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QAnon, the conspiracy movement that claims Donald Trump is waging a secret war against the Deep State, has never been stronger

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QAnon , a conspiracy movement that claims Donald Trump is waging a secret war against the Deep State, is now more widespread in American society than when Q posted their last unquestionably canonical "drop" on December 8, 2020 .

22 percent of Americans aged 18 to 29 are believers, according to one survey, as opposed to 14 percent of those 65 or older.

PRRI’s post-election data shows that QAnon supporters are overwhelmingly likely to have voted for Trump ( 81 percent ) The data also shows that believers are more likely to be evangelical Christians .

22 percent of those aged under 50 believe in conspiracy theories, compared to 14 percent of people aged over 65 .

Kash Patel is a former terrorism prosecutor for the Obama administration.

He has been linked to the QAnon conspiracy movement.

Patel has appeared on at least 53 episodes of 13 podcasts that have overtly promoted the movement.

He is now working hard to persuade senators on Capitol Hill to forget about his deep links to the conspiracy theory.

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