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Nearly two centuries ago, a QAnon-like conspiracy theory propelled candidates to Congress

  • Written by Sophie Bjork-James, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
imageThe fringe QAnon conspiracy theory has been creeping into the mainstream.Rick Loomis/Getty Images

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Republican congressional primary win in Georgia ensures, in all likelihood, that the heavily Republican district will be represented by a QAnon conspiracy theorist in the 117th Congress.

But Greene was just one of several...

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