QAnon Followers Left Frustrated After Donald Trump Admits He Received COVID Booster
By: Anders Anglesey (Newsweek)
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QAnon followers have been left frustrated and confused after former president Donald Trump revealed he had received a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Trump, who is a revered figure within the QAnon community, shared his booster status during the final stop of "The History Tour" with ex-Fox News host Bill O'Reilly at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Sunday.
During the event, O'Reilly asked Trump: "Did you get the booster?" To which, the former President replied: "Yes. I got it too."
Trump then swiftly moved to address boos that appeared to come from one side of the arena and said: "Don't, don't, don't. That's alright, it's a very tiny group over there."
The former President also expressed his opposition to vaccine mandates and said "you shouldn't be forced to take it."
But, Trump's comments about the booster left QAnon followers and influencers frustrated as many believe debunked claims the COVID-19 vaccine causes anything from an AIDS-like illness to unspecified injuries.
Newsweek found several comments on Telegram from QAnon followers who had turned on Trump and were left frustrated by his comments while others who claimed to be unvaccinated proudly called themselves "pureblood."
One major QAnon influencer with 58,800 followers attempted to reassure their followers and explain Trump's comments to them.
In a Monday Telegram post: "We don't always understand everything. I love President Trump. I disagree here. I think we may find out something about this soon imo [in my opinion] either way, think for yourself. You are in the right spot here. Just don't cuss up a storm, we have so many twists and turns already."
The influencer continued: "I believe the end will explain the middle. But, we are all to think for ourselves and most of you guys are still with me on this vax crap. If we are confused by Pres Trump's comments, I'm sure Deep State is. Maybe he would be a danger to society arrested otherwise idk [I don't know] but I'm gonna continue locally and here doing what we all must every day."
In a poll shared on their Telegram channel, the QAnon influencer asked: "Now that President Trump had a booster, are you comfortable taking the vax and boosters?"
Of the more than 18,000 sampled, 97 percent said "no," one percent said "yes" and two percent replied, "I don't know."
A second QAnon influencer with 152,000 subscribers said in response to Trump's booster status reveal: "I just triple checked. Still a zero percent chance that I'll take the vaccine, booster or comply."
John Sabal, known as QAnon John, continued to stand by Trump and said it would be "political suicide" for the former President to disavow the booster and Operation Warp Speed, which accelerated the creation of the COVID-vaccines.
In a post shared with his 75,200 followers, Sabal said: "Knowing what we know. Whenever POTUS 45 promotes something, the other side does the total opposite. They get disgusted by that thing. Trump derangement still runs deep. Trump still says that those who don't want the vax should not be forced to take it. That is the most important thing he said. The messaging here is clear.
"Imagine for one second what would happen if Trump all of a sudden started to backtrack on the vax. Operation Warp Speed was necessary for reasons I already discussed. He would lose all credibility with those who took the jab. It would be political suicide for him."
But, many of his followers expressed their frustration that Trump promoted the vaccine, which they consider to be harmful.
Newsweek found comments under Sabal's post that said Americans had been "conned" by the former President and that "He [Trump] was great, but he's not anymore."
Following the inauguration of Joe Biden in January, the QAnon movement has fractured and increasingly followers have merged their beliefs with other established conspiracies.
Arizona congressional candidate Ron Watkins, who is alleged to have been in control of the "Q" account that sparked the conspiracy movement on online messaging boards, has promoted the false claim that vaccine causes an AIDS-like illness.
In a Monday Telegram post, he said: "VAIDS is when you give yourself AIDS from a 'vaccine.'"
QAnon influencers have also attracted Republican lawmakers to their events and podcasts to discuss unfounded claims the 2020 Presidential Election was somehow stolen from Trump.
Earlier this year, several Republican lawmakers and candidates attended a QAnon conference in Las Vegas where they discussed how they wanted to overturn the election results in several states won by Biden and, bizarrely, some convincingly taken by Trump.
While many QAnon followers have shifted their focus on other conspiracies, many still believe in its core mythos.
The QAnon conspiracy, in essence, promotes the debunked claim a connected global cabal of Democrats, celebrities and business owners are engaged in a huge Satanic and cannibalistic child sex trafficking ring.
