Welcome to the Twilight Zone.
Via CR:
CNN’s Chris Cuomo is getting desperate. Last night the TV host channeled Alex Jones, perhaps in a bid to increase his humiliating ratings, and floated a nutty theory that Trump may be signaling to followers of QAnon. Trump “has his people at his rally that look for the number 17 as signs of truth,” Conspiracy Cuomo said on his show. “Q is the 17th letter in the alphabet.”
That is full blown conspiracy. It’s not even close to “news,” so CNN can stop with the “facts first” nonsense.
QAnon is an anonymous online figure (or possibly figures) who maintain claims to a top-level security clearance and pertinent information on the deep state and administration.
Cuomo, of course, pulled the famous—and cowardly –CNN technique of “Oh, I’m not saying this certifiably insane thing, I’m just asking it!” Stelter knows all about it. Cuomo said, “I hope he didn’t use that number for [QAnon].” But perhaps he did. Just perhaps, perhaps! That was the suggestion when he added: “He hasn’t always used the number 17,” which implies there was some ulterior motive aside from the fact that Mueller’s team has, well, 17 people on it.
Cuomo quoted a Twitter user Q-17 !!!!!!!!! who (before deleting the tweet) pointed out to Cuomo that Trump changed from 13 to 17 angry Democrats. “He knew exactly what he was doing when he tweeted out the number … You were right, right on the money,” Q-17 wrote.