AP Exclusive: Pence to attend event hosted by QAnon backers
Source: AP News
WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Mike Pence and top officials from President Donald Trumps campaign are slated to attend a Montana fundraiser next week hosted by a couple who have expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to an event invitation obtained by The Associated Press and a review of social media postings.
The hosts of the fundraiser, Caryn and Michael Borland, have shared QAnon memes and retweeted posts from QAnon accounts, their social media activity shows. The baseless conspiracy theory posits that Trump is fighting entrenched enemies in the government and also involves satanism and child sex trafficking.
Beyond Pence, the Sept. 14 fundraiser in Bozeman, Montana, is expected to draw influential figures in the presidents orbit including Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top Trump fundraising official who is dating Donald Trump Jr., GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committee finance chairman Todd Ricketts and RNC co-chairman Tommy Hicks Jr., the event invitation shows.
While many Republicans have dismissed QAnon, the fundraiser is another sign of how the conspiracy theory is gaining a foothold in the party. Trump has hailed Georgia congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene, another QAnon supporter, as a future Republican star. The president has refused to condemn QAnon, recently telling reporters that the conspiracy theory is gaining in popularity and that its supporters like me very much.
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getagrip_already
(14,750 posts)Nobody gets a free ride from the donald's retirement committee. He said nice things about you; now it's time to pay up or go back to being villified.
So what's it gonna be, punk?
Budi
(15,325 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,468 posts)platform-less Party that believe's in nothing but conspiracy theories.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)going after the crazy demographic.
EarlG
(21,947 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Holy Devin's Cow they've all gone mad.
progressive nobody
(816 posts)TeamPooka
(24,225 posts)now it's these idiots.
The modern GOP is the weakest political party in history.
bucolic_frolic
(43,161 posts)My theory of Trump-Pence trying to move toward the middle goes out the window with this news.
You can't get any crazier than Pence ... what does he see in them, what do they see in him?
ancianita
(36,055 posts)just a little bit.