US Far-Right Group QAnon Supporter Elected as Georgia State Representative

Nickname "Trump in High Heels" Elected
"Keeping Distance from QAnon"... Posts Shared on SNS

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunwoo Lee] Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia known as a supporter of the far-right conspiracy group 'QAnon,' has been elected and successfully entered Congress. It is reported that she won overwhelmingly in the vote count as well.

According to foreign media such as CNN, on the 3rd (local time), candidate Greene won a landslide victory in Georgia's 14th congressional district and succeeded in entering the House of Representatives. Her election had been anticipated even before the vote count. At the end of September, her rival, Democrat Kevin Van Ausdal, withdrew mid-race due to personal reasons, leaving Greene as the sole candidate. According to Georgia law, no new candidate can be nominated within 60 days after a candidate withdraws, and when Ausdal withdrew, there were 53 days left until the election. On the day of her victory, Greene introduced the news of her election covered by the Associated Press on Twitter, writing, "It is an honor to serve (the country). Thank you."

Greene, a former businesswoman, gained fame by repeatedly sharing QAnon's posts on her social networking services (SNS) since 2017. During the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, when the Democrats were leading, she posted a message condemning it as "an Islamic invasion of our government," and continued to support the Republican Party by comparing George Soros, a billionaire investor and Democrat supporter, to the Nazis.

Greene previously claimed to support QAnon's assertion that "Satan worshippers have taken control of the government, corporations, and media, and President Trump is waging a war to stop them," arguing that President Trump must be re-elected. U.S. media sometimes referred to her as "Trump in high heels." However, as controversies related to QAnon grew recently, she reportedly tried to distance herself from QAnon. In a recent interview with CNN, Greene denied any association with QAnon, saying, "I have never mentioned QAnon with my own mouth."

Meanwhile, QAnon is known as a far-right conspiracy group that emerged in 2017, creating various conspiracy theories and fake news related to U.S. politics. They claim that a secret elite group in American society called the "deep state" is a criminal organization involved in pedophilia and human trafficking, and that President Trump is a savior fighting against them to protect America.

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