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As Trump meets with QAnon influencers, the conspiracy's adherents beg for dictatorship
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 23, 2020 09:20am |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Ben Collins |
| News Date | Tuesday, December 22, 2020 10:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | With Trump's days in office dwindling, QAnon influencers have become increasingly restless and militant, urging him to #crosstherubicon, a reference to Julius Caesar's crossing the Rubicon river after the Roman Senate explicitly told him not to, effectively kick-starting the Roman civil war and Caesar's dictatorship.
Flynn, a hero in the mythology of the QAnon conspiracy theory who once took a QAnon "oath" on video, has said in appearances on the conservative media channel Newsmax that Trump should use the military to "rerun" the election.
The "Rubicon" hashtag wasn't new to QAnon followers, who have repeatedly tweeted the phrase in the last week. But the hashtag had minimal success last week until Ron Watkins, who previously ran the message board and QAnon hub 8kun, posted a series of viral tweets Thursday and Friday about Caesar and crossing the Rubicon. |
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