Friday, October 16, 2020

Mitt Romney calls Trump’s refusal to denounce QAnon ‘absurd and dangerous’

If Trump doesn't know what QAnon is by now, he is totally incompetent to be the leader of our country.

https://news.yahoo.com/mitt-romney-calls-trump-refusal-172116632.html

John T. Bennett
,The Independent•October 16, 2020

Republican Senator Mitt Romney is calling Donald Trump’s refusal to denounce the QAnon conspiracy theory “absurd and dangerous,” continuing his willingness to be the lone GOP lawmaker to publicly criticize the president. 

“The president’s unwillingness to denounce an absurd and dangerous conspiracy theory last night continues an alarming pattern: politicians and parties refuse to forcefully and convincingly repudiate groups like Antifa, white supremacists, and conspiracy peddlers,” the Utah Republican said in a statement posted on Twitter.

“Similarly troubling is their silence regarding anti-vaxxers, militias, and anarchists. Rather than expel the rabid fringes and the extremes, they have coddled or adopted them, eagerly trading their principles for the hope of electoral victories,” he added. “As the parties rush down a rabbit hole, they may be opening a door to a political movement that could eventually eclipse them both.”

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He was responding to comments Mr Trump made – and one he did not – during a Thursday night town hall with NBC News during which he repeatedly jousted with moderator Savannah Guthrie.

"I know nothing about QAnon," Mr Trump said when she asked him about the conspiracy theory and its followers, who believe a cabal of politicians and celebrities work together and with governments around the globe to sexually abuse children and worship Satan. They also believe there is a “deep state” plot to oust Mr Trump, and that he is working hard to terminate their pedophilic ways.

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