“I would say I'm not a QAnon because I’m not anonymous,” she said. “I’m a conspiracy realist.” Sherrill isn’t the only candidate in Trump’s home district who appears to be courting the QAnon vote. “That’s his home district. Reba Sherrill is one of six candidates seeking the Republican nomination.
In Tuesday’s Republican primary elections in Florida, dozens of candidates will be seeking the party’s nomination for its 27 congressional seats. At least seven of them, including two who are running in Trump’s home district, have, to varying degrees, embraced or promoted content related to QAnon — the internet-based conspiracy theory that has been deemed a potential domestic terrorist threat by the FBI.
The predominantly blue district 21st, which also includes West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach and Delray Beach, is currently represented by Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel, who faces a primary challenge from Guido Weiss, a former advisor to Rep. Tulsi Gabbard . “I’m openly identifying myself as a Q patriot,” Sherrill told Yahoo News over the phone Monday, seeking to differentiate herself from “Q” and “QAnons.” “Q”, she explained, refers to the source of the online posts, who “from what we understand, is not just a person but a group of people that is Military intelligence.”
Loomer has the endorsements of a high-profile Trump supporter, Rep. Matt Gaetz and Republican strategist Roger Stone, and as of July 29 had raised over a million dollars for her campaign — more than all of the other primary candidates, including the incumbent. According to the Washington Post, Loomer’s campaign manager is Karen Giorno, a senior advisor to Trump’s 2016 campaign, who said his re-election team is committed to turning the district red.
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