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New QAnon conspiracy theory says Trump will be inaugurated on March 20
February 28, 2021
After the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, conservative conspiracy theorists spread a rumor that March 4 would be the next big date in which conservative voters would rise to power again.
The right-wing conspiracy group QAnon believes that President Donald Trump will officially become the president again on that date at the inauguration ceremony and will create the long-awaited "storm." The explanation of "the storm" is that mass arrests and deaths of what they believe are satanic pedophiles in the so-called "deep state."
<p><em>Washington Post</em> reporter Dave Weigel, who is in Orlando for CPAC this weekend, interviewed one QAnon supporter who explained that the real date is now March 20. </p><p>According to a man named Ken, Trump is actually still in command of the military and will be inaugurated on March 20. President Joe Biden's presidency, he said, is just a ruse. He thinks that Pope Francis will be among those "rounded-up" on March 20. </p><p>"See, there's this clause in the Constitution that says that power doesn't transfer til March 20," Ken explained. "An oath might get taken on the 21st. That oath was actually taken on the 20th, right? And I have friends in Spain who had it before it was even aired."</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8d4b11a2e0a78877b0843e4e1d60e190" id="5bfdc"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1366105390920966149"><div style="margin:1em 0">Met Ken, who informed me that Trump is still in command of the military, and Trump will be inaugurated again on Mar… https://t.co/0isrpoSBrT</div> — Dave Weigel (@Dave Weigel)<a href="https://twitter.com/daveweigel/statuses/1366105390920966149">1614539880.0</a></blockquote></div>
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'Another hour to go': Fox News scrambles to fill airtime after Trump shows up massively late to CPAC
February 28, 2021
Former President Donald Trump forced attendees to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to wait over an hour on Sunday after he failed to show up on schedule.
Minutes before the former president was scheduled to appear on stage in Orlando, Fox News broke the news to their viewers that he just left Palm Beach.
<p>"I was talking to somebody on the ground there at CPAC, it looks like he didn't leave Palm Beach for Orlando until just about probably 25 minutes ago, so he should be on the ground soon," Fox News host John Roberts explained. "They're thinking about 4:55 Eastern Time when he hits the stage. So we've got another hour to go. We've got a lot of TV to fill."</p><p>Trump's speech was expected to run over two hours, Roberts said.</p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4jm7L2ENUMw" width="560"></iframe>
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Mike Pence scores humiliating 1 percent in CPAC straw poll for 2024
February 28, 2021
Former Vice President Mike Pence has been the least favorite Republican since voting to accept the electors for President Joe Biden as the president in January. The incident prompted insurrectionists to flock to the U.S. Capitol, complete with gallows where they chanted "hang Mike Pence" and searched for him during the siege.
Each year, CPAC does a straw poll for the next election, which generally helps give bragging rights to the winners to fundraise off of. More than three years out from the 2024 election, the CPAC voters have agreed that they want President Donald Trump as their GOP nominee. But Trump only got 55 percent in the poll. That said, it is a dramatic shift from the 2016 straw poll that was won by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at 40 percent and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) at 30 percent.
<p>This year, the poll also showed who the top Republican candidates are without Donald Trump. Among those, Gov. Ron Desantis (R-FL) leads. </p><p>See the results below: </p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f84b6c55d025823b350ba69bc94829b0" id="e1999"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1366126005925138437"><div style="margin:1em 0">#CPAC2021 poll w/o Trump
Ron DeSantis: 43%
Kristi Noem: 11%
Don Jr: 8%
Mike Pompeo: 7%
Ted Cruz: 7%
Tucker Carlson… https://t.co/TL2Y1qZL4y</div> — Dave Weigel (@Dave Weigel)<a href="https://twitter.com/daveweigel/statuses/1366126005925138437">1614544795.0</a></blockquote></div>
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