Reed Galen: 'The Trump-Fox News-OANN-Bannon-Limbaugh-QAnon circle of death is designed to do nothing less than confuse, dispirit and depress individual American voters…[Trump's] campaign can only win a low turnout, narrowly decided election' | CNNOpinion
Reed Galen is an independent political strategist and co-founder of The Lincoln Project. You can follow him on Twitter @reedgalen. The views expressed in this commentary are their own. View more opinion on CNN.
This week in Georgia, the followers of QAnon, a baseless"deep state" conspiracy, likely found their way into Washington's halls of power. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a wealthy first-time candidate, won the Republican nomination for the state's heavily GOP leaning 14th congressional district, nearly ensuring she'll be headed to Capitol Hill next year.
Greene's comments, past and current, on Democrats, Muslims, Jews and people of color range from uncomfortable to reprehensible. Given President Donald Trump's role as the head of the Republican Party, it should come as no surprise that more down-ballot GOP candidates hew to this line of belief, behavior and speech. During her victory speech this week, Greene described House Speaker Nancy Pelosi thusly:"She's a hypocrite. She's anti-American.
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