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What Happens When Ex-Navy SEALS Go Full QAnon?

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Former special forces soldiers are flirting with a wide array of conspiracy theories, including QAnon. They also seem to be uniquely suited to pivoting to IRL violence.

Published Aug. 18 2020 4:40AM EDT

A man filmed leaving the area of an attempted pipe bomb attack on protesters in Portland, Oregon, was a former Navy SEAL who writes conspiracy

Kelly Weill

Kelly Weill

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