“Trump supporting anti-Muslim bigot and fringe extremist Laura Loomer. That tendency was on display last week when the president backed Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia GOP candidate who openly backs the QAnon conspiracy theory. ADADShe has since styled herself a free-speech activist, and once handcuffed herself to Twitter’s New York headquarters to demand the return of her account. Republicans in the area have largely embraced her candidacy, which she tied to Trump’s campaign promises of law and order. Both the president and first lady Melania Trump cast absentee ballots in the race, though neither have said who got their vote.

Source: Washington Post August 19, 2020 08:17 UTC