After failed attack on Capitol, QAnon asks if it can still ‘trust the plan’
Caitlin Dickson
January 9, 2021, 8:59 AM
The past 72 hours have been a rollercoaster of emotions for Trump supporters especially the millions who have bought into the web of online conspiracies that fall under the umbrella of QAnon.
Ever since a violent mob, including some with ties to the cultlike Q movement, invaded the U.S. Capitol in a failed attempt to stop Congress from certifying the results of the presidential election, Q believers have been trying to reconcile what did and didn’t happen in Washington this week with their own conspiracy-ridden world view.
Jan. 8, 2021 6:12 pm ET
The political party President Trump commanded with a firm hand for four years is now torn over whether he has a place in its future.
The violent incursion into the Capitol that Mr. Trump helped instigate this week which left five people dead, including a U.S. Capitol Police officer has made some Republican leaders and strategists so worried about the party’s image they believe the only course is to split with Mr. Trump.
Sen. Ben Sasse (R., Neb.), who has criticized Mr. Trump’s behavior before, said he would consider articles of impeachment if approved by the House. Another Republican lawmaker, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, on Thursday called for Mr. Trump to be removed from office through the 25th Amendment. “Here’s the truth: The president caused this. The president is unfit,’’ Mr. Kinzinger said in a video message.
Trump Pledges an Orderly Transition to a Biden Presidency Bloomberg 1/7/2021 Josh Wingrove
(Bloomberg) President Donald Trump, minutes after Congress certified President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory and hours after Trump supporters broke into the Capitol, pledged “an orderly transition.”
“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,” Trump said in a statement posted on Twitter by his aide Dan Scavino early Thursday morning.
Trump’s statement came as staff resigned and as congressional allies abandoned him in the aftermath of a mob of his supporters laying siege to the Capitol on Wednesday.