Carlson says conspiracy theory believers – many of whom took part in Capitol attack – are ‘gentle people waving American flags’

Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are “gentle people waving American flags”, Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed on Friday night – two months since many joined a mob that stormed the US Capitol seeking to overturn Donald Trump’s election defeat, a riot in which five people died.

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Carlson says conspiracy theory believers – many of whom took part in Capitol attack – are ‘gentle people waving American flags’

Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are “gentle people waving American flags”, Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed on Friday night – two months since many joined a mob that stormed the US Capitol seeking to overturn Donald Trump’s election defeat, a riot in which five people died.

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