Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday became the first member of Congress who has openly supported the far-right fringe movement QAnon.
Greene won a House seat in Georgia’s 14th District.
Greene, a Republican who at one time claimed QAnon is a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles out,” won her district virtually unopposed.
Her Democratic challenger, Kevin Van Ausdal, bowed out of the race in September.
Greene won the primary race in August, pulling in 40% of the vote and a spot on the ballot to replace Rep. Tom Graves, who is retiring.
QAnon baselessly claims a “deep state” network of pedophiles is trying to bring down President Trump. It is based on cryptic postings by the anonymous “Q,” purportedly a government insider.
Many of QAnon’s thousands of followers believe Hillary Clinton and other notable Democrats will be rounded up and sent to Guantanamo Bay during an event called “the Storm.”
The FBI in a May 2019 bulletin warned that QAnon has become a domestic terror threat.
