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Among the QAnon beliefs: Kevin Roose, “What Is QAnon, the Viral Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory,” The New York Times, September 3, 2021.
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prophetic insight into the inner workings of the U.S. government: Dana Milbank, “Thanks to the Trump Administration, One QAnon Theory Is Panning Out,” The Washington Post, September 15, 2020.
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Whizzinator: Will Sommer, “Man Known as BabyQ Is in Trouble for Using Synthetic Penis,” Daily Beast, September 11, 2020. https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-richter-austin-steinbart-man-known-as-babyq-is-in-trouble-for-using-synthetic-penis.
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“they like me very much”: Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, and Amanda Seitz, “Trump Praises QAnon Conspiracists, Appreciates Support,” Associated Press, August 19, 2020.
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May 2021 poll by the Public Religion Research Institute: “Understanding QAnon’s Connection to American Politics, Religion, and Media Consumption,” Public Religion Research Institute, May 27, 2021. https://www.prri.org/research/qanon-conspiracy-american-politics-report/.
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“stormtroopers”: Caroline Kenny, “Giuliani Defends ‘Stormtroopers’ Comments About FBI,” CNN, May 18, 2018. https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/politics/rudy-giuliani-stormtroopers-cnntv/index.html.
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punctuation error in a tweet: Ben Collins, “Rudy Giuliani Falsely Blames Twitter After Typo Points to Anti-Trump Website,” NBC News, December 5, 2018. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/rudy-giuliani-falsely-blames-twitter-after-typo-points-anti-trump-n944136.
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engaging in screaming matches with TV host: Dana Milbank, “Trump and His Lawyer Can Do Better on Ukraine. I’m Here for Them,” The Washington Post, September 20, 2019.
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Giuliani went to Ukraine: Karen Freifeld, “Giuliani Says Trump Did Not Pay for His Globetrotting Push for Biden Probe,” Reuters, September 29, 2019.
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at least eighty-six judges: Rosalind S. Helderman and Elise Viebeck, “ ‘The Last Wall’: How Dozens of Judges Across the Political Spectrum Rejected Trump’s Efforts to Overturn the Election,” The Washington Post, December 12, 2020.
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claimed that Pennsylvania: Jude Joffe-Block, “Pennsylvania Did Not Have Hundreds of Thousands of Phantom Absentee Ballots,” Associated Press, November 30, 2020.
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“You couldn’t possibly believe”: Glenn Kessler, “Fact-Checking the Craziest News Conference of the Trump Presidency,” The Washington Post, November 19, 2020.
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charges against Dominion: Alan Feuer, “Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers’ Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows,” The New York Times, September 21, 2021.
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“there is uncontroverted evidence”: Jim Mustian, “New York Court Suspends Rudy Giuliani’s Law License,” Associated Press, June 24, 2021.
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seized Giuliani’s mobile phones and computers: William K. Rashbaum et al., “F.B.I. Searches Giuliani’s Home and Office, Seizing Phones and Computers,” The New York Times, April 28, 2021.
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survey by Yahoo! News: Caitlin Dickson, “Poll: Two-Thirds of Republicans Still Think the 2020 Election Was Rigged,” Yahoo! News, August 4, 2021. https://news.yahoo.com/poll-two-thirds-of-republicans-still-think-the-2020-election-was-rigged-165934695.html.
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CHAPTER 14: VERY FINE PEOPLE
hundreds of neo-Confederates: Joe Heim, “Recounting a Day of Rage, Hate, Violence and Death,” The Washington Post, August 14, 2017.
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“Blood and Soil”: Meg Wagner, “ ‘Blood and Soil’: Protesters Chant Nazi Slogan in Charlottesville,” CNN, August 12, 2017. https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-unite-the-right-rally/index.html.
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life in prison: Paul Duggan, “James A. Fields Jr. Sentenced to Life in Prison in Charlottesville Car Attack,” The Washington Post, December 11, 2018.
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“You had a group on one side that was bad”: Michael D. Shear and Maggie Haberman, “Trump Defends Initial Remarks on Charlottesville; Again Blames ‘Both Sides,’ ” The New York Times, August 15, 2017.
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“Thank you President Trump”: Natasha Bertrand, “David Duke Thanks Trump for ‘Condemning the Leftist Terrorists’ in Charlottesville,” Business Insider, August 15, 2017. https://www.businessinsider.com/david-duke-thanks-trump-for-condemning-the-leftist-terrorists-in-charlottesville-2017-8.
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many of Trump’s usual enablers: Dana Milbank, “When Trump Needs a Friend, That’s What ‘Fox & Friends’ Is For,” The Washington Post, August 16, 2017.
