She wanted to tell me something: not about Joe Biden or Donald Trump, but about the children in the tunnels.Īs Borgerding told me, nefarious forces led by the most powerful peo- ple in the world-titans of Hollywood, the Democratic Party, and big business-had forced these children to live in thousands of miles of under- ground tunnels. Therese Borgerding, a middle-aged Trump fan from Ohio, had traveled to Washington with her own gear, carrying a giant blue cardboard Q on a pole twice her height, and a neck gaiter that put a large red Q over her mouth. But there was another symbol in the swelling mob, too: a flag with a single letter.
Red hats and Trump flags featuring a muscular, armed Rambo-style Donald were popular. Outside of Congress, the scene rippled with anger and open promises to commit violence if Trump wasn’t reinstalled for four more years. Across town, Trump was giving a speech near the White House, urging tens of thousands of his voters to join the crowd already at the Capitol to “show strength.” Others prowled in military-style body armor, zip ties in hand.
Some of the protesters were set- ting up gallows for lawmakers who supported the “stolen” election. The morning of January 6, 2021, a few hours before Congress would vote to certify Joe Biden’s electoral win, hundreds of Donald Trump’s most fer- vent supporters encircled the U.S. What's the latest on the group, particularly as Trump gears up for the 2024 primary? Sommer joins host Robin Young to talk about his new book, " Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America," a deep dive into QAnon. At the movement's core is the belief that former President Donald Trump is a messianic figure who will bring world peace, absolve debt and cure disease. and abroad over the last 5 years.įor those who aren't, here's author and journalist Will Sommer's summary: "The world is run by a cabal of Satanic cannibal pedophiles from the ranks of the Democratic party, Hollywood and global finance, who sexually abuse children and even drink their blood in rituals."Ībsent from that summary are aliens, lizard people and a liquid called adrenochrome extracted from terrorized children, some of them in subterranean tunnels. (Courtesy of HarperCollins)īy now, many are familiar with QAnon, the once-fringe conspiracy group that gained millions of supporters in the U.S. The cover of "Trust the Plan" by Will Sommer.
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