evil ” and “ spiritual warfare at its highest.
” It warns that “ Satan has released his demons ” and urges viewers to “ go to war with us.
” The project ’ s “ prayer points ” are not subtle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the president : • Grant our country a second miracle that President Trump would be re-elected .
( Psalm 20:6-9 ) • The Spirit of wisdom would fall on President Trump .
May he have wisdom in what to say , when to say it , and by any means possible .
• Creative abilities would be available to get his message out .
• All the strategies that have been and are formed against him will continue to fail .
• May all deceiving , lying spirits through various media outlets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 18:21 ) • Those that betrayed the country and violated the law to falsely accuse the president would be swiftly brought to justice .
( Amos 5:24 ) • Monies would be provided in state and local races of congressional and senate seats .
• Those who are of African descent in our country recognize the destruction of abortion and the welfare system has had on the decimation of their The website promotes other political prayer efforts underway , including “ The Return , ” a Sept. 26 rally and online event being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and promoted by a bunch of Trump-backing religious-right leaders .

President Donald Trump’s religious-right supporters are carrying out an array of efforts to promote his reelection, some using prayer and spiritual warfare as organizing vehicles. One of the latest is calling for a “Fifty Day Fight” between Sept. 14 and Election Day to defeat “the enemy” and ask God for “a second miracle” to put Trump back in the White House. The group held an online organizing meeting on Wednesday.
The project was launched by Daniel Bernard, president of a Tampa, Florida-based ministry called Somebody Cares Tampa Bay. Its partners and sponsors include anti-LGBTQ activist and POTUS Shield member Harry Jackson, far-right Christian broadcaster and failed politician E.W. Jackson, and Jason Yates, who heads My Faith Votes, a religious-right GOTV operation.
A video promoting the project portrays the 2020 election as a “battle of good and evil” and “spiritual warfare at its highest.” It warns that “Satan has released his demons” and urges viewers to “go to war with us.”
The project’s “prayer points” are not subtle. Here are the instructions for praying for the president:
Grant our country a second miracle that President Trump would be re-elected. (Psalm 20:6-9) May President Trump remain healthy: physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. The Spirit of wisdom would fall on President Trump. May he have wisdom in what to say, when to say it, and by any means possible. Creative abilities would be available to get his message out. All the strategies that have been and are formed against him will continue to fail. May all deceiving, lying spirits through various media outlets would be exposed. (II Chronicles 18:21) Those that betrayed the country and violated the law to falsely accuse the president would be swiftly brought to justice. (Amos 5:24) Monies would be provided in state and local races of congressional and senate seats. Those who are of African descent in our country recognize the destruction of abortion and the welfare system has had on the decimation of their
The website promotes other political prayer efforts underway, including “The Return,” a Sept. 26 rally and online event being organized by End Times author Jonathan Cahn and promoted by a bunch of Trump-backing religious-right leaders.


rightwingwatch--2020-08-19--Laura Loomer Claims RNC Chairwoman Told Her She Was a ‘Rock Star’ and ‘Change Agent’ for GOP

Anti-Muslim extremist Laura Loomer told the supporters and far-right notables gathered at her election night party to celebrate her Republican primary win in Florida ’ s 21st District last night that she had received a glowing phone call from Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel .
“ So , I just got a phone call an hour before the polls closed from a Washington , D.C. , area code .
And you know , I almost didn ’ t take the call because I figured it ’ s probably just one of those NRCC robocalls asking me for money , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call , ” Loomer said .
“ It was Ronna McDaniel , chairwoman of the Republican National Committee and she was calling to acknowledge the extraordinary success of our campaign so far.
” She continued , “ She said everybody in D.C. is watching us tonight and she graciously called me a political rock star and a change agent for the Republican Party .
She told me she ’ s looking forward to meeting me .
Incredible , right ?
” RWW inquired to the RNC via email whether Loomer ’ s claims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Our question remained unanswered at the time of publication .

Anti-Muslim extremist Laura Loomer told the supporters and far-right notables gathered at her election night party to celebrate her Republican primary win in Florida’s 21st District last night that she had received a glowing phone call from Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
“So, I just got a phone call an hour before the polls closed from a Washington, D.C., area code. And you know, I almost didn’t take the call because I figured it’s probably just one of those NRCC robocalls asking me for money, but something told me to answer the call,” Loomer said. “It was Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee and she was calling to acknowledge the extraordinary success of our campaign so far.”
She continued, “She said everybody in D.C. is watching us tonight and she graciously called me a political rock star and a change agent for the Republican Party. She told me she’s looking forward to meeting me. Incredible, right?”
RWW inquired to the RNC via email whether Loomer’s claims of speaking to McDaniel were true. Our question remained unanswered at the time of publication.


rightwingwatch--2020-08-19--Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Backs California Church Defying Public Health Restrictions From ‘Tyrant’ Go

Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Backs California Church Defying Public Health Restrictions From ‘Tyrant’ Gov. Newsom

Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis , a fellow at Liberty University ’ s Falkirk Center , is acting as special counsel to the far-right Thomas More Law Center as she represents Southern California megachurch pastor John MacArthur in his legal battle against public health restrictions on indoor worship .
TMLC is one of several right-wing Catholic institutions founded and funded by the Domino ’ s Pizza founder Thomas Monaghan .
Multiple conservative churches and religious-right legal groups are challenging pandemic-related public health measures .
In a flurry of legal wrangling over the weekend , Los Angeles County officials sought a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Community Church , which is continuing to meet indoors on Sunday morning in defiance of COVID-19 restrictions .
Ellis cheered when a judge backed the church , winning an agreement from MacArthur that the congregation would use masks and social distancing until a Sept. 6 hearing .
But county officials appealed , and a higher court overruled the judge , leaving the church subject to the ban .
MacArthur went back into defiance mode , and said from the pulpit Sunday that “ the good news is that you ’ re here , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Ellis recently retweeted Falkirk co-founder Charlie Kirk ’ s admonition : “ If your church is still closed and refusing to open you need to find a new church.
” Ellis appeared last week on fellow Falkirk fellow Eric Metaxas ’ s radio show , where she claimed that churches like MacArthur ’ s were “ not defying any law ” but simply “ standing with the Constitution.
” Metaxas said that Christians who are willing to tolerate restrictions on churches “ might as well just move to China.
” Ellis said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been persecuted by tyrants not unlike [ California Gov . ]
Gavin Newsom.
” As special counsel at Thomas More Law Center , Ellis has aligned herself with a group that portrays itself as a defender of religious liberty for Christians and has taken aggressively anti-Islam , anti-LGBTQ-equality and anti-choice positions .
During the Obama administration , TMLC President Richard Thompson warned that the media and cultural elites were waging a “ war against Christianity.
” In a May radio show , Thompson talked about his group ’ s legal battle with Michigan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ described as “ a lesbian married to a lesbian ” who has “ weaponized ” the attorney general ’ s office and “ focused on attacking Christians ” for “ their belief in traditional marriage.
” For her part , Ellis seems to take particular pleasure in demeaning transgender people .
Earlier this month , she posted a link to a months-old story featuring Pennsylvania ’ s Secretary of Health Rachel Levine , a transgender woman , with the comment , “ This guy is making decisions about your health.
” And on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic party ’ s online convention , she tweeted a hashtag used by right-wing conspiracy theorists who claim that Michelle Obama is really a man .
TMLC fought to overturn the law that allowed openly gay and lesbian people to serve in the armed forces and posted an anti-gay video attacking President Barack Obama ’ s decision to allow gay people to serve in the U.S. military .
TMLC was also among religious-right groups that made false claims about the impact of including LGBTQ people within federal legislation targeting hate crimes law .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ who sued then-Attorney General Eric Holder , claiming that the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Act “ creates a special class of persons who are more equal than others ’ based on nothing more than deviant sexual behavior.
” TMLC contended that “ the sole purpose of the law was “ to criminalize the Bible and use the threat of federal prosecutions and long jail sentences to silence Christians from expressing their Biblically-based religious belief that homosexual conduct is a sin.
” TMLC spokespeople have in the past been among the religious-right figures who claim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thus , some claim , not worthy of constitutional protection .
TMLC was even rebuked by another conservative religious liberty group , Becket , when a TMLC official tweeted in 2012 , “ Believe Islam a religion , then support the Becket Fund .
Believe it will destroy US , then supt thomasmore.org.
” In 2012 , a spokesman for TMLC said Islam “ entered America disguised as a religion ” and that its real goal is “ to destroy America and to establish an Islamic nation under Allah and Sharia law.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thompson claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood had taken over the education system of the United States military .
Five years earlier , TLMC opposed a New York City school offering a dual-language program in English and Arabic , calling it a “ Trojan Horse ” for the recruiting of “ homegrown terrorists.
” More recently , Thompson has charged that many public schools have become hotbeds of Islamic propaganda .
“ Teaching Islam in schools has gone far beyond a basic history lesson , ” Thompson said .
“ Prompted by zealous Islamic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , schools are now bending over backwards to promote Islam while at the same time denigrating Christianity.
” Last year , the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from TMLC in the case of a public high school student who argued that forcing her to fill out a worksheet about Islam violated her First Amendment rights .
TMLC has pushed for a more aggressive legal strategy within the anti-abortion movement to get federal courts to approve “ personhood ” laws that would give fertilized eggs and developing fetuses legal recognition as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TMLC represented women who unsuccessfully sued Planned Parenthood in an effort to force the group to provide women with ( false ) information about a link between abortion and breast cancer ; a judge required the women to pay Planned Parenthood ’ s legal fees , a ruling upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court .
TMLC also represents the Church Militant , a hard-right Catholic and Christian nationalist group that has returned the favor by telling its supporters that giving to TMLC is “ a lot better than giving money to a corrupt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gregory , the African American archbishop of Washington , D.C. , who angered conservatives with criticism of Trump ’ s crowd-clearing photo-op with a Bible ; a Church Militant video called him a Marxist ” and an “ African Queen.
” Thompson once told the Church Militant that the courts were “ de-Christianizing America ” and warned , “ unless we get back into promoting Christianity as something that is necessary for the survival of our nation , we will ultimately lose the basic reason why our country was founded.
” TMLC also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawsuit against the federal government over refugee resettlement policy .
