Hounan could potentially become more dangerous if Trump loses because these are people who

have been convinced that Trump is going to solve all their problems.

When that doesn't happen, I think they're going to go like holy smokes.

You know, maybe I have to take action myself.

Welcome to Deconstructed, I'm Ryan Grim, DC Bureau Chief for the Intercept,

filling in this week for Medi. At the DNC, Democrats laid out the choice in the upcoming

election as one between light and darkness. This week at the RNC, Republicans continued with that

theme, promising renewed American greatness with the re-election of Donald Trump and warning of a

nightmare of darkness if the country falls into the hands of Joe Biden.

He is the destroyer of America's jobs and if given the chance, he will be the destroyer of American

greatness. Behind the carefully crafted scenes, though, a different story has been playing out

among the Republican base. A growing number of Republican voters and even some politicians

have gone completely nuts. They believe that Trump will basically arrest all of his foes like

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and you know, either ship them to Guantanamo Bay or just execute

them outright. That's my first guest today, Daily Beast Politics reporter Will Summer, who has

been reporting for the last few years on the bizarre and increasingly popular conspiracy theory,

known as QAnon. After that, we'll check in with Intercept Politics reporter Aida Chavez,

who's noticed her own friends and acquaintances drifting toward Q in recent months.

But first, we're going to go back in time a bit because as it turns out, panic's about

satanic child abuse are not a new phenomenon in America. So today on the show, what is QAnon

where did it come from and is it the future of the Republican Party?

In the fall of 1909, one of the nation's most widely read magazines, Woman's World,

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