QAnon giving America a scary look at what a ‘Biden resistance’ would look like in 2021 | Will Bunch

The QAnon surge, coincidentally or not, came hours before a Republican National Convention that — avoided by most GOP stalwarts, including its surviving ex-president — is desperately seeking to make a public case for a Trump second term. But in the end, whatever electronic wizardry is generated at the mostly virtual confab by former producers of Trump’s fake-reality show The Apprentice may not matter as much as the fever dreams of QAnon and their like-minded conspiracists. If Trump wins or, more likely, moves to claim victory in November — an outcome not to be dismissed, even after 175,000 COVID-19 deaths — these true believers in a uniquely American brand of baloney will be the difference makers.

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