The Trump administration has urged the Supreme Court not to hear the case .

Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis, a fellow at Liberty University’s Falkirk Center, is acting as special counsel to the far-right Thomas More Law Center as she represents Southern California megachurch pastor John MacArthur in his legal battle against public health restrictions on indoor worship. TMLC is one of several right-wing Catholic institutions founded and funded by the Domino’s Pizza founder Thomas Monaghan.
Multiple conservative churches and religious-right legal groups are challenging pandemic-related public health measures. In a flurry of legal wrangling over the weekend, Los Angeles County officials sought a restraining order against MacArthur’s Grace Community Church, which is continuing to meet indoors on Sunday morning in defiance of COVID-19 restrictions. Ellis cheered when a judge backed the church, winning an agreement from MacArthur that the congregation would use masks and social distancing until a Sept. 6 hearing. But county officials appealed, and a higher court overruled the judge, leaving the church subject to the ban. MacArthur went back into defiance mode, and said from the pulpit Sunday that “the good news is that you’re here, and you’re not wearing masks.” Ellis recently retweeted Falkirk co-founder Charlie Kirk’s admonition: “If your church is still closed and refusing to open you need to find a new church.”
Ellis appeared last week on fellow Falkirk fellow Eric Metaxas’s radio show, where she claimed that churches like MacArthur’s were “not defying any law” but simply “standing with the Constitution.” Metaxas said that Christians who are willing to tolerate restrictions on churches “might as well just move to China.” Ellis said that throughout history, “churches have been persecuted by tyrants not unlike [California Gov.] Gavin Newsom.”
As special counsel at Thomas More Law Center, Ellis has aligned herself with a group that portrays itself as a defender of religious liberty for Christians and has taken aggressively anti-Islam, anti-LGBTQ-equality and anti-choice positions. During the Obama administration, TMLC President Richard Thompson warned that the media and cultural elites were waging a “war against Christianity.”
In a May radio show, Thompson talked about his group’s legal battle with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who he described as “a lesbian married to a lesbian” who has “weaponized” the attorney general’s office and “focused on attacking Christians” for “their belief in traditional marriage.”
For her part, Ellis seems to take particular pleasure in demeaning transgender people. Earlier this month, she posted a link to a months-old story featuring Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, with the comment, “This guy is making decisions about your health.” And on Tuesday, the first night of the Democratic party’s online convention, she tweeted a hashtag used by right-wing conspiracy theorists who claim that Michelle Obama is really a man.
TMLC fought to overturn the law that allowed openly gay and lesbian people to serve in the armed forces and posted an anti-gay video attacking President Barack Obama’s decision to allow gay people to serve in the U.S. military. TMLC was also among religious-right groups that made false claims about the impact of including LGBTQ people within federal legislation targeting hate crimes law. In 2010, TMLC represented religious-right activists who sued then-Attorney General Eric Holder, claiming that the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Act “creates a special class of persons who are more equal than others’ based on nothing more than deviant sexual behavior.” TMLC contended that “the sole purpose of the law was “to criminalize the Bible and use the threat of federal prosecutions and long jail sentences to silence Christians from expressing their Biblically-based religious belief that homosexual conduct is a sin.”
TMLC spokespeople have in the past been among the religious-right figures who claim that Islam is not really a religion—and thus, some claim, not worthy of constitutional protection. TMLC was even rebuked by another conservative religious liberty group, Becket, when a TMLC official tweeted in 2012, “Believe Islam a religion, then support the Becket Fund. Believe it will destroy US, then supt thomasmore.org.”
In 2012, a spokesman for TMLC said Islam “entered America disguised as a religion” and that its real goal is “to destroy America and to establish an Islamic nation under Allah and Sharia law.” That same year, TMLC’s Thompson claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood had taken over the education system of the United States military. Five years earlier, TLMC opposed a New York City school offering a dual-language program in English and Arabic, calling it a “Trojan Horse” for the recruiting of “homegrown terrorists.”
More recently, Thompson has charged that many public schools have become hotbeds of Islamic propaganda. “Teaching Islam in schools has gone far beyond a basic history lesson,” Thompson said. “Prompted by zealous Islamic activism and emboldened by confusing court decisions, schools are now bending over backwards to promote Islam while at the same time denigrating Christianity.” Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from TMLC in the case of a public high school student who argued that forcing her to fill out a worksheet about Islam violated her First Amendment rights.
TMLC has pushed for a more aggressive legal strategy within the anti-abortion movement to get federal courts to approve “personhood” laws that would give fertilized eggs and developing fetuses legal recognition as a person. Back in 2004, TMLC represented women who unsuccessfully sued Planned Parenthood in an effort to force the group to provide women with (false) information about a link between abortion and breast cancer; a judge required the women to pay Planned Parenthood’s legal fees, a ruling upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
TMLC also represents the Church Militant, a hard-right Catholic and Christian nationalist group that has returned the favor by telling its supporters that giving to TMLC is “a lot better than giving money to a corrupt hierarchy.” Church Militant recently mocked Wilton Gregory, the African American archbishop of Washington, D.C., who angered conservatives with criticism of Trump’s crowd-clearing photo-op with a Bible; a Church Militant video called him a Marxist” and an “African Queen.”
Thompson once told the Church Militant that the courts were “de-Christianizing America” and warned, “unless we get back into promoting Christianity as something that is necessary for the survival of our nation, we will ultimately lose the basic reason why our country was founded.”
TMLC also represents the Tennessee General Assembly in a lawsuit against the federal government over refugee resettlement policy. The Trump administration has urged the Supreme Court not to hear the case.
TMLC’s Citizens Advisory Board includes Allen West, Alan Keyes, and Michele Bachmann.


