Trump again doesn’t condemn QAnon and says it is ‘very much against pedophilia’

QAnon subscribers believe, among other things, that a group of powerful politicians has created a secret child sex-trafficking ring.

“It is this theory that Democrats are a satanic pedophile ring and that you are the savior of that,” said Guthrie. “Now, can you just, once and for all, state that that is completely not true and disavow QAnon in its entirety?”

The president responded, “I know nothing about QAnon.”

“I just told you,” Guthrie retorted.

“You told me, but what you tell me doesn’t necessarily make it fact. I hate to say that,” he said.

The president then added, “I know nothing about it. I do know they are very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard.”

Guthrie pushed back.

“They believe it is a satanic cult run by the deep state,” she said.

The president then pivoted to rebuking other groups, saying, “I’ll tell you what I do know about. I know about antifa, and I know about the radical Left, and I know how violent they are and how vicious they are.”

Guthrie quoted Sen. Ben Sasse, who once called the group “nuts” and said, “Real leaders call conspiracy theories conspiracy theories.”

The president responded, “He may be right. I just don’t know about QAnon.”

“But there’s not a satanic pedophile cult being run by,” Guthrie said, trailing off as the president interjected, “I have no idea.”

“You don’t know that?” Guthrie asked.

“No, I don’t know that. And neither do you know that.”

Trump has previously refused to denounce QAnon, saying that he didn’t know enough about the group to say how he felt about it.

“I understand that they like me very much, which I appreciate,” he said in August.

For some time, Republicans have been grappling with how to deal with the group.

In early October, 17 Republicans, though one unintentionally, voted against a House resolution condemning it, with some saying the move gave QAnon needless legitimacy. Many more Republicans didn’t vote on the resolution at all.