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“darn near perfection”: Felicia Sonmez and Ashley Parker, “As Trump Stands by Charlottesville Remarks, Rise of White-Nationalist Violence Becomes an Issue in 2020 Presidential Race,” The Washington Post, April 28, 2019.
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private message: Cameron Joseph, “Trump-Endorsed Candidate JD Vance Once Said Trump Might Be ‘America’s Hitler,’ ” Vice, April 18, 2022.
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racist fears of immigrants: Greg Sargent, “As Vile as It Gets: J.D. Vance Goes Full ‘Great Replacement Theory,’ ” The Washington Post, April 6, 2022.
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“affective polarization”: Nicholas Valentino and Kirill Zhirkov, “The Images in Our Heads: Race, Partisanship and Affective Polarization,” University of Michigan, 2018. https://lsa.umich.edu/polisci/news-events/all-news/awards/valentino-and-zhirkov-win-best-paper.html.
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presidential preferences: Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel, “Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump,” The Nation, March 14, 2017. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/fear-of-diversity-made-people-more-likely-to-vote-trump/.
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white Republicans: Dana Milbank, “A Massive Repudiation of Trump’s Racist Politics Is Building,” The Washington Post, July 3, 2020.
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White evangelicals: Elana Schor and David Crary, “Evangelicals Stick with Trump, See Upside Even If He Loses,” Associated Press, November 7, 2020. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-elections-7433585aae55ea0cadd9ea5f0eb00a62.
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“morally lost”: Jeremy W. Peters and Elisabeth Dias, “Evangelicals Closing Ranks with President,” The New York Times, December 21, 2019.
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American Values Survey: “Amid Multiple Crises, Trump and Biden Supporters See Different Realities and Futures for the Nation,” Public Religion Research Institute, October 19, 2020. https://www.prri.org/research/amid-multiple-crises-trump-and-biden-supporters-see-different-realities-and-futures-for-the-nation/.
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perceived threat to male identity: Dan Cassino, “Gender Is Costing Hillary Clinton Big Among Men,” Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2016. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2016/03/24/gender-is-costing-hillary-clinton-big-among-men/.
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“Let’s not mince words”: Dana Milbank, “Donald Trump Is a Bigot and a Racist,” The Washington Post, December 1, 2015.
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“global power structure”: Bess Levin, “Trump Goes Full Anti-Semite, Unloads on American Jews in Wildly Bigoted Rant,” Vantiy Fair, December 17, 2021. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/12/donald-trump-anti-semitism-jews-israel.
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impartially judge: Nina Totenberg, “Who Is Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the Man Trump Attacked for His Mexican Ancestry?,” NPR, June 7, 2016. https://www.npr.org/2016/06/07/481140881/who-is-judge-gonzalo-curiel-the-man-trump-attacked-for-his-mexican-ancestry.
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Trump told Jewish Republicans: Isaac Stanley-Becker, “Trump and the GOP Are Accused of Anti-Semitism Double Standard After Piling on Rep. Ilhan Omar,” The Washington Post, February 12, 2019.
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“cities could be washed away”: Dana Milbank, “Donald Trump’s New Loose Cannon,” The Washington Post, August 24, 2016.
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Hungarian nationalist organization: Alexander Smith and Vladimir Banic, “Sebastian Gorka Made Nazi-Linked Vitezi Rend ‘Proud’ by Wearing Its Medal,” NBC News, April 8, 2017. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sebastian-gorka-made-nazi-linked-vitezi-rend-proud-wearing-its-n742851.
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doubling of anti-Semitic incidents: “Anti-Semitic Incidents Remained at Near-Historic Levels in 2018; Assaults Against Jews More Than Doubled,” Anti-Defamation League, April 30, 2019. https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/anti-semitic-incidents-remained-at-near-historic-levels-in-2018-assaults.
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relations between white and Black people: Megan Brenan, “Ratings of Black-White Relations at New Low,” Gallup, July 21, 2021. https://news.gallup.com/poll/352457/ratings-black-white-relations-new-low.aspx.
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“the wife is to voluntarily submit”: Aaron Blake, “GOP Congressman’s Book: ‘The Wife Is to Voluntarily Submit’ to Her Husband,” The Washington Post, January 22, 2014.
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“Western civilization”: Robin Opsahl, “Steve King Says All Cultures Do Not Contribute Equally, to Claim Otherwise Is to Devalue the ‘Founding Fathers,’ ” Des Moines Register, May 28, 2019.
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“doing great work in the House”: Kevin Quealy, “The People, Places and Things Trump Has Praised on Twitter: A Complete List,” The New York Times, February 14, 2018.
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“language become offensive?”: Sarah Muller, “Steve King Defends Past Comments Saying ‘Western Civilization Is Under Assault,’ ” KCCI Des Moines, October 1, 2020. https://www.kcci.com/article/steve-king-defends-past-comments-saying-western-civilization-is-under-assault/34241837#.
