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Republican senators sounded like you are not obsessed on the confirmation hearing for john g brown apparently thats the -- and theyre catering to. that is why apparently they spent the past few days attacking her for supposedly being soft on criminals convicted of possessing child abuse material. even after that particular spirit was widely debunked. and thats one of my next guest for the new york times, part of a plan to fire up the white ring conspiracy in days. quote, the qanon conspiracy fly...

Was completely disavowed by the former president and those who followed him. naturally, people will seek out information elsewhere. so theyll g o to sources like youtube or other social media outlets. theyll plug in some information, and their feeds will instantly populate with like information. so they will just continue to go down that rabbit hole of misinformation because thats what their feed is populating, is being populated with. >> right. and as part of this episode, you spoke to one qano...

Studies showed that over 50% of americans believed in at least one conspiracy theory. >> "this is life" host lisa ling joins me now. lisa, i am so signififascinateds topic and im so glad youll be taking a deeper dive into this later on. you spoke to one qanon conspiracy theory believer. take us into his thinking. how does he view whats happening in our country right now? >> pamela, look. this actually is so complex. and as you just showed in the clip, there has been an erosion of trust that has ...

For the democrats and the white house, that want to go around and talk about the things they do and the plans, they have seen at times, lifting the political ramifications of not fighting about the untruths. im told we dont want to elevate those. how long do you let those things fester without talking about them? and wushing them aside? >> before i let you go, how is this qanon playing out on school boards? >> qanon has decided to start running in local elections because low turnout can win you ...

Really believe it. they have been surprised, at the suburban white women that saw him on the tv, probably when they expect him to believe something that is never going to happen. possibly, dangerous. and that aspect of it is confusing. and when talking to republicans up here in washington, d.c., behind the scenes, theyre not sure what to do with it. again, they know they cant speak out against something like that. and they cant say that donald trump is not going to be president, even though hes ...

I have to ask you how is all this qanon stuff playing out in school boards? why school boards? >> look, qanon supporters have decided to start running in local elections because, you know, low turnout can win you an election. theres one qanon supporter, one of the big influencers from early on named tracy diaz who won a local election with like 170 votes. this is a big thing with mike flynn. mike flynn has told qanon supporters -- told all his fans but qanon supporters intersected them -- to run...

>> it has the same vibe. one day, in the future, not a given date, your dreams will come true. donald trump will be the president again. all of his enemies will be arrested. fantastical an mouse is driving this party. theres a feeling that qanon went away because "q" went away. and that people that believed in qanon stopped. they are still targeted by the same algorithms. just because its not called qanon doesnt mean theyre not trading the same outlandish conspiracy theories. they dont want to b...

Even though hes not going to be, in a few days, in a week, unless he runs and wins in 2024. and so it seems like the republican party is not taking it seriously or really believing it. they are allowing it to fester. and weve seen how when you allow lies and conspiracy theories to fester what happens. and thats why we have things like january 6th. >> ben, as i hear about this seven-point fantastical point, to me it has echos of qanon. >> well, its kind of the same vibe, right, that eventually on...

Stopped caring about politics in the last six to seven months. that is not the case. they still have their influencers. they still follow the same network factions. they still go to the same forums. theyre still targeted by the same algorithms. just because its not called qanon anymore doesnt mean theyre not trading the same outlandish conspiracy theories. look, they dont want to be called qanon supporters. thats for certain. but because they know the brand is toxic. >> right. >> they are still ...