I woke up this morning to see #JFKJRRETURN trending in the US and #PizzaGate trending over here in the UK. The QAnon movement is slowly taking over the internet. 25,000 tweets with #PizzaGate and 12,400 with #JFKJRRETURN (RTs included). So why are they trending? Let's have a look
If you're unfamiliar with Q terminology, JFK, Reagan and Trump are the only three presidents Q approves of. There's been a long-standing conspiracy in the movement that JKF Jr (who died in a plane crash in 1999) is alive and secretly working with Mr Trump against "deep state"
Some even believe JFK JR might be Q himeself - although this is disputed by some other followers - and spent some time "researching" this. They identified a guy who appeared in some of Mr Trump's rallies as JFK Jr. The man in questions is actually called Vincent Fusca
Here are some other words and hashtags that appeared alongside tweets with either #PizzaGate or #JFKJRRETURN Pretty clear which type of people are tweeting the hashtags. PizzaGate is the 2016 conspiracy that linked the basement of a DC pizzeria with "elite child abusers"
The JFK Jr hashtag was only trending in the US, while the PizzaGate one appeared in both the US and the UK. You might wonder why South Korea is there. It's because K-pop accounts have been "hijacking" right-wing hashtags for just over a week now
Anyway, the reason JFK Jr was trending is because a fake account under his name appeared and some Q followers went into a "told you so" frenzy. The account got tens of thousands of followers and then disabled/deleted itself. It's been coming and going regularly for months
Whoever's behind the account will probably continue reappearing occasionally to keep the conspiracy alive. For now, it's gone again. Needless to say, JFK Jr is DEAD. And he ain't coming back
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