Generation Q

An elaborate conspiracy theory from the darkest corners of the internet is spreading to the mainstream. Why do people believe in QAnon?

Trump supporters.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Leah Millis)

A version of this article originally appeared in The New York Times. Used with permission.

A City Council member in Cali­fornia took the dais and quoted from QAnon, a pro-Trump conspiracy theory about "deep state" traitors plotting against the president, concluding her remarks, "God bless Q."

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