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It's 'getting dangerous': CNN reporter warns QAnon's March 4 delusion Trump will seize power won't end well
March 02, 2021
On Tuesday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," correspondent Donie O'Sullivan warned of the potential danger of the new conspiracy theory tying together QAnon with the "sovereign citizen" movement to claim former President Donald Trump will be re-inaugurated on March 4th as the 19th "real" president.
"Is the language you're hearing for them now about March 4th similar in any way to the language that you heard from them before January 6th?" asked anchor Erin Burnett, referring to the violent invasion of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump demonstrators and right-wing paramilitary groups.
<p>"I would say a lot of the rhetoric is getting more dangerous," said O'Sullivan. "This whole idea of March 4th came about after the inauguration of Joe Biden because, you'll remember in the days leading up to the inauguration, QAnon followers were convinced that Trump was going to declare martial law and the inauguration would not happen. Obviously, the inauguration did happen, and then they began focusing on the March 4th day. And this is all tied to QAnon followers' sort of obsession that the military is on their side. That the military is on Trump's side."</p><p>"I've heard from QAnon supporters in the past few weeks who have been, look at what is happening in Myanmar, where there has been a deadly military coup, and saying they hope that happens here in the United States of America," added O'Sullivan. "That is how perverse this is."</p><p>
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On Tuesday, The Kansas City Star reported that former Rep. Steve Watkins (R-KS) has entered into a "diversion agreement" with prosecutors to avoid felony charges on three counts of voter fraud.
"Watkins, a Topeka Republican who served one term in the U.S. House, faced three felony charges related to voting in the wrong Topeka city council district in the 2019 municipal election," reported Brian Lowry. "Watkins used the address of a UPS store for his voter registration. In addition to charges of voting illegally, Watkins was accused of interference with law enforcement for lying to a Shawnee County detective who investigated the matter."
<p>"I regret the error in my voter registration paperwork that led to these charges," said Watkins in a statement. "I fully cooperated from the beginning and had no intent to deceive any one (sic), at any time. I am glad to resolve the ordeal."</p><p>Even before that scandal was made public, Watkins was facing pressure from Republican lawmakers in Kansas to <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/gop-leaders-are-pressuring-kansas-republican-to-resign-from-congress-immediately-report/" target="_blank">resign</a>. He ultimately <a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article244710282.html" target="_blank">lost</a> the 2020 primary for a second term to then-Kansas Treasurer Jake LaTurner, who went on to be elected in November.</p>
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"Tiger King" star Joe Exotic revealed Tuesday that he has a new plan to finally get back at his arch-nemesis Carole Baskin and fight for a new trial.
According to TMZ, the Netflix star hired the lawyer who recently won a civil lawsuit for her former husband's family.
<p>John M. Phillips of the Phillips & Hunt law firm announced that he has been hired by the jailed "Tiger King" and hopes that he can get a new trial. Joe Exotic had petitioned former President Donald Trump for a pardon in his final days in office. Despite delivering <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-pardons-corrupt-republicans-rappers/" target="_blank">pardons and clemency</a> to hundreds of people over the course of four years in office, Trump ignored the Oklahoma "zoo" owner. </p><p>"Work has already begun on @joe_exotic's New Trial Motion. We are proud to be leading his team. I was sworn into the Western District of Oklahoma this morning. This isn't about tigers, television or tomfoolery, it's about justice and evidence. More soon," Phillips tweeted. </p><p><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/02/joe-exotic-hires-attorney-carole-baskin-missing-husband-don-lewis/" target="_blank">Read the full report. </a></p>
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