A seemingly confused Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) defended Jacob Chansley, the so-called QAnon Shaman, because he was reportedly a vegetarian.
During Wednesday's confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee Pam Bondi, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) noted that Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, had expressed belief in QAnon conspiracy theories.
"Its core belief is that a cabal of satanic, cannibalistic, child molesters are embedded within our government and are conspiring against President-elect Trump," Durbin explained.
Tillis later appeared outraged at the idea QAnon followers would be cannibals because Chansley — a QAnon leader — was a vegetarian.
"It's a little-known fact, but the so-called, I think I heard someone say that that's an organization, a cabal that has cannibalistic tendencies," Tillis explained. "I don't know if y'all know this, it's a well-documented fact that the so-called QAnon Shaman is a vegetarian who actually had to be transferred to another prison to satisfy his dietary needs after being sentenced to 41 months in prison."
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"So I don't know if all the QAnon people are cannibals, but it's a little bit absurd."
In fact, members of the QAnon movement believed "that Satan-worshipping global and Hollywood elites run a massive child trafficking ring to drain their blood and harvest the chemical adrenochrome to stay young," according to a report in Forbes.
While he appeared to be confused about the group on Wednesday, Tillis has previously expressed belief in the QAnon conspiracy theory that COVID-19 death counts were inflated to encourage people to use social distancing.
