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Son of john f. kennedy join donald trump, his first cousin, on the presidential ticket to 2024. if you talk to people who follow qanon, who sort of track this strain of online extremism, the whole jfk junior is coming back to run with trump thing is considered a fringe belief even within the qanon universe. it is something that really skirts around the very outer edges of that movement. but with that in mind, that just makes it particularly striking that this many people showed up in texas this week to rally around a conspiracy so fringe it s rejected by even some of the most devout qanon promoters. and it s funny but not funny ha ha. what are we supposed to think about the fact that a group of people can mobilize effectively in decent numbers around such an extreme conspiracy theory about donald trump s presumed return to power, something that is ....
Around a conspiracy so fringe it s rejected by even some of the most devout qanon promoters. and it s funny but not funny haha. what are we supposed to think about the fact that a group of people can mobilize effectively in decent numbers around such an extreme conspiracy theory about donald trump s presumed return to power, something that is so that is so on the outer fringes of those kinds of conspiratorial beliefs that even the people in the middle of those conspiracy theories consider it too nuts to act on. joining us now is ben collins, a senior reporter for nbc news. he covers disinformation and extremism on the internet. ben, thanks for being here, i really appreciate you making time. thank you. it is easy to sort of point and drop your jaw and be agog at this. but i feel like one of the ....
Are certainly not blood drinking pedophiles, to watch the son of john f. kennedy watched donald trump his first cousin on the ticket to 2024. if you talk to people who follow qanon, who sort of track this train of online extremism, the whole jfk junior s coming back to run with trump thing is considered a fringe believe even within the qanon universe. this is something that really around the outer edges of that movement. but with that in mind, that just really makes it particularly striking, that this many people showed up in texas. this week, to rally around a conspiracy so fringe, it s rejected by even some of the most devout qanon promoters. it s funny, but not funny ha. what are we supposed to think about the fact that a group of people can mobilize effectively in d.c. numbers around such an extreme conspiracy theory about ....