rightwingwatch--2020-08-19--Right-Wing Pastor Robert Henderson to Hold Election Prayer Rally to Prevent the ‘Antichrist Spirit’

Right-Wing Pastor Robert Henderson to Hold Election Prayer Rally to Prevent the ‘Antichrist Spirit’ from Defeating Trump

Right-wing pastor Robert Henderson , who claims to have secured President Donald Trump ’ s 2016 victory by beseeching “ the courts of Heaven ” and asserts that he has been called by God to serve as Trump ’ s spiritual running mate in 2020 , announced Friday that he will be hosting a prayer event at his church in Waco , Texas , in October aimed at preventing the “ Antichrist spirit ” from defeating Trump in the November election .
Entitled “ Contending For the Destiny Of America : Election 2020 , ” Henderson declared during his Friday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ event will bring together representatives from all 50 states who will then collectively call on the courts of Heaven to “ dismantle and remove any hindrance to what God wants to do in this election.
” “ In this presidential year , in this presidential election , in the presidency , in the Senate , in the House , on every level we want to move out of the way every legal claim the enemy would have that would allow something other than the will of God to take place , ” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dream that I was supposed to run in the spirit with issues and things , I was supposed to run in the spirit until everything was set legally in order for what God wants to happen in this election to occur .
Now one time , we were praying and we were asking for God to remove some people from their seat and one of my sons suddenly had an awareness , a revelation , a vision that we could not remove the people from their seat because those seats had been given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had put in those seats who they wanted.
” “ We ’ ve got to go into the court of Heaven and we have to take back those seats , ” Henderson continued .
“ We have to take back those seats from the powers of darkness so that the ones God wants in those seats can actually take their position .
It is very , very , very essential that you and I come together in Waco , Texas , Oct. 8 and 9 and be a part of this.
” “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Antichrist spirit before the courts of Heaven , ” he added .
“ In this election year , we need to bring what they are proposing to do and present it in the courts of Heaven and say , ‘ Lord , this is what they are saying .
These are their threats .
They are saying this is what they will do in culture .
We are asking you , Lord , right now for judgments against them and the Antichrist spirit they are representing in the Earth.
’ … I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refuse to give our culture over to the mandates and the dictates of the spirit of Antichrist .
We say , ‘ Lord , behold their threats , behold what they intend to do .
Lord , I am asking that you would arise and defend your purposes and your people that are in the Earth today . '
”

Right-wing pastor Robert Henderson, who claims to have secured President Donald Trump’s 2016 victory by beseeching “the courts of Heaven” and asserts that he has been called by God to serve as Trump’s spiritual running mate in 2020, announced Friday that he will be hosting a prayer event at his church in Waco, Texas, in October aimed at preventing the “Antichrist spirit” from defeating Trump in the November election.
Entitled “Contending For the Destiny Of America: Election 2020,” Henderson declared during his Friday night church service that he hopes the event will bring together representatives from all 50 states who will then collectively call on the courts of Heaven to “dismantle and remove any hindrance to what God wants to do in this election.”
“In this presidential year, in this presidential election, in the presidency, in the Senate, in the House, on every level we want to move out of the way every legal claim the enemy would have that would allow something other than the will of God to take place,” he declared. “God gave me a dream that I was supposed to run in the spirit with issues and things, I was supposed to run in the spirit until everything was set legally in order for what God wants to happen in this election to occur. Now one time, we were praying and we were asking for God to remove some people from their seat and one of my sons suddenly had an awareness, a revelation, a vision that we could not remove the people from their seat because those seats had been given to principalities and powers, and they had put in those seats who they wanted.”
“We’ve got to go into the court of Heaven and we have to take back those seats,” Henderson continued. “We have to take back those seats from the powers of darkness so that the ones God wants in those seats can actually take their position. It is very, very, very essential that you and I come together in Waco, Texas, Oct. 8 and 9 and be a part of this.”
“We need to bring the threats of the Antichrist spirit before the courts of Heaven,” he added. “In this election year, we need to bring what they are proposing to do and present it in the courts of Heaven and say, ‘Lord, this is what they are saying. These are their threats. They are saying this is what they will do in culture. We are asking you, Lord, right now for judgments against them and the Antichrist spirit they are representing in the Earth.’ … I refuse to give our society, I refuse to give our culture over to the mandates and the dictates of the spirit of Antichrist. We say, ‘Lord, behold their threats, behold what they intend to do. Lord, I am asking that you would arise and defend your purposes and your people that are in the Earth today.'”


rightwingwatch--2020-08-19--At Laura Loomer’s Victory Party, Far-Right Speakers and Attendees

