'Donald Trump is a fascist. Period,' warns Rep. PramilaJayapal. 'We have to reject this dangerous movement across the country in November—our democracy depends on it.'
Trump is pivoting from keeping a calculated distance from QAnon conspiracy theory adherents to openly embracing them—and encouraging them to see him as a messiah-like figure. There's a clear political motive behind it. Trump is trying to mobilize supporters who are most likely to do illicit, violent things to help return him to office.
On his Truth Social platform last week, Trump reposted an image of himself wearing a"Q" lapel pin, overlaid with"The Storm is Coming" and the"WWG1WGA." The acronym is a QAnon catchphrase that stands for"Where we go one, we go all," and the storm is, asputs it, a reference to"Trump's final victory, when supposedly he will regain power and his opponents will be tried, and potentially executed, on live television.
While Trump—who faces multiple ongoing legal investigations—is widely expected to run for president again in 2024, for the next several weeks, his movement is focused on key congressional and state races. The ex-president was in Ohio last weekend to support Republican U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance—one of 195 candidates on the ballot in November who have fully embraced Trump's"Big Lie" that Democrats stole the 2020 presidential election,
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