QAnon Promoter Wins Seat In US Congress By A Landslide

A Republican candidate, who was a big promoter of the QAnon conspiracy theories, is on her way to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Marjorie Taylor Greene officially won her House race to represent northwest Georgia in the 14th district, CNN reports. The win has prompted worries that she may legitimize the QAnon theory that Donald Trump is secretly fighting a “cabal of pedophiles.”

However, as Greene continued to gain ground and support, she also started to slightly distance herself from the beliefs that catapulted her name into the national conversation.

In August, she told Fox News that the theory wasn’t part of her campaign and that she was actually looking at another path.

“No, it doesn’t represent me. But I don’t expect a lot of the left-leaning media to change their stance,” she said at the time. “I think they’re going to continue to attack me because they actually do see me as someone who’s unapologetically conservative. And I won’t back down on my beliefs and my values.”

“I was just one of those people, just like millions of other Americans, that just started looking at other information,” she added. “And so, yeah, there was a time there for a while that I had read about Q, posted about it, talked about it, which is some of these videos you’ve seen come out. But once I started finding misinformation, I decided that I would choose another path.”

However, despite distancing herself somewhat, she is still known for courting controversy, including assertions that children should not have to wear masks amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Greene was expected to win, as she wasn't facing an opponent. Her Democratic challenger, Kevin Van Ausdal, dropped out in September, citing family and personal reasons.