NEW: The House Freedom Caucus, GOP megadonors, and corporate executives have donated to & financed ad campaigns supporting extremist QAnon candidates. I've got the numbers. exposedbycmd.org/2020/10/01/tru…
FBI deemed the QAnon conspiracy movement a domestic terrorism threat last year. Yet the House Freedom Caucus endorsed three QAnon-friendly candidates, collected donations for them, & spent over $100k on ads backing Greene, who'll be in Congress, & Boebert. exposedbycmd.org/2020/10/01/tru…
.@MarkMeadows, former Freedom Caucus chair & Trump's current chief of staff, is at the center of this.
His PACs donated to Greene & the Freedom Caucus' PAC. His campaign is the biggest donor to a super PAC that also spent money on ads backing Greene. exposedbycmd.org/2020/10/01/tru…
@MarkMeadows Corporate & union PACs have *indirectly* helped out Greene. Only Koch Industries PAC donated directly to her campaign (& asked for refund later), but other PACs gave to Meadows' groups, which funded Greene. exposedbycmd.org/2020/10/01/tru…
Freedom Caucus members Jim Jordan & chair Andy Biggs members gave to Greene. Matt Gaetz tweeted his support. The @NRCC included Lauren Boebert, a QAnon fan, & Burgess Owens, who's gone on two QAnon-friendly shows, in its "Young Guns" fundraising program. exposedbycmd.org/2020/10/01/tru…
@NRCC NRCC Chair Tom Emmer & House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy previously condemned Greene's many racist remarks. Once she won her primary, they happily welcomed her to the caucus. exposedbycmd.org/2020/10/01/tru…
@NRCC .@QanonAnonymous co-host @julianfeeld isn't surprised.
"I think as they see [Greene’s] approach they go, ‘Well, this is a very powerful woman. She’s built a coalition incredibly fast, has money to back it, & she’s done a lot of boots-on-the-ground work.'”
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@NRCC @QanonAnonymous @julianfeeld A number of corporate execs & some faithful GOP megadonors have given to some of these extremist candidates, including Laura Loomer, who isn't a QAnon adherent but is a conspiracy theorist. These include Lewis Topper, Robert Shillman, Cherna Moskowitz, Thomas Smith, etc.
In summation, it hasn't taken long for dangerous terror threat QAnon to work its way into the Republican Party mainstream, as the GOP mainstream is VERY far right. It's Trump's party now; perhaps it'll be the party of Q pretty soon. exposedbycmd.org/2020/10/01/tru…
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