A cast of far-right figures joined anti-Muslim provocateur and self-proclaimed “ Islamophobe ” Laura Loomer at a party celebrating her win of the Republican nomination to represent Florida ’ s 21st Congressional District in the U.S. House last night .
Although Loomer faces a difficult challenge against incumbent Democrat Rep. Lois Frankel in a solidly blue district , her GOP nomination has invigorated far-right activists and media personalities , and excited figures notorious for spreading disinformation .
Right Wing Watch noted yesterday that Loomer , who was endorsed by a number of far-right personalities , was likely to win her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on her win in a tweet last night .
“ Great going Laura .
You have a great chance against a Pelosi puppet !
” Trump said .
A jubilant Loomer reacted in a video recorded after Trump ’ s tweet , which she said someone else had to tell her about because she was banned from Twitter .
“ I am headed to Washington to provide you with some firepower and reinforcements Mr. President , so I look forward to meeting you soon next time you ’ re back in the Mar-a-Lago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Trump ’ s tweet .
In attendance at Loomer ’ s celebration party were far-right notables , including : • Canadian media personality Gavin McInnes , who founded and led the Proud Boys hate group as its members engaged in violent brawls across the United States .
After some Proud Boys members were arrested and charged after one such brawl , McInnes left his formal role with the group .
McInnes has a long history of violent rhetoric and a seeming fondness for extremists and white nationalists .
• Far-right provocateur @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mainstream political discourse after BuzzFeed news reported on his efforts to launder white nationalism through Breitbart News and comments he made that appeared to condone pedophilia spawned social media backlash .
• Hoaxster Jacob Wohl , who has achieved national notoriety for joining Jack Burkman in press conferences to peddle outlandish political smears that crumble under mild scrutiny from reporters in attendance .
• Right-wing political trickster , felon , and Alex Jones associate Roger Stone , who was convicted of obstruction of justice in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump before he started serving jail time .
• Ali “ Alexander ” Akbar , a right-wing operative who in 2019 launched a smear campaign questioning Kamala Harris ’ s race and ethnicity .
Akbar has filmed himself speaking fondly of white supremacists and offering bounties for disinformation production .
Loomer is a right-wing conspiracy theorist , and promoter of disinformation who has been banned from multiple social media platforms for promoting anti-Muslim bigotry .
She is best known for attention-seeking stunts like chaining her screaming self to the front door of Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of being kicked off the service .
She has rallied support for white nationalists while denouncing the supposed threat of “ Sharia supremacy.
” On multiple occasions , Loomer has proclaimed that she does not care about what happened to Muslims in the Christchurch shootings , where more than 50 people were murdered by a white supremacist .
“ Nobody cares about Christchurch .
I especially don ’ t .
I care about my social media accounts and the fact that Americans are being silenced more than Christchurch , ” Loomer wrote on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she didn ’ t care about the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi government because she claimed he was a Muslim Brotherhood operative and thus “ an enemy of the state.
” In 2019 , Loomer lost her media credentials and was removed from the Conservative Political Action Conference after harassing journalists .
She has also contributed to with Alex Jones ’ conspiracy-theory site Infowars , which has also been kicked off multiple platforms .
Loomer has often worked in concert with far-right nationalists to accomplish her goals of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , her campaign has received support from an eclectic mix of far-right figures .
As Melissa Ryan wrote for Right Wing Watch :

A cast of far-right figures joined anti-Muslim provocateur and self-proclaimed “Islamophobe” Laura Loomer at a party celebrating her win of the Republican nomination to represent Florida’s 21st Congressional District in the U.S. House last night. Although Loomer faces a difficult challenge against incumbent Democrat Rep. Lois Frankel in a solidly blue district, her GOP nomination has invigorated far-right activists and media personalities, and excited figures notorious for spreading disinformation.
Right Wing Watch noted yesterday that Loomer, who was endorsed by a number of far-right personalities, was likely to win her primary. President Donald Trump congratulated Loomer on her win in a tweet last night.
Great going Laura. You have a great chance against a Pelosi puppet! https://t.co/pKZp35dUYr — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2020
“Great going Laura. You have a great chance against a Pelosi puppet!” Trump said.
A jubilant Loomer reacted in a video recorded after Trump’s tweet, which she said someone else had to tell her about because she was banned from Twitter.
“I am headed to Washington to provide you with some firepower and reinforcements Mr. President, so I look forward to meeting you soon next time you’re back in the Mar-a-Lago district,” Loomer said in response to the Trump’s tweet.
In attendance at Loomer’s celebration party were far-right notables, including:
Canadian media personality Gavin McInnes, who founded and led the Proud Boys hate group as its members engaged in violent brawls across the United States. After some Proud Boys members were arrested and charged after one such brawl, McInnes left his formal role with the group. McInnes has a long history of violent rhetoric and a seeming fondness for extremists and white nationalists.
Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, who was ejected from mainstream political discourse after BuzzFeed news reported on his efforts to launder white nationalism through Breitbart News and comments he made that appeared to condone pedophilia spawned social media backlash.
Hoaxster Jacob Wohl, who has achieved national notoriety for joining Jack Burkman in press conferences to peddle outlandish political smears that crumble under mild scrutiny from reporters in attendance.
Right-wing political trickster, felon, and Alex Jones associate Roger Stone, who was convicted of obstruction of justice in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election but whose sentence was commuted by Trump before he started serving jail time.
Ali “Alexander” Akbar, a right-wing operative who in 2019 launched a smear campaign questioning Kamala Harris’s race and ethnicity. Akbar has filmed himself speaking fondly of white supremacists and offering bounties for disinformation production.
Loomer is a right-wing conspiracy theorist, and promoter of disinformation who has been banned from multiple social media platforms for promoting anti-Muslim bigotry. She is best known for attention-seeking stunts like chaining her screaming self to the front door of Twitter’s New York headquarters in protest of being kicked off the service. She has rallied support for white nationalists while denouncing the supposed threat of “Sharia supremacy.”
On multiple occasions, Loomer has proclaimed that she does not care about what happened to Muslims in the Christchurch shootings, where more than 50 people were murdered by a white supremacist.
“Nobody cares about Christchurch. I especially don’t. I care about my social media accounts and the fact that Americans are being silenced more than Christchurch,” Loomer wrote on Telegram.
Last year, Loomer said she didn’t care about the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi government because she claimed he was a Muslim Brotherhood operative and thus “an enemy of the state.”
In 2019, Loomer lost her media credentials and was removed from the Conservative Political Action Conference after harassing journalists. She has also contributed to with Alex Jones’ conspiracy-theory site Infowars, which has also been kicked off multiple platforms.
Loomer has often worked in concert with far-right nationalists to accomplish her goals of Trump-world notoriety and influence. In turn, her campaign has received support from an eclectic mix of far-right figures. As Melissa Ryan wrote for Right Wing Watch:


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rightwingwatch--2020-08-20--Team Trump Embraces Democrat-Bashing Congressional Candidate From Baltimore, Grants Her RNC Speaking

Team Trump Embraces Democrat-Bashing Congressional Candidate From Baltimore, Grants Her RNC Speaking Slot

