Republican Jo Rae Perkins, now the official challenger to Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) in November, acknowledged her Tuesday night primary win with a proclamation of her solidarity with acolytes of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
I still remember my first adult encounter with someone who otherwise was pretty run of the mill normal, but held deep convictions about the reality of some utterly unfounded conspiracy theories. In this case, my neighbor, who for whatever reason really, truly, completely believed that the underpinnings of the “Illuminatus! Trilogy” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy) were complete and revelatory truths.
The saddest bit? His girlfriend, a hyper-intelligent teacher, shrugged it off as an adorable quirk.
They will, but rest assured, there are teeny tiny islands of blue out here in Red Orygun, and our west siders will make sure she is consigned to the dustbin of history…
Lee Harvey Oswald’s brain was transplanted into Jack Kennedy’s body, and he/Jack went on to be the mayor of a small town in the south of France, until their untimely demise in a skiing accident.