Louie Gohmert Distances Himself From QAnon Event Where Michael Flynn Called for Coup
On 6/1/21 at 11:49 AM EDT
Republican congressman Louie Gohmert has distanced himself from a QAnon conference he attended claiming he wasn t aware of its connection to the conspiracy theory and that he does not support a military coup in this country as suggested at the event by Michael Flynn.
Gohmert, who represents Texas s 1st congressional district, spoke at the three-day For God & Country Patriot Roundup in Dallas, Texas, over the Memorial Day weekend.
While on stage at the $500-a-head event which also featured a host of names connected to the movement listed as a domestic terrorist threat by the FBI, Gohmert downplayed the January 6 attack on the Capitol in Washington D.C.
Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0
Republican state representative and secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem told a QAnon talk show that he hopes the results of Arizona’s election audit will lead to the state’s 11 presidential electors being reassigned to former President Donald Trump.
Finchem, R-Oro Valley, appeared on RedPill78 hosted by Zak Paine on Saturday, and the two men spent two hours discussing the audit and election fraud allegations.
Finchem has long asserted that the goal of the audit is to not find fraud but restore integrity in Arizona’s election. However, during the interview he said he hopes that the outcome will result in Arizona’s electoral votes being awarded to Trump, though President Joe Biden won the state by 10,457 votes. Congress certified the final results of the Electoral College in January.