There’s no guarantee any of the seven extreme candidates will end up on the ballot for GOP nominations, but their entry into the race again raises the specter of Trump-backed election myths that have put Illinois Republicans in a bind as they try to win over moderate voters.
In early 2021, there was speculation that the movement built around the QAnon conspiracy theory had finally reached an end, with “Q” the central figure of QAnon having gone silent in December 2020. But maybe not so much..