McCarthy: QAnon Has “No Place” In Republican Party

The Hill reports:

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has denounced the QAnon conspiracy theory, becoming the highest-ranking congressional Republican to publicly condemn the theory.

McCarthy said during an interview on Fox News on Thursday evening that “there is no place” in the GOP for the theory, which posits that President Trump and his allies are working to expose an elite group of Democrats, media figures and celebrities who are running an international child trafficking ring.

The unfounded theory drew broader attention after Marjorie Taylor Greene won the GOP primary for Georgia’s 14th District last week. Greene previously embraced the theory in YouTube videos but has since attempted to distance herself from it, saying it no longer represents her views.

Tell it to Hair Furor. In addition to backing Qanon, Greene subscribes to a raft of crackpot theories, including that the Pentagon was never struck by a plane on 9/11. Last year she filmed herself attempting to accost Muslim reps on Capitol Hill in order to force them to re-swear their oath of office on a bible.