As the boundary demarcating the Republican fringe has advanced further right over the decades, the definition of what passes as unremarkable has moved with it. jonathanchait writes
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images Late Monday night, President Trump and his son Donald Jr. retweeted video testimonials about the alleged effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine.
Trump was not alone in this response. Rush Limbaugh angrily denounced the Daily Beast for reporting on Immanuel’s beliefs. “Oh, everybody is trying to destroy this woman: ‘Do you know that she believes that alien DNA was implanted in the human race thousands of years ago, and there’s a secret in that DNA that could unlock things and we could cure many diseases?’” he complained. “They’re trying to portray her as some wacko, unbelievable kook out there.
The point is not to equate what passes for an acceptable belief in the Democratic Party with what passes for acceptable belief in the GOP. Quite the opposite, in fact. While the fringe segments of the party might support some unrealistic or unworkable programs or goals — a jobs guarantee, a complete carbon phaseout within a decade, and so on — it contains nothing resembling the rampant nuttery in the Republican Party.
The QAnon conspiracy theory is formed specifically around Trump, though it will probably outlive him. Its tenets are too wild for Republican leaders, or even Trump himself, to openly endorse. Still, it has gained a large and growing foothold within the party. Eleven Republican congressional candidates openly endorse the theory. Its followers have crowded his rallies, and Trump has shared their slogans. His aide, Dan Scavino, has tweeted QAnon memes.
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