QAnon crazy wins GOP primary
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a_unique_person
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You sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
Stacyhs
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Conservatives are just getting more extreme and more extreme.
The Great Zaganza
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What are they going to do when Trump is out of office?
timhau
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What are her chances in the general election?
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I'd say her chances of election are excellent
Scott Tipton has polled in the mid-50's percent, his Democratic Party challenger in the low to mid 40's percent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_...resentatives_elections_in_Colorado#District_3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_...resentatives_elections_in_Colorado#District_3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_...resentatives_elections_in_Colorado#District_3
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It is worrying that an increasing number of GOP Congress People, a sizeable minority, will likely be QAnon believers after the 2020 elections.
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How long will it be before "QAnon Crazy" is superseded by "Mainstream Republican QAnon believer" ?
The religious right used to be the "crazies" in the GOP - then they became the mainstream
The Tea Party used to be the "crazies" in the GOP - then they became the mainstream
Now it's the QAnon believers.
What's next ? Openly white supremacists ? Flat Earthers ?
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timhau
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Reading the OP:
I'd say her chances of election are excellent
Scott Tipton has polled in the mid-50's percent, his Democratic Party challenger in the low to mid 40's percent
The real question is whether that carries over when the candidate isn't Tipton. Primary voters may be a very different from the general electorate, hence the question.
The third district leans strongly Republican so IMO they'll vote for her just as readily as they voted for her predecessor.
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It's going to be especially odd if these Q congresspeople win an election if Trump loses reelection. The Trump POTUS plays an important role in the Q conspiracy. Him leaving the office, especially if decisively beaten as some polls are predicting, without realizing whatever "Storm" that Q has been predicting is going to lead to a hairpin turn for the conspiracy. These congresspeople could be entering Congress at the exact moment of repudiation of the Q conspiracy.
I'm sure the true believers will find a way to continue the conspiracy, either by rationalizing the loss or downplaying the importance of Trump to the grander plot.
I am curious how many of these Q congresspeople are "true believers". As reps, they will have access to government records. Will a complete lack of corroborating evidence change their minds?
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Belz...
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According to some Q-less people, Trump is the real author of the Q posts!
slyjoe
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Tipton was endorsed by Trump. Bet we don't hear about Trump's endorsement record of xx-0 anytime soon.
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It will be interesting how the other factions react. Mainstream Republicans will probably pander to them simply out of fear for their own careers/safety.
With increased gains by the progressive wing, how will mainstream Dems react? Going more to the left will increase the rhetoric from the right. the problem is, the progressive agenda is currently getting popular, so it can't be ignored.
With increased gains by the progressive wing, how will mainstream Dems react? Going more to the left will increase the rhetoric from the right. the problem is, the progressive agenda is currently getting popular, so it can't be ignored.
No, the lack of evidence will be clear proof about how deep the conspiracy runs and how effective TPTB are at covering it up.
Segnosaur
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I suspect we haven't heard the last of those claims...
He will either outright lie (Tipton? Never heard of him) or come up with a new definition of "perfect" (like "I have a perfect endorsement record.. for candidates whose name starts with a vowel... When I have given the endorsement during a full moon".)
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Does anything at all seem to indicate that right-wingers are somehow appeased by Hillary Clinton but upset by AOC or Bernie Sanders? Sanders seems to be much better at reaching out to them than Biden.
Segnosaur
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I don't think Sanders was reaching out to "right wingers". The overlap between berniebros and trumpanzees was not over policy, but an anti-establishment "burn it all down" mentality.
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I think the number of people who really make these sort of "Oh the other side has gotten this crazy, therefore I have to push my side to be this crazy to balance" conscious decisions is nowhere near as big as the internet thinks it is.
People in the real world are hugely tribalistic, but they don't put nearly as much intentional thought or efforting to justifying it or clarifying it as online political fandoms do.
People in the real world are hugely tribalistic, but they don't put nearly as much intentional thought or efforting to justifying it or clarifying it as online political fandoms do.
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Trebuchet
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Slyjoe is giving Trump too much credit. He's been lying about it for a long time.
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I think we're seeing radicalizing, both left and right, because there is a growing perception that the centrist liberals and conservatives are not up to the challenges of the moment.
The QAnon movement harnesses that intense distrust of our leadership class and diverts it down a bizarre conspiracy rabit-hole. But the initial instinct, that our leaders do not represent our best interests, is not a fantasy.
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