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Trump’s Shooting Led QAnon Believers to Double Down

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Summary
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53% Informative

A month after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump , QAnon believers and their families are still stuck in a cycle of despair.

In their universe, Trump was waging a secret war against the deep state, and no matter what happened in the real world, it was explained away as being part of the plan.

In at least one case, the shooting seemingly caused a former QAnon believer to slip back under the conspiracy’s spell.

In the past couple of years , Jane had all but stopped posting conspiracies about Trump and the deep state.

She blamed the shooting on a liberal in an alt-right shirt. She definitely believes Joe Biden or the Democrats arranged it.

VR Score

35

Informative language

20

Neutral language

49

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

42

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

detected

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short-lived

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