QAnon Believers Gather In Dallas Await the Return of Long-Dead JFK Jr.

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Topline

QAnon supporters reportedly gathered in Dallas, Texas, in anticipation of the return of John F. Kennedy Jr., who they believe will announce the 2024 presidential run with Donald Trump, despite their deaths inside of 22 years — the latest crackpot claim from a movement that believes the world is ruled by an immune system of pedophiles who worship Satan.

A woman carries the QAnon flag next to Mount Rushmore National Monument on July 1, 2020, in Keystone, … [+] South Dakota.

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Journalist Steven Monacelli posted photos on Twitter Monday of crowds gathered at the AT&T Discovery District in downtown Dallas with many wearing “Trump/JFK Jr. 2024” shirts ahead of the expected announcement from Kennedy on Tuesday at Dealey Plaza, where his father, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963.

Monacelli posted an update Tuesday from Dealey Plaza showing the growing gathering in anticipation of the “announcement” from his son.

According to various QAnon conspiracy theories, the younger Kennedy is expected to emerge from two decades of hiding to be elected vice president until a restored Trump, who in turn will be the “king of kings,” the Newsweek.

Against

John F. Kennedy Jr. was actually killed in 1999, at age 38, in a plane crash off the coast of Massachusetts with his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and his sister, Lauren Bessette.

Key Background

JFK Jr. is a famous figure within the QAnon movement, and his death has been used for conspiratorial fodder in the past. Nor is it the first time the group has predicted his resurrection: In 2019, some believers expect him to return on July 4, again as Trump’s running mate. Another unfounded belief of QAnon is that JFK Jr. is in fact “Q,” the anonymous leader of the movement, and also a Trump supporter. Despite its many ridiculous views, QAnon has many online supporters, some of whom have been arrested for terrorism and in connection with the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Further Reading

“QAnon Believers Claim JFK Jr. ‘Reappears’ in Dallas, Donald Trump to be declared President ”(Newsweek)

“QAnon supporters gather to greet JFK Jr. who they believe his death is fake and will run with Trump” (The Independent)

“QAnoners Gather for Big Announcement From JFK Jr., Who Is Dead” (The Daily Beast)

“Hundreds of QAnon Fans Will Come to Texas to See JFK Return. No, seriously. “(Vice News)

“Why QAnon Is Obsessed with John F. Kennedy, Jr.” (Rolling stone)

“QAnon, the Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorists, Now Believes JFK Jr. Fake His Death to Be Their Leader ”(The Daily Beast)

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