Bipartisan congressmembers move to condemn QAnon as 'conspiracy-mongering cult'

Qanon supporters.
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Bipartisan House members are coming together to condemn QAnon — but not everyone is thrilled.

On Tuesday, Reps. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) and Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) introduced a congressional resolution condemning the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon. They're hoping for bipartisan "repudiation to this dangerous, anti-Semitic, conspiracy-mongering cult," Malinowski tweeted, though the press secretary for the National Republican Congressional Committee had other priorities. In a reply to Malinowski, Michael McAdams, who works for the committee dedicated to electing more GOP House members, asked why he didn't condemn Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who has been misleadingly accused of being anti-Semitic in the past.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.