Trump is a revered figure in the conspiracy, as QAnon followers believe he will somehow expose the cabal and order their arrests and will oversee their executions in an event known as "the Storm."
But, many predictions made by QAnon influencers, including "the Storm" have failed to happen, leading them to tell followers to "trust the plan."
A QAnon follower (left) and former President Donald Trump. Donald Trump recently revealed he had taken the COVID-19 booster. Getty
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These people have conspiracies about their conspiracies
Those loons have conspiracies about the loon who gave them validity
They have outgrown the need for him.
For the student has become the teacher, and the teacher has become another deep state conspiracy theory.
everyone of these fucking morons need to be institutionalized...
Trump Confirmed Booster Shot Because 'Must Tell The Truth'
Check this out TG!
I saw it. Ridiculous
Hi, I'm seventy five and got a vaccine so if I get sick I don't end up in hospital and die...
Boo!
Down with QANON! Long live democracy!
The pain of cognitive dissonance is real. I still don’t fully understand how these nut jobs got to this point, but every time Trump says he got vaccinated or got a booster, it’s like someone stuck needles in the eyes of all these QAnutz.
''My leader failed me'' I have to find another leader, Obi-Wan Kenobi where are you???? /s
Good to see the left keeping Trump relevant. But then again when he's living rent free in their heads one can't help but expect it.
But here you are commenting and keeping my seed on the front page. Thank-you!
It's not like the big fat pig isn't keeping himself - out there - for all to see and comment on.
trmp did do this interview with O'Really not that long ago.
He did some kind of freakshow tour with O'Reilly over the weekend.
I thought so
Didn't you post a photo of the "crowd" at their latest dog and pony show?
Trump And O’Reilly ‘History’ Tour Struggles With Low Attendance
That was it! Thanks for posting it
I also heard that killer Kyle Rittenhouse - who was going to keep a low profile - after he murdered those two people - was at a recent young republican event.
Shit I wouldn't go if I had to pay $138 or more either
Makes one wonder where that money goes
Heck...I wouldn't go if it wuz free!
(Or even if they paid me!!!
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Who did he murder?
Last reported, a jury said he did nothing wrong when he erased 2 lowlifes from the earth.
pffft, he and his mom might as well have concentric circles tattooed on their foreheads now.
the rwnj sexual harassment tour...
In the real world, it is Trump who is trying to keep himself relevant. His ''History Tour'' with O'Reilly is one, not good ticket sales I've heard. His various attempts at starting media companies. And then his ongoing national comments.
Not living rent free at all, he is simply opening himself up to ridicule and of course the most important thing he is sucking the money from the ignorant. Most landlords would never rent to a grifter like Trump.
And as with so many things...he's been a total failure at that...as per usual Trump is continuing to be a total loser!
The solution?
Perhaps all of us here on NT, for the good of the country, the world, and beyond...perhaps all of us should band together and attempt to MAKE TRUMP GREAT AGAIN!
(You see what I did there ?
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Good to see the left keeping Trump relevant. But then again when he's living rent free in their heads one can't help but expect it.
"he's living rent free in their heads"...interesting comment!
But I'm not sure exactly what you mean by that..is a possible an Allegory? A Metaphor of some sort?
Perhaps even...an Onomatopoeia???
Please explain... (curious minds would like to know!
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Funny stuff!!
as funny as a compound fracture
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Funny stuff!!
LOL!
It certainly is comedy. Considering how wrong it is it can't be anything but bullshit satire.
Here is the non-satire version of the moronic meme above:
They're telling the unjabbed to take the jab because the jab works.
And telling the jabbed to get a booster because the jab starts at about 90% efficacy and loses effectiveness over time.
All while telling everyone that the unjabbed are putting everyone else, jabbed and unjabbed, in danger because they are, all because they are stupid selfish whiny little pricks who are apparently so piss their pants scared of needles that they are willing to put their family, friends and neighbors at risk.
I guess we can add trypanophobia to the list of phobias that define a deplorable.
What a stupid meme. Makes no goddamned sense.
Opinions do vary. I'm sorry it's too hard for you to understand and get a chuckle out of.
Do you all have a list of phrases that you have tacked up on the wall of one of your clubhouses? You all seem to use the same words and phrases all the time
It was quite appropriate to use at this time......................