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“not academically competitive”: Sue Anne Pressley, “Texas Students, Faculty Protest Racial Remarks,” The Washington Post, September 17, 1997.
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“president loves America”: Darren Samuelsohn, “Giuliani: Obama Doesn’t Love America,” Politico, February 18, 2015. https://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/rudy-giuliani-president-obama-doesnt-love-america-115309.
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“apologist for radical Islamic terrorists”: Nick Gass, “Cruz: Obama ‘an Apologist for Radical Islamic Terrorists,’ ” Politico, February 19, 2015. https://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/ted-cruz-obama-radical-islamic-terrorists-115312.
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“Watch this vulgar man”: Dinesh D’Souza, tweet, February 18, 2015. https://twitter.com/dineshdsouza/status/568074632844017664?lang=en.
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Frank Gaffney: Peter Beinart, “The Denationalization of American Muslims,” The Atlantic, March 19, 2017. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/frank-gaffney-donald-trump-and-the-denationalization-of-american-muslims/519954/.
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“smell the falafel”: Ruby Mellen, “Mike Huckabee on Letting in Refugees: ‘It’s Time to Wake Up and Smell the Falafel,’ ” HuffPost, November 16, 2015. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-huckabee-refugees-falafel_n_564a41b5e4b06037734a5470.
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“rabid dogs”: Alana Wise and Erin McPike, “Republican Ben Carson Compares Syrian Refugees to ‘Rabid Dogs,’ ” Reuters, November 19, 2015. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-carson/republican-ben-carson-compares-syrian-refugees-to-rabid-dogs-idUSKCN0T82TJ20151119.
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“anchor baby”: Carrie Dann, “Jeb Bush: ‘Anchor Babies’ Are ‘Frankly, More Asian People,’ ” NBC News, August 24, 2015. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/jeb-bush-chill-out-criticism-anchor-baby-term-n415051.
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“New York values”: Daniel White, “Ted Cruz Dissed ‘New York Values’ and New Yorkers Are Not Happy,” Time, January 15, 2016. https://time.com/4182887/ted-cruz-new-york-values-donald-trump-republican-debate/.
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“racism until Obama got elected”: Tom Silverstone et al., “No Racism Until Obama, Says an Ohio Trump Campaign Chair—Video,” The Guardian, September 22, 2016.
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“hate White people”: Peter Holley, “Congressman: Charlotte Protesters ‘Hate White People Because White People Are Successful,’ ” The Washington Post, September 23, 2016.
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“working nights and weekends”: Joseph Dussault, “NH State Rep: Women Deserve Less Pay Than Men,” Boston.com, April 24, 2014. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2014/04/24/nh-state-rep-women-deserve-less-pay-than-men/.
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“a net positive for everybody”: Brianna Ehley, “RNC Chair Priebus: Trump a ‘Net Positive’ for GOP,” Politico, August 24, 2015. https://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/reince-priebus-donald-trump-net-positive-121669.
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“ranks pretty low”: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, “ ‘Still the Best Candidate’: Some Evangelicals Still Back Trump Despite Lewd Video,” The Washington Post, October 8, 2016.
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“Nevertheless, she persisted”: Daniel Victor, “ ‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’: How Senate’s Silencing of Warren Became a Meme,” The New York Times, February 8, 2017.
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“groped by Abraham Lincoln”: Lindsey McPherson, “GOP Congressman Jokes Ruth Bader Ginsburg Groped by Abraham Lincoln,” Roll Call, September 20, 2018. https://www.rollcall.com/2018/09/20/gop-congressman-jokes-ruth-bader-ginsburg-groped-by-abraham-lincoln/.
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“Chinaperson”: Maegan Vazquez, “GOP Senate Candidate Says ‘Wealthy Chinaperson’ Comment Isn’t Racist,” CNN, May 2, 2018. https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/02/politics/don-blankenship-defense-west-virginia-debate/index.html.
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“BUY this election!”: Felicia Sonmez, “Kevin McCarthy on Deleted Tweet About Bloomberg, Steyer and Soros: ‘That Had Nothing to Do About Faith,’ ” The Washington Post, February 13, 2019.
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“advantageous to Republicans”: Mike Schneider, “Watchdog: Wilbur Ross Misled on Reason for 2020 Census Citizenship Question,” USA Today, July 19, 2021. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/19/wilbur-ross-misled-congress-census-citizenship-question-watchdog/8017463002/.
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“terrorist agent”: Jenna Johnson and Abigail Hauslohner, “ ‘I Think Islam Hates Us’: A Timeline of Trump’s Comments About Islam and Muslims,” The Washington Post, May 20, 2017.
