Posted on 05/21/2020 7:21:44 AM PDT by Mariner
A QAnon conspiracy theorist won the GOP Senate primary in Oregon on Tuesday, giving a massive electoral stage to the bizarre pro-Trump movement that the FBI considers a potential domestic terror threat.
Jo Rae Perkins, an insurance agent and avowed QAnon believer, handily won the contest to take on Sen. Jeff Merkley (D) in the general election. Perkins, who has launched unsuccessful Senate and House bids in the past, beat her nearest Republican primary opponent by nearly 20 percentage points on Tuesday.
To celebrate, Perkins tweeted a video acknowledging the support she had received from QAnon believers. The victory speech included references to QAnon slogan “Where we go one, we go all,” QAnon followers who call themselves “Anons,” and “Q,” the anonymous person or group whose “clues” make up the basis of QAnon.
“I stand with President Trump, I stand with Q and the team,” Perkins said, holding up a sign with a QAnon slogan on it. “Thank you Anons, thank you patriots.”
Perkins deleted the video on Wednesday afternoon, amid press coverage of her primary win. She didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The Oregon Republican Party didn’t respond to a request for comment about the state party’s stance on Perkins or QAnon. But Perkins’ victory is the latest in the remarkable evolution of a state GOP apparatus that was not always so dominated by the far-right fringe. Indeed, Republicans held a Senate seat in Oregon as recently as 2009. And Merkley only narrowly won his first general election for the seat then held by Sen. Gordon Smith (R) in 2008, winning by only three percentage points. He’ll likely fare much better against Perkins.
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How does this happen?
>>dominated by the far-right fringe
Never once is anything Leftist described as far or fringe.
SEIU owns Oregon
“>>dominated by the far-right fringe”
Look who they nominated and then try to convince us the characterization is unwarranted.
“giving a massive electoral stage to the bizarre pro-Trump movement that the FBI considers a potential domestic terror threat.”
The FBI? Weren’t they the “THEM” that thought the same thing about “US” in the Tea Party?
I looked and she looked okay.
Mentally ill people are often a threat to everyone around them.
How does that work, exactly?
Citizen: "I'm pro-Trump! I support my president!"
FBI: "You sound like a domestic terrorist. I will now ruin your life."
3-2-1... Let the Q haters scream.
It’s not the Trump support that makes them crazy.
Why don’t you go post to both The Beast and Yahoo and then you and your fellow Q haters can celebrate?
Temporary embarrassment....Oregon is too far left for Dem to lose.
I recognize the situation.
I know last year Republicans left a Democrat seat uncontested and a third party neonazi took the Republican nomination. Made national headlines.
There are far more extreme Democrats in Congress. Certainly within the Obama administration.
Oregon a purple state? In what universe? I lived in its neighbor, California, for 40 years. During that time Oregon was always solidly Dem. Moreso even than Washington and California during that time.
I know you will probably get a couple of knuckleheads like G Larry to support your Q hating cause but you better post more vitriol to get things going.
Oregon had a Republican senator up until 2009.
I don’t hate Qanon followers.
I just think they are mentally ill.
Being the lead joke candidate in a slate of joke candidates.
In the US, in Britain and many other places, they are merely eccentric...
Right on time DoodleDawg.
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