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The Salt Lake Tribune reports:
A conspiracy and religion-fueled political conference in downtown Salt Lake City drew about 1,000 attendees on Friday to the Salt Palace Convention Center. People there heard from some of the leading far-right political figures, including retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne. The WeCANact event, was billed as a place to learn to fight “against the socialist, communist, and Marxist ideologies” in government, schools and the media.
The event did focus on that promise, but also offered up a large helping of misinformation about COVID-19, vaccines and the 2020 election. And, to top off the fringe political buffet, there were lots of references to the QAnon conspiracy theory. Organizers initially hoped to sell 10,000 tickets or more to the two-day event in Salt Lake City. They fell far short, with fewer than 1,000 in attendance on Friday.
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About 1,000 people attended a conspiracy and religion-fueled political conference in downtown Salt Lake City on Friday at the Salt Palace Convention Center to hear from leading far-right political figures.
https://t.co/4a3Iz2ZBBb— The Salt Lake Tribune (@sltrib) October 23, 2021
Gentleman on the stage offering an opening prayer says the crowd is part of “the great awakening,” which is a reference to QAnon.
So, we’re off to a great start here at the Salt Palace #utpol
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 22, 2021
He leads the crowd in a bastardized version of The Lord’s Prayer in which he asks for deliverance from a “satanic cabal,” which is another overt reference to QAnon #utpol
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 22, 2021
“Why wouldn’t I listen to the CDC? Because he made the virus,” says Clay Clark from the stage.
He also says PCR tests are calibrated to “inflate the number of cases” and that COVID-19 is treatable by hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin (it’s not) #utpol
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 22, 2021
He’s also rattling off his website probably 3-4 times a minute where you can conveniently buy hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin #utpol
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 22, 2021
There’s our first George Soros reference. Speaker claims remdesivir is killing people who go to the hospital with COVID-19 #utpol
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 22, 2021
The main event speaker at this event is British conservative Katie Hopkins.
If you don’t know who that is, she is responsible for one of the worst self-owns in history… pic.twitter.com/LdBqIdY0dl
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 23, 2021
The leader of right-wing militia Utah Citizen’s Alarm talking about his support for a bill to let drivers run over protesters (it failed).
He also called Black live matter “a really scary group” #utpol
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 23, 2021
“The government has forgotten that they work for the people. But the people have forgotten that we work for God,” Jennifer Orton says from the stage.
She’s part of the fringe Utah Freedom Coalition if you’re wondering #utpol https://t.co/yWyiUYfovX
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 22, 2021
Utahn Alena Erickson saying Utahns should “not comply” with unlawful federal government actions.
She’s mixing in a big helping of Mormon scripture and doctrine into her speech. Big dog whistle here #utpol
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 22, 2021
Uh, wow.
Utahn Alena Erickson just invoked the “Constitutional Sheriff” theory that sheriffs have supreme authority over the federal government.
This is not true at all. Sheriffs are not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution #utpol
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 22, 2021
Wendy Rogers telling people to go to her website to sign a petition to “decertify” the 2020 election.
That’s not a thing, because there’s no mechanism for doing that #utpol
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 22, 2021
Welp, I’m told Vicki O’Brien just made a reference to adrenochrome.
If you’re unfamiliar, it’s a QAnon conspiracy about that chemical being extracted from tortured children to keep elites young.
This is something that millions of people *actually* believe #utpol
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 22, 2021
“I am not going to turn this country over to a bunch of communists,” Flynn says.
“We are going to put the fear of God into state capitols and the nation’s capitol,” he adds #utpol
— Bryan Schott (@SchottHappens) October 22, 2021