HuffPost: McCormick “promoted a debunked racist and anti-Semitic far-right conspiracy theory”
After HuffPost reported on GA-07 GOP nominee Rich McCormick’s repeated appearances on a media outlet promoting QAnon conspiracy theories, the DCCC has six questions for Rich McCormick:
- Why did you hide behind a spokesperson to give your answer for you?
- Why did you appear at least twice on a leading QAnon media outlet if you don’t believe in the conspiracy?
- Is your campaign too inept to know the difference between real news and fake news?
- Why have you still failed to condemn fellow Georgia Republican and QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene or even say her name?
- What exactly did you mean when you said George Soros and ActBlue were paying Black Lives Matter protesters in order to defeat President Trump?
- What other FDA-revoked medications do you recommend people take?
HuffPost: “Is Congress Ready For QAnon?”
By Luke O’Brien
July 4, 2020
Key points:
- “In one appearance, [McCormick] promoted a debunked racist and anti-Semitic far-right conspiracy theory about George Soros and Democrats’ laundering money through a front group to fund Black Lives Matter”
- “At the beginning of the pandemic, he repeatedly minimized the threat of the virus.”
- “In April, he hyped hydroxychloroquine, which last month the FDA revoked as a treatment, citing dangerous side effects. On Friday, his campaign’s Twitter account again promoted hydroxychloroquine.”
- “McCormick did not speak to HuffPost for this story.”
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