Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who expressed support for QAnon conspiracy theories, has won a House seat in Georgia — a victory that many fear will give the widely debunked movement a voice in Congress.
"BIG WIN TONIGHT!" the 46-year-old said on Twitter after she took a commanding lead over her Democratic rival in the safely Republican district. "THANK YOU to the people of NW Georgia for choosing me to fight for them in Washington, DC!"
Greene has been a controversial figure throughout the US election race due to her endorsement of the baseless QAnon theory that Donald Trump is leading a fight against a “deep state” of satan-worshipping "global elites" who take part in child sex trafficking and cannibalism.
US news outlets uncovered a string of comments over the spring and summer that indicate Greene has supported the conspiracy since 2017, when the QAnon theory first appeared on the forum 4chan.
In a 2017 video, uncovered by Politico, Greene said: “There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles out.”
NBC News later discovered Greene used to be a "correspondent" for a now defunct conspiracy news website called American Truth Seekers.
Her articles for the site describe "Q" – the anonymous figurehead of the QAnon conspiracy – a "patriot". She also suggested Hillary Clinton murdered her political enemies and considered whether mass shootings were staged to take away Americans’ gun rights.
Congratulations to future Republican Star Marjorie Taylor Greene on a big Congressional primary win in Georgia against a very tough and smart opponent. Marjorie is strong on everything and never gives up — a real WINNER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2020
QAnon is not the only conspiracy for which Greene has expressed support.
Speaking at a conservative conference in 2018, she suggested the September 11 attacks were part of a government conspiracy, although she has since said she no longer believes this to be correct.
Greene’s victory was not a surprise. She ran unopposed in one of the country’s most staunchly conservative districts.
But her presence in Congress will be seen as giving the QAnon theory legitimacy, despite her efforts to distance herself from that label. President Donald Trump also boosted Greene’s candidacy, calling her a "future Republican Star."
In August, she told Fox News that QAnon "wasn’t part of my campaign".
"There was a time there for a while that I had read about Q, posted about it, talked about it, which is some of these videos you’ve seen come out. But once I started finding misinformation, I decided that I would choose another path," she said.
3. Some people claimed a missile hit the Pentagon. I now know that is not correct.
The problem is our government lies to us so much to protect the Deep State, it's hard sometimes to know what is real and what is not.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene For Congress🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) August 13, 2020
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have all created new policies to suppress the spread of QAnon-linked theories on their sites.
Greene has repeatedly railed against Biden and Democrats, including reportedly using vile language against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and declaring that Democratic victories will erode American democracy and lead to socialism.
She has also called white men the most oppressed group in the United States.
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