GOP Flirts with QAnon
When Politico reported on Republican congressional candidate Marjorie Greeneโs racist and bigoted comments in June, several top GOP officialsโincluding Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyโcondemned her campaign. But after she beat her Republican opponent Dr. John Cowan in Tuesdayโs primary race, McCarthy immediately switched gears. A spokesman for McCarthyโs office told Declan that the GOP leader โlooks forwardโ to her win this November. Why on Earth is the House minority leader welcoming a racist conspiracy mongering candidate into the GOP with open arms? Our Dispatch Podcast hosts have some thoughts. Itโs also worth exploring how she was able to win her primary in the first place, especially with all the negative media attention sheโs gotten in recent months. A source close to her opponentโs campaign has a theory: โThe most consistent thing we heard [about why voters were supporting Greene over Cowan] was that, โWell, sheโs gonna go and sheโs gonna fight, sheโs gonna fight, sheโs gonna fight.โ When you prodded a little bit deeper and asked, โWell what does that fight look like?โ They couldnโt tell you, but they just know sheโs going to fight.โ Tune in for some insights into what the future of the Republican Party will look like with a QAnon supporter in its ranks.
Show Notes:
–Declanโs piece on the GOPโs reaction to Marjorie Greeneโs primary win, Audreyโs piece on the growing conspiracy fringe in the Republican Party, Politico article on GOP condemning Greene in June, Trumpโs tweet congratulating Greene on her win, Marjorie Taylor Greeneโs motto.
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