Trump stunned his own staff by privately praising QAnon extremists: report

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This weekend, President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at a GOP rally in Georgia, where he will be campaigning for two incumbent U.S. Senate candidates: Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Sen. David Perdue. But according to the Washington Post, some Georgia Republicans are worried that Trump might say or do something embarrassing that hurts the candidates. And a meeting in which Trump reportedly spoke favorably about the far-right and delusional QAnon movement is a prime example of why they are worried.

Post reporters Josh Dawsey, Amy Gardner and Cleve R. Wootson, Jr. explain that “over the summer,” Trump met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Todd C. Young of Indiana and other Republicans to discuss Georgia. Trump brought up Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right QAnon conspiracy theorist who had won a GOP congressional primary in Georgia (Greene went on to win the general election on November 3). 

According to Post sources, Trump mispronounced QAnon as “Q-an-uhn” and praised them as people who “basically believe in good government.” Continue reading.