I don't get a chuckle from stupid shit that makes no goddamned sense.
Opinions don't vary on stupid shit that makes no goddamned sense.
Oh so you haven't paid attention to the mixed messages that we get nearly every day........that's odd.
I don't pay attention to the mixed messages or outright lies that we get nearly every day from the right . . . what's odd about that?
Yeah but I have to leave it up because I have no real good reason to delete it
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I can't now since I commented under it.
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I neither flagged it nor deleted it.
You whine an awful lot about being deleted in my groups but here you are making comments that you know will get you deleted. Are you a masochist? I wouldn't step foot in a group where I knew I wasn't wanted
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[please stop. Find someone else to troll]
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Aw... give 'em a break.
After all. we must not forget-- they are Trump supporters!
A reminder that I will delete any comment that I feel is trolling or merely here to disrupt. I've been lenient so far
I won't be...
I don't expect you to be. Now here come the comments about my junk yard dog
trumpster traitors get what they give.
Just my 2 cents...but I usually used to do that (what you mentioned) as well.
However lately I've had mixed feelings about that.
On one hand, trolling comments should be deleted.
But OTOH, most of those comments are usually so bizarre that all they do is to show a lot of the troll's true personality...
So occasionally I am undecided re: those sorts of stupid comments...lately I've begun think that occasionally I should let a lot a troll's stupid comments stand....if they want to make a complete fool of themselves by showing what "lives rent free in their head" (to coin a phrase)...why should I interfere by attempting to stop them?
P.S: Still not sure where I stand on that (in reply to the topic you just brought up). But weighing the pros and cons, there is also another advantage to letting trolls show what sort of stupidity lives rent free in their tiny mind (to re-coin a phrase as it were). The more stupid comments they make... the more views a seed gets..and the longer it stays on the front page!
Oh, in addition: the more awareness we can make re: Trump receiving a booster (and admitting it publically)-- the more the trolls comments result in them making total fools of themselves!
(Of course I could be wrong...but that's just my humble opinion!
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Points to ponder. Thanks, Krishna
Shall we get back to the topic. And dispense with all the trolling and meta bullshit?
Please?
That's all certain folks have - trolling and meta and bullshit.
Well, you know the olde sayin":
A fool and his mind are easily parted!
Well, OTOH, I just checked-- 48 comments and counting!
Thanks to all the people who've helped to keep this seed on the front page (and perhaps we should also thanks his holiness the irascible Donald "Macho Man" Trump-- by getting a booster (and mentioning it publically!) he's not only helped keep this article on the front page...but also helped illustrate what total fools most of his supporters are!)
Plus, he's totally freaking a lot of them out. ..and that's a good thing.
PENSE IN 2024!
(sarc)
If Republican voters succeed in unseating Biden in 2024, I'd prefer it meant "The Lord of the Fly" rather than the idiot who swears the election was rigged.
Do you think the last of his die hard supporters have peaked behind the curtain?
Nah-- they're probably still jerking off to the pictures of the Trumpster they have posted behind the curtain!
I think he might be losing the shine off his bald head
I think he might be losing the shine off his bald head
Yes, the polls are starting to show that.
The fool created a movement he's lost control of, and yet there are even members of NT who still think he's a god.
WTF?
You mean he's not a god?
(If he's not a god, how come he won the last election...& how come he defeated Biden by such a YUGE LANDSLIDE?)
After all, many people are sayin' that the election was stolen and that Trump (Pour Beer Upon Him!) is still President.
Trump is a God, a Demon God, who will do all he can to destroy it if he can't control it. And he showed his intent with his attempt to steal the 2020 election.
That he didn't succeed is in part due to those Republicans who are still true Americans.
He's the Anti-Christ
You see what I did there?
You see what I did there?
Not only played the "Trump Is Still President Card".. but also "The Election Was Stolen Card!"
Trump should continue his and O'Reilly ''History Tour'' until they reach terminal velocity or a sold-out venue whichever is first. The sold-out venue doesn't look good.
Not all of Americans were buffaloed by the former President. And some followers are finding out what a HUGE con man he is and should be ashamed. But they won't be - they will come up with NEW excuses for themselves.
Oh well - I am boostered and still healthy.