Kimberly Klacik , who is running for Congress as a Black conservative from Baltimore , has ridden a recent wave of right-wing media coverage of her Democrat-bashing rhetoric right into a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention .
She announced the RNC ’ s invitation on right-wing Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka ’ s radio show Wednesday .
Gorka hailed the news , calling Klacik a “ Warrior Princess.
” Klacik made a splash last summer when she posted videos of “ blight and trash ” in Baltimore at the same time Trump was insulting Rep. Elijah Cummings , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Klacik told the Baltimore Sun that she was thinking about running for political office .
Even though she does not live in the district , Klacik is running for Cummings ’ old seat in Maryland ’ s 7th Congressional District .
It is currently held by Rep. Kweisi Mfume , who beat Klacik in an April 28 special election .
The Baltimore Sun recently noted that the seat has never been held by a Republican .
Klacik recently became a right-wing media darling after the release of a three-minute campaign video of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denouncing Democrats who she says have “ betrayed ” the city ’ s residents .
“ Black lives don ’ t matter to Democrats , ” charges text on the screen .
“ The worst place for a Black person to live in America is a Democrat-controlled city , ” she charges .
“ Democrats think Black people are stupid.
” The video , which has been viewed millions of times , ends with this line : “ Black people don ’ t have to vote Democrat.
” Klacik ’ s visibility skyrocketed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retweeted by President Donald Trump and his campaign adviser Brad Parscale , who announced that he donated to her campaign .
On Wednesday , Eric Trump tweeted , “ Go get them.
” In an interview with The Post Millennial , a conservative Canadian media outlet , Klacik dismissed the idea that systemic racism was responsible for the plight of people in the city ’ s neglected communities , saying , “ If you ’ ve had Black people in office for 40 years , why on Earth haven ’ t they changed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s editorial board weighed in on Wednesday , noting that Klacik was able to get Trump ’ s attention “ by portraying Baltimore in the worst possible light.
” Asking , “ Is Kim Klacik running for Congress , mayor or chief Trump enabler ?
” the Sun editorial called her video “ an attempt to blunt the African American vote that overwhelmingly supports Democrats , including Joe Biden , with the narrative that Democrats have failed American cities.
” Here ’ s more from the editorial : Whatever one may think of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t run cities , counties or even states , they represent one of 435 votes in one chamber of the federal legislative branch .
Maryland ’ s 7th extends far beyond the city to Howard and Baltimore counties .
And while complaining about city leaders , current and past , is fair game for anyone ( and among our favorite pastimes ) , it ’ s ludicrous and overly simple to blame the city ’ s ills on party affiliation .
Concentrated poverty , substance abuse and a war on drugs that disproportionately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ red-lining , the loss of blue collar jobs , collapsing public infrastructure , broken families and failing schools , these are among the major culprits .
We ’ re all ears if a Republican , Democrat or , frankly , interplanetary visitor , has immediate means to correct any or all of them .
It ’ s telling that Candidate Klacik offers no remedies in her video .
Not one .
The video isn ’ t really for 7th District consumption ; like its predecessor video , it ’ s meant for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it uses a map to show how other U.S. cities are under Democratic control and why it features comments from older African American men who object to “ defunding ” police , a favored GOP talking point on the national stage .
Once again , Baltimore is made to play the role of Urban Horror and to scare people who have never been here , will never visit and likely will never realize that , overall , average household income in the 7th District is above the national average .
Ms. Klacik ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stalking horse , to at least blunt Black support for Democrats on behalf of Mr. Trump , who in 2016 won all of 8 % of Black votes .
Like the video , the issues page of Klacik ’ s campaign website is short on proposed solutions to the problems she identifies , other than saying that she will focus on bringing jobs to the city .
But it ’ s got plenty of rhetoric to please right-wing activists and donors .
Klacik says she wants to “ reduce reliance on socialism ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She calls for “ school choice ” and “ a 100 % tax credit for home schooling ” and says she supports “ Constitutional Concealed Carry reciprocity ” —a goal of gun control opponents .
Klacik ’ s website includes a video in which she says she favors making birth control pills available over-the-counter and calls for better tracking of abortions .
Earlier this week , her website also included the following incoherent section on reproductive choice , which has since disappeared from the page : Being proactive vs. reactive and supporting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
With Maryland District 7 as well as half of the United States on government imposed stay at home orders , I see three possible scenarios .
Either give free or over the counter birth control to prevent pregnancies or second be prepared to strengthen weakened families that survived economic collapse and are pregnant .
Third and last , Abortion and a Planned Parenthood customer .
There will likely be a Coro-nial generation it is time to address it as adults and be proactive .
Klacik runs a nonprofit that claims it has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 30 percent of them to achieve financial independence .

Kimberly Klacik, who is running for Congress as a Black conservative from Baltimore, has ridden a recent wave of right-wing media coverage of her Democrat-bashing rhetoric right into a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention. She announced the RNC’s invitation on right-wing Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka’s radio show Wednesday. Gorka hailed the news, calling Klacik a “Warrior Princess.”
Klacik made a splash last summer when she posted videos of “blight and trash” in Baltimore at the same time Trump was insulting Rep. Elijah Cummings, who has since died. At the time, Klacik told the Baltimore Sun that she was thinking about running for political office. Even though she does not live in the district, Klacik is running for Cummings’ old seat in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. It is currently held by Rep. Kweisi Mfume, who beat Klacik in an April 28 special election. The Baltimore Sun recently noted that the seat has never been held by a Republican.
Klacik recently became a right-wing media darling after the release of a three-minute campaign video of her striding through run-down parts of Baltimore denouncing Democrats who she says have “betrayed” the city’s residents. “Black lives don’t matter to Democrats,” charges text on the screen. “The worst place for a Black person to live in America is a Democrat-controlled city,” she charges. “Democrats think Black people are stupid.” The video, which has been viewed millions of times, ends with this line: “Black people don’t have to vote Democrat.”
Klacik’s visibility skyrocketed as the video went viral and was retweeted by President Donald Trump and his campaign adviser Brad Parscale, who announced that he donated to her campaign. On Wednesday, Eric Trump tweeted, “Go get them.”
In an interview with The Post Millennial, a conservative Canadian media outlet, Klacik dismissed the idea that systemic racism was responsible for the plight of people in the city’s neglected communities, saying, “If you’ve had Black people in office for 40 years, why on Earth haven’t they changed it?”
The Baltimore Sun’s editorial board weighed in on Wednesday, noting that Klacik was able to get Trump’s attention “by portraying Baltimore in the worst possible light.” Asking, “Is Kim Klacik running for Congress, mayor or chief Trump enabler?” the Sun editorial called her video “an attempt to blunt the African American vote that overwhelmingly supports Democrats, including Joe Biden, with the narrative that Democrats have failed American cities.” Here’s more from the editorial:
Whatever one may think of members of Congress, they don’t run cities, counties or even states, they represent one of 435 votes in one chamber of the federal legislative branch. Maryland’s 7th extends far beyond the city to Howard and Baltimore counties. And while complaining about city leaders, current and past, is fair game for anyone (and among our favorite pastimes), it’s ludicrous and overly simple to blame the city’s ills on party affiliation. Concentrated poverty, substance abuse and a war on drugs that disproportionately criminalized low-income African Americans, racism and red-lining, the loss of blue collar jobs, collapsing public infrastructure, broken families and failing schools, these are among the major culprits. We’re all ears if a Republican, Democrat or, frankly, interplanetary visitor, has immediate means to correct any or all of them. It’s telling that Candidate Klacik offers no remedies in her video. Not one. … The video isn’t really for 7th District consumption; like its predecessor video, it’s meant for a national audience. That’s why it uses a map to show how other U.S. cities are under Democratic control and why it features comments from older African American men who object to “defunding” police, a favored GOP talking point on the national stage. Once again, Baltimore is made to play the role of Urban Horror and to scare people who have never been here, will never visit and likely will never realize that, overall, average household income in the 7th District is above the national average. Ms. Klacik’s part is to be a political stalking horse, to at least blunt Black support for Democrats on behalf of Mr. Trump, who in 2016 won all of 8% of Black votes.
Like the video, the issues page of Klacik’s campaign website is short on proposed solutions to the problems she identifies, other than saying that she will focus on bringing jobs to the city. But it’s got plenty of rhetoric to please right-wing activists and donors. Klacik says she wants to “reduce reliance on socialism”—by which she means government assistance programs. She calls for “school choice” and “a 100% tax credit for home schooling” and says she supports “Constitutional Concealed Carry reciprocity”—a goal of gun control opponents.
Klacik’s website includes a video in which she says she favors making birth control pills available over-the-counter and calls for better tracking of abortions. Earlier this week, her website also included the following incoherent section on reproductive choice, which has since disappeared from the page:
Rights of the Unborn Being proactive vs. reactive and supporting free or over the counter birth control. With Maryland District 7 as well as half of the United States on government imposed stay at home orders, I see three possible scenarios. Either give free or over the counter birth control to prevent pregnancies or second be prepared to strengthen weakened families that survived economic collapse and are pregnant. Third and last, Abortion and a Planned Parenthood customer. There will likely be a Coro-nial generation it is time to address it as adults and be proactive.
Klacik runs a nonprofit that claims it has helped more than 200 women become employed and 30 percent of them to achieve financial independence.


