Newsroom. Great to have you with us this weekend, im ana cabrera in new york. President trump making good on his promise to hit the road full throttle for republicans this summer. In just a few hours, hell be pumping up gop voters in ohio in a deep red district that he won easily on election day. But now, a republican win there is by no means a given. These two are fighting for a congressional seat in tuesdays special election. On the left is the democrat, can danny oconnor, suddenly surging, making it a tossup against Republican Troy Balderson. The president s visit is last minute push to keep that seat republican. Boris sanchez is on site. If this district flips, what does this mean for midterms . Reporter hey there, ana. Well, it could be a signal of that blue wave that commentators have long been prognosticating for the 2018 midterm elections. This could be a referendum on
where President Trump stands with midwestern voters as well. The fact is, we wouldnt be talking about the 12th
reporter william summer has been reporting on this bizarre movement and joins us now to discuss further. so, william, it s so bizarre and yet it seems to be growing. are qanon followers drawn to trump, or are trump followers, do you think, drawn to qanon? you know, it s interesting, i think it s a mix of both. sometimes you see people who are already hard core trump people, and they turn to qanon or believe in it because it portrays this world where, you know, trump is constantly winning and victorious and sort of engaged in this very dramatic battleme battle. at the same time, i think there are people, especially people drawn from the far left, who find it appealing because it portrays this world sort of controlled by evil banks and shadowy forces and they, in a way, sort of meet in the middle with qanon. how is this different than pizzagate or birtherism? sure, in a way, it s sort of a combination of all of them. it s a megaconspiracy theory that offers this explanation for