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JUST SAYING <\/span><\/h1>\n

BY RAUL HERNANDEZ<\/span><\/h1>\n

Trump is legitimizing the views and conspiracies spawned at the Lunatic Asylum:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Trump Openly Embraces, Amplifies QAnon Conspiracy Theories<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
Donald Trump is increasingly embracing and endorsing the QAnon conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world events linked to the movement rises.<\/div>\n
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In this photo illustration, Donald Trump’s TRUTH Social account is seen on a mobile device with an image of a QAnon sticker in the background in Washington, DC on September 13, 2022. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY \/ AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption>
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After\u00a0winking at QAnon for years<\/a>,\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0is overtly embracing\u00a0the baseless conspiracy theory<\/a>, even as the number of frightening real-world events linked to it grows.<\/p>\n

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There is no question that the U.S. needs at least two strong political parties\u2014 whether they are called Democrats, Republicans, Independents, the Whig, or Federalist Party.<\/span>
\nThe sane political views and ideas of conservatives, liberals, progressives, or whatever should be part of the American conversation.<\/span>
\n\"\"But this: “Pressed on QAnon theories that Trump allegedly is saving the nation from a satanic cult of child sex traffickers, he claimed ignorance but asked, “Is that supposed to be a bad thing?”<\/span>
\nWhen Trump opens the insane asylum and legitimizes the views of the inmates, that presents a clear and present danger to American Democracy and the nation’s security.<\/span>
\nEspecially when millions of people subscribe to this brand of crazy, and very few in the Republican Congress say anything to criticize the psychopath who authors or endorses this lunacy.<\/span>
\nThe lunatic who has become the standard bearer of the GOP admires a Russian despot and says he is in “love” with a North Korean monster is now calling the shots.<\/span>
\nThat’s sad and pathetic.<\/span><\/p>\n

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