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By Michael D’Antonio
Updated 9:47 PM ET, Fri October 16, 2020
(CNN)For a guy who brags about having a great memory, President Donald Trump sure has trouble remembering the folks who really like him, which, given his well-documented desire to be loved by supporters, is also quite strange. Almost as strange as QAnon.
At his televised town hall on Thursday, Trump replied to a question about the conspiracy theory phenomenon by saying, “I know nothing about QAnon.” He said this even though he has distributed QAnon-based claims with his own social media accounts, and his rallies have long been gathering spots for vocal and highly visible displays of QAnon symbols and ideas.
After Trump made multiple claims to ignorance — “I know nothing about it” — moderator Savannah Guthrie reminded him that Republican Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska had declared “QAnon is nuts and real leaders call conspiracy theories, conspiracy theories.” Trump responded: “Can I be honest? He may be right. I just don’t know about QAnon.”
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Article URL : https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/opinions/donald-trump-qanon-dangerous-dantonio/index.html