Trump campaign staffer went on a QAnon program to recruit volunteers: report

Although President Donald Trump and members of his reelection campaign have avoided mentioning the far-right QAnon cult by name, that doesn’t mean they don’t welcome the support of QAnon devotees — and Trump campaign spokesperson Erin Perrine, according to Media Matters’ Eric Hananoki, was clearly trolling for QAnon votes when she appeared on the QAnon program “The Common Sense Show.” That appearance, Hananoki notes, was “previously unreported.”

Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are extreme even by Trumpian standards and believe that Trump was sent to the White House to combat an international child sex ring — and that a mysterious figure named “Q” is giving them periodic updates about their battle.

Media Matters, Hananoki reports, has learned that Perrine went on “The Common Sense Show” — which is part of QAnon’s Patriot Soapbox network — on October 24, 2019, and encouraged the audience to “sign up and attend a Trump Victory Leadership Initiative training” and “talk to their local GOP party, their state party.” Hananoki notes that Perrine was the Trump campaign’s deputy communications director at the time but has since been promoted to director of press communications for the campaign. Continue reading.