rightwingwatch--2020-08-20--Texas QAnon Supporter Used Car to Attack Strangers She Believed Were ‘Pedophiles’

A Waco , Texas , woman arrested last week and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated appears to have been motivated by the QAnon conspiracy theory President Donald Trump spoke positively of during a White House press conference Wednesday .
According to arrest affidavits first reported by the Waco Tribune-Herald , 30-year-old Cecilia Fulbright got behind the wheel of her car just after 9 a.m. Wednesday with the intent to “ [ save ] a child ” from “ pedophiles.
” Fulbright reportedly chased two strangers ’ vehicles in an apparent attempt to hit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report , the first vehicle was a catering truck driven by a woman with her minor daughter in the passenger ’ s seat .
They successfully evaded Fulbright before calling the police who , according to an incident report , were unable to locate Fulbright or her vehicle .
Fulbright then targeted a second unrelated vehicle , a Dodge Caravan driven by a 19-year-old college student .
Fulbright chased the student into a parking lot where she cornered and repeatedly rammed the Dodge Caravan .
Responding police officers reportedly found Fulbright “ crying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the vehicle she attacked “ was a pedophile and had kidnapped a girl for human trafficking.
” The arresting officer noted that Fulbright seemed “ delusional ” ; her blood alcohol content was recorded as 0.21 percent—more than double the legal limit in Texas .
Fulbright was charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon , the latter of which is a second-degree felony in Texas and carries a term of 2 to 20 years .
She was released on an $ 11,000 bond the day following her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the incident have not explored how Fulbright ’ s actions were influenced by her beliefsin the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon and its new soft front , # SaveTheChildren .
Right Wing Watch spoke by text message to Texas-based lawyer Mark Mueller , an acquaintance of Fulbright who originally befriended her in the Austin music and art scene .
On Aug. 6 , Fulbright sent Mueller an “ out of the blue ” message containing a link to download the Trump 2020 campaign app .
Mueller said he subsequently argued with Fulbright about Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argument , she claimed that Trump was “ literally taking down the cabal and the pedophile ring.
” “ One by one , ” Fulbright wrote to Mueller .
“ What President has EVEN TALKED ABOUT IT ?
It ’ s been going on for centuries.
” Many followers of QAnon and its associated myriad conspiracy theories baselessly believe that a cabal of politicians and celebrities including Hillary Clinton , Tom Hanks , and Oprah Winfrey are trafficking children , sexually assaulting them , and even consuming their blood in elaborate rituals .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a team of high-level military operatives are engaged in a decades-long secret war with this villainous “ cabal ” and its associated “ deep state.
” Adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory imagine Trump as a savior figure and often equate criticism of the president with support for pedophilia and infanticide .
Sydney Molina , a former roommate of Fulbright , said that Fulbright “ has a history of mental health issues ” that have gone untreated .
She added that Fulbright ’ s family was “ super huge ” into supporting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off her own family ’ s crazy Trump love.
” At some point in May , Molina claims to have introduced Fulbright to QAnon .
“ I was the one who originally sent her stuff , and her boyfriend sent her stuff , kind of like laughing at how ridiculous it is , ” Molina said .
But according to Molina , Fulbright began to sincerely follow the conspiracy theory .
“ I found out later that she was staying up for days reading this stuff , ” Molina told RWW .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up in it and delusional.
” By the time of Fulbright ’ s arrest , Molina said Fulbright “ had been on a three-day bender on this QAnon stuff , and the last thing she said to me was that the aliens gave her free power.
” Fulbright claimed to Molina that her red 1984 Pontiac Fiero “ was powered with free power from the aliens.
”  RWW found signs that Fulbright was consuming QAnon content on her personal Instagram profile , where she follows accounts with names like “ Red White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ”  “ Q Force Digital Soldier , ” and “ Q The Storm.
” Fulbright ’ s Instagram posts bore no signs of political affiliation until she captioned a July 31 Instagram post with “ # trump2020.
” Molina told RWW that Fulbright had deleted multiple past posts expressing support for QAnon .
From the day she first used a pro-Trump hashtag to the day of her arrest on Aug. 12 , Fulbright repeatedly included hashtags supporting the president : “ # maga2020 , ” “ # flotus , ” “ # @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” and “ # PrayForOurPresident.
” Posts made between Aug. 10 and Aug .
11 show Fullbright wearing a red Make America Great Again baseball cap , complaining about social media censorship , and expressing her distrust of “ # bigpharma.
” Mueller and Molina both said they were surprised to receive pro-QAnon messages from Fulbright , and they described her as a political “ progressive ” before she began following the far-right conspiracy theory .
Fulbright ’ s attempts to sway those around her fits the pattern of “ redpilling ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ describe the act of converting another person to their beliefs .
Evangelizing QAnon and Trump is part and parcel of the movement ’ s core tenets .
Efforts to spread the conspiracy theory , however , can often isolate people from their friends and family , which can deepen one ’ s dive into QAnon .
According to Molina , Fulbright turned on her when she refused to embrace QAnon .
“ She started sending me these crazy messages attacking me , ‘ I don ’ t know what you believe anymore .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ me this , and you ’ re turning your back on it , so you ’ re a part of it .
You ’ re involved , ’ ” Molina recounted .
“ I couldn ’ t say or do anything without her accusing me of being a satanist.
” Fulbright ’ s arrest did little to dissuade her from following QAnon , Molina and Mueller told RWW .
Fulbright contacted Molina after getting out of jail , seemingly unaware that she had done anything wrong .
Molina said that Fulbright told her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her had winked at her and told her she was in “ good girl jail ” because “ they knew I was doing good.
” Molina said she confronted her ex-roommate about the seriousness of her actions but that her concerns were “ not registering at all.
” “ I feel like I ’ m mourning my friend ’ s death , ” Molina said .
“ I don ’ t know her .
Like , I have no idea who this person is .
… That ’ s pretty much how we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incident , Molina sent a text message to Fulbright asking her if she was still “ following the white rabbit , ” a common slogan for QAnon adherents that describes the “ researching ” of the conspiracy theory .
Fulbright responded in the affirmative .
“ Q is I… Q is you… Q is us… it ’ s literally data… collected by the white hats and then turned into videos and shit .
But okay… yeah I follow Q , ” Fulbright wrote back on Aug. 17 .
Pro-Trump conspiracy theories like QAnon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the COVID-19 pandemic , according to multiple recent studies , and followers of these conspiracy theories are actively targeting isolated individuals , whose numbers have swelled during this time of crisis .
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue recently determined that “ far-right groups and individuals are opportunistically using the ongoing pandemic to advance their movements and ideologies ” and that “ QAnon conspiracy theorists are capitalising on the pandemic ” to “ increase their reach online.
” Recently , QAnon followers have begun masking their belief system in less alienating and extreme language @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The issue of child trafficking — a very real problem — is often used to attract new adherents who are then slowly exposed to more incendiary QAnon rhetoric .
According to the New York Times , data collected and analyzed by the Facebook-owned data platform CrowdTangle has shown a 500 percent increase in posts using the # SaveTheChildren hashtag since early July .
Offline gatherings have also blurred the lines between anti-child trafficking activism and dangerous conspiracy theories .
Not simply a fringe conspiracy theory anymore , the QAnon movement has begun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were held in American cities on July 30 , which is the United Nations ’ official “ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
” References to QAnon and its related conspiracy theories peppered signs at such rallies .
An affiliated Los Angeles rally was organized and led by a man wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the letter “ Q.
” Rallygoers held signs stating “ Hillary Clinton is Satan , ” “ Q sent me , ” and “ Execute all pedophiles.
” The crowd of approximately 200 people made their way down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel .
They then launched into a chant : “ Jimmy Kimmel , we know you ’ re a pedophile !
” This weekend , more than three dozen similar rallies are being planned in the United States , Canada , Spain , the United Kingdom , and the Netherlands .
A minority of people getting “ redpilled ” by far-right conspiracy theories turn to violent action like Fulbright , but such instances have seemingly become more frequent in recent months .
On April 29 , a woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was arrested on a pier with a dozen illegal knives in her trunk , explaining to the police that she had watched the QAnon video “ Fall of the Cabal ” and was inspired to take action .
On June 11 , a Boston man live-streamed a police chase with his wife and five children in the car , during which he was recorded saying “ QAnon , help me .
QAnon , help me.
” The chase ended when the man rammed a police cruiser and crashed into a tree .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a woman attacked a product display in an Arizona Target store and livestreamed a later confrontation with the police , explaining to the arresting officer that she had been hired as “ the QAnon spokesperson.
” Despite such incidences and the FBI labeling QAnon a domestic threat , the president has expressed support for QAnon followers .
Trump praised QAnon congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene , has retweeted QAnon-affiliated accounts , and most recently spoke positively of the QAnon conspiracy theory when asked about it by NBC reporter Shannon Pettypiece during an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I have heard that it is gaining in popularity , ” the president said .
“ I don ’ t know much about the movement other than I understand they like me very much , which I appreciate.
” After the reporter informed the president that “ the crux of the theory is this belief that you are secretly saving the world from this satanic cult of pedophiles and cannibals , ” Trump responded by saying “ I haven ’ t heard that , but is that supposed to be a bad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mean you know , if I can help save the world from problems I ’ m willing to do it .
I ’ m willing to put myself out there .
And we are really , we ’ re saving the world from a radical left philosophy that will destroy this country .
”

