As the 2024 presidential campaign heats up, experts on extremism fear the threat of politically motivated violence will intensify.
Trump's loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election did not end the spread of QAnon-influenced conspiracy theories or its unrealized prophecies.
“In 2020, millions of people were radicalized on behalf of this conspiracy theory.
It’s really hard to tell who is going to mobilize on behalf of a conspiracy theory,” Kane said.
“Spending hours and hours consuming conspiracy theory material is intoxicating,” Hughes said.
Persons:
Nancy Pelosi's, Donald Trump's, “, ”, Jacob Ware, “ They’re, David DePape, Paul Pelosi, San Francisco, DePape, Nancy Pelosi, Trump, Mark Milley, Brett Kavanaugh, Democrat Joe Biden, movement's, “ It’s, Sheehan Kane, Kane, Michael Jensen, QAnon, ” Kane, Brianna Wu, wasn't, Wu, GamerGate, ” Wu, ” DePape, Brian Hughes, they’ve, ” Hughes, Amarnath Amarasingam, Amarasingam, Ware, Trump's, “ Donald Trump, that’s, Hughes, Olga R, Rodriguez
Organizations:
Council, Foreign Relations, San, Democratic, Hollywood, Trump, Capitol, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Maryland, Democrat, University of Maryland, 4chan, GamerGate, University of Michigan, American, Research, Innovation, Queen’s University, Associated Press, AP
Locations:
Washington, North Carolina, United States, Canada, San Francisco