On MSNBC, Joy Reid calls out Fox host Jesse Watters for “legitimizing QAnon on national television”
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Citation From the July 27, 2020, edition of MSNBC's The ReidOut
JOY REID (HOST): Okay, you know what's crazy? QAnon. You know, that bananas conspiracy theory that supposes that Donald Trump as president is waging a secret war against an elite clique of powerful pedophiles who also worship Satan? Seriously.
But now it's easy to dismiss QAnon as only crazy, but they also happen to be crazy dangerous. As NBC News reports, QAnon followers have been implicated in armed standoffs, attempted kidnappings, harassment, and at least one killing. Jesse Watters has since retracted his comments, saying that, quote: "While discussing the double standard of big tech censorship ... I mentioned the conspiracy group QAnon, which I don't support, or believe in. My comments should not be mistaken for giving credence to this fringe platform," unquote.
Okay, Jesse. But the damage may have already been done by legitimizing QAnon on national television, and that is the craziest damn thing in the world.