A Waco, Texas, woman arrested last week and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated appears to have been motivated by the QAnon conspiracy theory President Donald Trump spoke positively of during a White House press conference Wednesday.
According to arrest affidavits first reported by the Waco Tribune-Herald, 30-year-old Cecilia Fulbright got behind the wheel of her car just after 9 a.m. Wednesday with the intent to “[save] a child” from “pedophiles.” Fulbright reportedly chased two strangers’ vehicles in an apparent attempt to hit them. According to a Waco police report, the first vehicle was a catering truck driven by a woman with her minor daughter in the passenger’s seat. They successfully evaded Fulbright before calling the police who, according to an incident report, were unable to locate Fulbright or her vehicle. Fulbright then targeted a second unrelated vehicle, a Dodge Caravan driven by a 19-year-old college student. Fulbright chased the student into a parking lot where she cornered and repeatedly rammed the Dodge Caravan.
Responding police officers reportedly found Fulbright “crying hysterically” and yelling that the driver of the vehicle she attacked “was a pedophile and had kidnapped a girl for human trafficking.” The arresting officer noted that Fulbright seemed “delusional”; her blood alcohol content was recorded as 0.21 percent—more than double the legal limit in Texas. Fulbright was charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, the latter of which is a second-degree felony in Texas and carries a term of 2 to 20 years. She was released on an $11,000 bond the day following her arrest.
News and police reports about the incident have not explored how Fulbright’s actions were influenced by her beliefsin the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon and its new soft front, #SaveTheChildren.
Right Wing Watch spoke by text message to Texas-based lawyer Mark Mueller, an acquaintance of Fulbright who originally befriended her in the Austin music and art scene.
On Aug. 6, Fulbright sent Mueller an “out of the blue” message containing a link to download the Trump 2020 campaign app. Mueller said he subsequently argued with Fulbright about Trump’s political competency and during the argument, she claimed that Trump was “literally taking down the cabal and the pedophile ring.”
“One by one,” Fulbright wrote to Mueller. “What President has EVEN TALKED ABOUT IT? It’s been going on for centuries.”
Many followers of QAnon and its associated myriad conspiracy theories baselessly believe that a cabal of politicians and celebrities including Hillary Clinton, Tom Hanks, and Oprah Winfrey are trafficking children, sexually assaulting them, and even consuming their blood in elaborate rituals. QAnon believers often posit that Trump and a team of high-level military operatives are engaged in a decades-long secret war with this villainous “cabal” and its associated “deep state.” Adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory imagine Trump as a savior figure and often equate criticism of the president with support for pedophilia and infanticide.
Sydney Molina, a former roommate of Fulbright, said that Fulbright “has a history of mental health issues” that have gone untreated. She added that Fulbright’s family was “super huge” into supporting the president and that Fulbright was “feeding off her own family’s crazy Trump love.” At some point in May, Molina claims to have introduced Fulbright to QAnon.
“I was the one who originally sent her stuff, and her boyfriend sent her stuff, kind of like laughing at how ridiculous it is,” Molina said.
But according to Molina, Fulbright began to sincerely follow the conspiracy theory.
“I found out later that she was staying up for days reading this stuff,” Molina told RWW. “She was getting more and more caught up in it and delusional.”
By the time of Fulbright’s arrest, Molina said Fulbright “had been on a three-day bender on this QAnon stuff, and the last thing she said to me was that the aliens gave her free power.” Fulbright claimed to Molina that her red 1984 Pontiac Fiero “was powered with free power from the aliens.”
RWW found signs that Fulbright was consuming QAnon content on her personal Instagram profile, where she follows accounts with names like “Red White & Q,” “qmap.pub,”“Q Force Digital Soldier,” and “Q The Storm.” Fulbright’s Instagram posts bore no signs of political affiliation until she captioned a July 31 Instagram post with “#trump2020.” Molina told RWW that Fulbright had deleted multiple past posts expressing support for QAnon.
From the day she first used a pro-Trump hashtag to the day of her arrest on Aug. 12, Fulbright repeatedly included hashtags supporting the president: “#maga2020,” “#flotus,” “#potus,”“#patriot,”and “#PrayForOurPresident.” Posts made between Aug. 10 and Aug. 11 show Fullbright wearing a red Make America Great Again baseball cap, complaining about social media censorship, and expressing her distrust of “#bigpharma.”
Mueller and Molina both said they were surprised to receive pro-QAnon messages from Fulbright, and they described her as a political “progressive” before she began following the far-right conspiracy theory. Fulbright’s attempts to sway those around her fits the pattern of “redpilling”—a term the QAnon community uses to describe the act of converting another person to their beliefs. Evangelizing QAnon and Trump is part and parcel of the movement’s core tenets.
Efforts to spread the conspiracy theory, however, can often isolate people from their friends and family, which can deepen one’s dive into QAnon. According to Molina, Fulbright turned on her when she refused to embrace QAnon.
“She started sending me these crazy messages attacking me, ‘I don’t know what you believe anymore. You’re the one that showed me this, and you’re turning your back on it, so you’re a part of it. You’re involved,’” Molina recounted. “I couldn’t say or do anything without her accusing me of being a satanist.”
Fulbright’s arrest did little to dissuade her from following QAnon, Molina and Mueller told RWW.
Fulbright contacted Molina after getting out of jail, seemingly unaware that she had done anything wrong. Molina said that Fulbright told her that one of the cops who arrested her had winked at her and told her she was in “good girl jail” because “they knew I was doing good.” Molina said she confronted her ex-roommate about the seriousness of her actions but that her concerns were “not registering at all.”
“I feel like I’m mourning my friend’s death,” Molina said. “I don’t know her. Like, I have no idea who this person is. … That’s pretty much how we all feel.”
Five days after the incident, Molina sent a text message to Fulbright asking her if she was still “following the white rabbit,” a common slogan for QAnon adherents that describes the “researching” of the conspiracy theory. Fulbright responded in the affirmative.
“Q is I… Q is you… Q is us… it’s literally data… collected by the white hats and then turned into videos and shit. But okay… yeah I follow Q,” Fulbright wrote back on Aug. 17.
Pro-Trump conspiracy theories like QAnon have been spreading online more quickly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to multiple recent studies, and followers of these conspiracy theories are actively targeting isolated individuals, whose numbers have swelled during this time of crisis. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue recently determined that “far-right groups and individuals are opportunistically using the ongoing pandemic to advance their movements and ideologies” and that “QAnon conspiracy theorists are capitalising on the pandemic” to “increase their reach online.”
Recently, QAnon followers have begun masking their belief system in less alienating and extreme language in an attempt to grow their movement. The issue of child trafficking — a very real problem — is often used to attract new adherents who are then slowly exposed to more incendiary QAnon rhetoric. According to the New York Times, data collected and analyzed by the Facebook-owned data platform CrowdTangle has shown a 500 percent increase in posts using the #SaveTheChildren hashtag since early July. Offline gatherings have also blurred the lines between anti-child trafficking activism and dangerous conspiracy theories.
Not simply a fringe conspiracy theory anymore, the QAnon movement has begun mobilizing politically. Multiple #SaveTheChildren rallies were held in American cities on July 30, which is the United Nations’ official “World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.” References to QAnon and its related conspiracy theories peppered signs at such rallies. An affiliated Los Angeles rally was organized and led by a man wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the letter “Q.” Rallygoers held signs stating “Hillary Clinton is Satan,” “Q sent me,” and “Execute all pedophiles.” The crowd of approximately 200 people made their way down Hollywood Boulevard and gathered below the studio of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. They then launched into a chant: “Jimmy Kimmel, we know you’re a pedophile!” This weekend, more than three dozen similar rallies are being planned in the United States, Canada, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
A minority of people getting “redpilled” by far-right conspiracy theories turn to violent action like Fulbright, but such instances have seemingly become more frequent in recent months. On April 29, a woman drove from Illinois to New York and was arrested on a pier with a dozen illegal knives in her trunk, explaining to the police that she had watched the QAnon video “Fall of the Cabal” and was inspired to take action. On June 11, a Boston man live-streamed a police chase with his wife and five children in the car, during which he was recorded saying “QAnon, help me. QAnon, help me.” The chase ended when the man rammed a police cruiser and crashed into a tree. There were no injuries. In early July, a woman attacked a product display in an Arizona Target store and livestreamed a later confrontation with the police, explaining to the arresting officer that she had been hired as “the QAnon spokesperson.”
Despite such incidences and the FBI labeling QAnon a domestic threat, the president has expressed support for QAnon followers. Trump praised QAnon congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene, has retweeted QAnon-affiliated accounts, and most recently spoke positively of the QAnon conspiracy theory when asked about it by NBC reporter Shannon Pettypiece during an Aug. 19 White House press briefing.
“I have heard that it is gaining in popularity,” the president said. “I don’t know much about the movement other than I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate.”
After the reporter informed the president that “the crux of the theory is this belief that you are secretly saving the world from this satanic cult of pedophiles and cannibals,” Trump responded by saying “I haven’t heard that, but is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing? I mean you know, if I can help save the world from problems I’m willing to do it. I’m willing to put myself out there. And we are really, we’re saving the world from a radical left philosophy that will destroy this country.”