https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7e5jj/ ... r-congressQAnon’s Ron Watkins Says He’s Running For Congress
Watkins announcing he will run for Congress from Arizona is yet further evidence of how far the conspiracy theory-based movement has become intertwined with the Republican Party.
Q in ‘22?
Ron Watkins, a prominent figure in the QAnon movement who many believe is Q himself, has filed paperwork and announced Thursday night that he plans to run for Congress from Arizona.
If he goes through with it, Watkins would be by far the most prominent QAnon figure to run for office in the U.S., further evidence of how much the conspiracy theory-based movement has become intertwined with the modern Republican Party.
In a video posted on his Telegram channel Watkins said he was inspired to run for office after recently hearing a sermon from Pastor Jeff Durbin at Apologia Church in Mesa, Arizona. Durbin is a right-wing minister who has said he wants to execute women who have abortions.
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Watkins posted his video outside the office of Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, which he has visited on three previous occasions over the course of the last week trying—and failing— to secure a meeting with the official.
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Could he win in district 1?
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