A Republican congressional candidate who has promoted the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory is poised to win a seat in the House of Representatives.
Marjorie Taylor Greene dominated Georgia’s 14th Congressional District GOP primary earlier this week in what is widely considered to be a deeply red district. Because she did not win a majority of the votes, Greene, who took home 41% of the vote, will face off against fellow Republican John Cowan, who won 19%, in a runoff scheduled for August, according to Business Insider.
Greene has frequently promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory that claims President Trump is fighting against a deep state group of bad actors in the intelligence community who are attempting to torpedo the ascendancy of America First nationalism.
“Many of the things that he has given clues about and talked on 4Chan and other forums have really proven to be true,” Greene said, according to the Daily Beast.
She faced backlash after posing for photos with former Ku Klux Klan leader Chester Doles, who has expressed support for her bid.
“Our friend Marjorie Greene is running for Congress. She’s part of the Q movement,” Doles wrote in a March social media post. “Good friend to have.”
Greene’s campaign then told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that questions about Greene’s apparent relationship with Doles are “silly and the same type of sleazy attacks the Fake News Media levels against President Trump.”
She and Cowan are seeking to replace retiring Rep. Tom Graves. Whoever is victorious in the runoff election, which Greene is favored to win given the results of the primary, is likely headed to Washington, D.C. The Cook Political Report rates the district as “R+27,” meaning Democrats will have a hard time beating the Republican nominee.
Greene is not the only QAnon believer vying for a seat in Congress in November. Jo Rae Perkins, who is running for Senate in Oregon, went as far as doubling down on her support for the theory even after her campaign tried to distance staff members from it.
