The Strange Case of QAnon

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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How did an outlandish conspiracy theory born on the fringes of the internet end up in the spotlight at a rally for President Trump? Guest: Kevin Roose, who writes about technology for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarrow.
0:32.8	This is The Daily.
0:35.8	Today, how an outlandish conspiracy theory, born on the fringes of the internet, ended up
0:47.1	at a real world rally for President Trump, the story of QAnon.
0:58.9	It's Thursday, August 2nd.
1:02.4	Hello, Florida.
1:08.7	Kevin, what happened at this rally on Tuesday?
1:14.6	I am thrilled to be in this great state where we, by the way, had a great victory.
1:21.8	In some ways, it was a pretty typical Trump rally.
1:25.0	With thousands of hard-working American patriots who love our country and respect our great
1:31.7	American flag.
1:34.5	Lots of supporters there, you had people who were in the media.
1:41.6	And then you had this new element.
1:50.2	They wore shirts and signs and blazoned with only the letter Q.
1:53.8	The letter Q, as in the letter on the T-shirts of Trump supporters in Tampa.
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