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TexasTowelie

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Mon Oct 25, 2021, 03:17 AM Oct 2021

QAnon-linked convention kicks off in Las Vegas with misinformation

The QAnon-linked convention that kicked off in Las Vegas on Friday has served up misinformation on the predictable topics.

On Saturday, speakers at the For God and Country Patriot Double Down event riled the couple hundred people who showed up to the Ahern Hotel by spouting unfounded claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election and casting doubt on COVID-19 vaccines.

“We know there was election fraud, are you kidding?” said Jason Sullivan, a social media strategist for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. “We’re done trying to prove that it happened. We’re about to turn it around.”

Others will have to prove they provided a secure election system, he told attendees. Sullivan later led the crowd in chants of “Sheep no more!”

Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/qanon-linked-convention-kicks-off-in-las-vegas-with-misinformation-2465198/

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