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As recently as last year, Greene had been an open adherent of the QAnon ideology, a sprawling and violent web of false claims that played a role in inspiring the Capitol attack.

HOUSE EJECTS MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE FROM COMMITTEES OVER EXTREMIST REMARKSMIKE DEBONISFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST

His former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, also became perhaps its most high-profile adherent.

THE GOP: THE NEW KNOW-NOTHING PARTYAARON BLAKEFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST

She is a QAnon adherent in the most obvious sense that her approach to reality echoes the movement’s.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TRIES TO FIGURE OUT THE PATH FORWARDPHILIP BUMPFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POST

He then made a jokey remark about being an adherent of the “simulation hypothesis”.

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She spent $211,000 to advertise on Parler, the social media site that attracted adherents to QAnon, according to Federal Election Commission records.

HOW REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, PROMOTER OF QANON’S BASELESS THEORIES, ROSE WITH SUPPORT FROM KEY REPUBLICANSMICHAEL KRANISH, REIS THEBAULT, STEPHANIE MCCRUMMENJANUARY 30, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Even if adherents don’t necessarily support taking the kinds of actions that those who stormed the Capitol did, we have evidence of where these views can lead.

TUCKER CARLSON STANDS UP FOR QANON SUPPORTERSAARON BLAKEJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Proud Boys members participated in last week’s protests, and FBI agents are taking a close look at what roles, if any, the group’s adherents may have had in organizing, directing or carrying out violence, according to people familiar with the matter.

DOZENS OF PEOPLE ON FBI TERRORIST WATCH LIST CAME TO D.C. THE DAY OF CAPITOL RIOTDEVLIN BARRETT, SPENCER HSU, MARISSA LANGJANUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Many praised the decision for preventing the president from doing more harm at a time when his adherents are taking cues from his false claims that the election was rigged.

USERS, NOT TECH EXECUTIVES, SHOULD DECIDE WHAT CONSTITUTES FREE SPEECH ONLINEAMY NORDRUMJANUARY 9, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

While conspiracy theorists are often dismissed as “crazy people on social media,” QAnon adherents were among the individuals at the front line of the storming of Capitol Hill.

QANON AND THE STORM OF THE US CAPITOL: THE OFFLINE EFFECT OF ONLINE CONSPIRACY THEORIESMARC-ANDRÉ ARGENTINOJANUARY 7, 2021QUARTZ

That became “these two guys are antifa” when it appears that, instead, they were targeted by antifa adherents as opponents.

NO, THERE’S NO SUBSTANTIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE CAPITOL RIOT WAS SPURRED BY ANTIFAPHILIP BUMP, DALTON BENNETTJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POST

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