Fox News Reporter Cited Tweet From QAnon Account On Air

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During a segment on “Fox and Friends First” about free speech on college campuses, Fox News reporter Carly Shimkus brought up a tweet from a QAnon account and read it as evidence of people’s support for President Donald Trump.

Calling the account qanon76 “another Twitter user,” she read the tweet aloud: “Do not for one second underestimate the significance of this EO. Thank you, POTUS, for reestablishing and preserving free-speech rights for ALL students.”

QAnon is a bonkers conspiracy theory that Trump is fighting a “deep state” in the government, in which Democrats and other Trump foes are involved in either coups with foreign leaders or a pedophile ring.

The account that Fox cited celebrated the exposure.

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  1. The rabbit hole goes very deep…

  2. Thus we catch a glimpse of the true genius behind Trump’s long game against the deep state. By requiring colleges to do what they’ve always been required to do, Grandmaster Trump now clears the way for his Justice Dept. to unseal the list of their triple-top-secret indictments and issue arrest warrants to all and sundry who oppose the mighty Trump. Don’t expect the Fake News Media to cover it, but we’re on the eve of a massive roundup of deep state agents. The entire Soros-funded apparatus is about to come crashing down! This time for sure!

  3. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    Colleges will now be required to promote illiteracy.

  4. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    Just some more drivel from Faux News and the ultra RWNJs

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