One thing about QAnon, is that it’s very difficult to poll or track because nobody will admit to being a member of it, just like the KKK or the John Birch Society. Therefore, it’s hard to research if what one QAnoner says is a blast from that person at that moment, or if it follows the common thread of thinking.
Mike Pence got booed and jeered at earlier Friday while speaking in Florida and now he’s getting nasty grams on Parler and Gab from people who are less than thrilled with him. One observation that is fair to make, is that QAnoners give no indication of being happy with Pence. Just how livid they are, how many of them are that livid, or what they intend to do about it all remain unanswered questions, but it is completely fair to say that nobody identifying with QAnon has come forward to praise Pence.
.@Mike_Pence do you understand that MAGA/QAnon believers will not stop? You are the enemy. (Gab) pic.twitter.com/TJza6Lbi13
— PatriotTakes ?? (@patriottakes) June 19, 2021
I don’t think Mike Pence does get it, that he’s the enemy. I don’t think that he gets it that he was always and inevitably going to end up right where he is now. Donald Trump telegraphed that to him in the final days, with his “we’ll see what Mike Pence does” and talking about whether Pence had “courage” all that. The simple translation of all that was, “If Mike doesn’t save me, then he’s going down with me.” Anybody who knows Trump could have told him that. If Pence missed something that basic, then he really is not grounded in reality and apparently that is the case.
It’s almost like dog whistling and throwing rancid meat to the worst of the worst is now somehow backfiring and resulting in nation-wide violent episodes.
Who could have ever possibly saw this coming? Oh wait, we all fucking said this would happen.
— Matthew J. Kuiken (@Juris_Sequoia) June 19, 2021
This is exactly right. If Pence didn’t see this coming, he is the only one.
The comedic part of this is that the troll is right, Pence did serve Satan — He was Satan’s purse poodle, for four years, to be precise. And at the end of it all, the Orange Overlord doesn’t even have a biscuit for poor Mikey.
538 has a podcast discussing its statistic that 13% of Americans believe in QAnon. 538 is the first to say that QAnon stats are incredibly difficult, because “believing in” and “willing to vote for” are two different things. Point being, how much clout does QAnon have at the polls? Good question and one that Mike Pence might want to get some people working on immediately. The fact that there were enough of them willing to build a gallows with his name on it and march through the streets calling for his execution is sobering.
If QAnon is actually representative of the exalted base, the base that elected Donald Trump, the base that the rest of the GOP is happy to sell its soul to appease and impress, then Mike Pence doesn’t have a prayer.
Mike Pence has never had an original thought in his entire life. It’s why he spent it cozying up to whatever power base he thought would get him somewhere. I never like to stop reminding people that without Trump, he would have been just a failed governor from Indiana. With him, he’s become the latest sacrificial scapegoat on the depraved altar of the Former Guy cult.
What’s scary about that 538 stat is that “13%” would make up nearly 40% of folks who admit to being Republicans in other national polls. Most polls have indicated that 30-40% of all voters are either “Republican” or “lean Republican.” Since it’s highly unlikely that any of the “13%” of QAnon believers are going to be Democrats or true Independents, it’s a case of saying that 13 of every 30-40 people are QAnon folks, meaning support will be between 33 and 43% of all Republican/likely Republican voters (13 of 30 is .433 and 13 of 40 is .325 which convert to 43.3% and 32.5%).
And in GOP primaries, who have shown themselves to be the most ardent voters? The most conservative folks (which is why every GOPer running for office–whether incumbent or challenger–vies to out-conservative the others). And right now, I strongly doubt that even moderate GOP voters (or “likely GOP voters”) are going to be that supportive of or believing the QAnoner nonsense which leaves the primary elections to be more likely to skew pro-QAnon than sensible.
I hope I’m wrong but we could see a level of challenges to incumbent GOP House and Senate members coming next year to match, if not exceed, the 2010 elections (when the pre-MAGA, pre-QAnon Tea Party folks put a virtual end to the idea of political compromise in Congress).
What is also scary is that the critical mass for influence on society is 4%. Qanon has well exceeded that threshold, and we are seeing the consequences.
Looks like we need to reach out to what sane Americans still out there and unregistered to vote. We desperately need to start the conversation with them. Most especially let them know just how important they are NOT to the democrats but to the nation.