Over the weekend, a Florida GOP party account tweeted — and then deleted — a post about a popular right-wing “deep state” conspiracy theory promoted by the likes of Roseanne Barr.

The Tampa Bay Times reported Monday that the Hillsborough County GOP was in hot water after posting a video explaining the infamous “QAnon” conspiracy theory. The theory, according to the since-deleted post by the Tampa-area Republican Party, centers on QAnon or Q, “a mysterious anonymous inside leaker of deep state activities and counter activities by President Trump.”

Meanwhile @HillsboroughGOP is peddling tinfoil hats. Isn’t #Tampa better than this? pic.twitter.com/KZKULsMaFw

— JBerg (@jberganimator) July 15, 2018

As the Times noted, QAnon posts in the 4chan and 8chan message boards about conspiracies taking place amongst members of the so-called “deep state,” including the Pizzagate conspiracy alleging Democrats use pizza parlors as fronts of pedophilia rings. The report also noted that the Hillsborough County GOP made a similar post about QAnon on its Facebook page.

The QAnon conspiracy is a favorite of sitcom star-turned-Trump supporter Roseanne Barr, who has regularly referenced the theory with posts about the president “freeing” children from “pimp bondage.” QAnon was also referenced by a Nevadan man who allegedly blocked traffic to the Hoover Dam with an armored truck in a letter he wrote to President Trump.

The post was “pinned” to the top of the county party’s page until a reporter asked the group about it, the Times reported. It was subsequently taken down.

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