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Behind the Aegis

(53,968 posts)
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 02:44 PM Aug 2022

Move over, Lauren Boebert! Colorado might send another LGBTQ-hating, QAnon nutjob to Congress!

First Lauren Boebert, now this guy?!

Meet Erik Aadland. He’s the Republican nominee currently running for U.S. House to represent Colorado’s 7th Congressional District and he just nabbed two major endorsements… from two of the biggest right-wing extremists in his state.

Retired U.S. Army major general and QAnon conspiracy theorist Paul Vallely and former anti-LGBTQ state congressman Tom Tancredo have both thrown their support behind the 42-year-old father of three.

Last month, The Colorado Times Recorder revealed Aadland’s connection to several far-right and QAnon social media accounts on Parler, so his recent endorsements from these two nutjobs is no surprise and just another reminder of Aadland’s fringe beliefs.

On his campaign website, Aadland, who believes the 2020 presidential election was “absolutely rigged” and has likened January 6 insurrectionists to “political prisoners”, claims his time serving in the military taught him the value of diversity, writing:

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Move over, Lauren Boebert! Colorado might send another LGBTQ-hating, QAnon nutjob to Congress! (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 OP
Another fully deluded cult member comes out into the light cutroot Aug 2022 #1
"Candidate Suspected Of Being QAnon's 'Q' Badly Loses Congressional Primary" sop Aug 2022 #2
They can have Turbineguy Aug 2022 #3
I'm sure Boebert, MTG, and company will welcome this whacko with open arms. 😝 ShazzieB Aug 2022 #4

sop

(10,226 posts)
2. "Candidate Suspected Of Being QAnon's 'Q' Badly Loses Congressional Primary"
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 02:58 PM
Aug 2022

"Ron Watkins, an Arizona Republican rumored to be the anonymous QAnon poster 'Q,' lost his bid for a congressional seat Tuesday...Watkins...came in seventh out of seven GOP candidates in the state’s 2nd Congressional District, earning barely 3,000 votes with just over 70% of precincts reporting Wednesday."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-watkins-qanon-primary_n_62ea9fa4e4b0c550161664c0

Turbineguy

(37,360 posts)
3. They can have
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 02:59 PM
Aug 2022

a "who's a bigger nutjob?" contest.

Aadland and Boebert's combined IQ equals Screwy Louie Gohmert's.

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