‘I DON’T KNOW THEM’
Trump refuses to condemn QAnon conspiracy theory at Town Hall saying followers ‘very against pedophilia’
DONALD Trump last night refused to condemn the QAnon conspiracy theorists, insisting: "I don't know them".
Speaking at a Town Hall in Miami on Thursday, said he did not know what his followers believed in except that they are "very against pedophilia".
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is a dangerous right-wing conspiracy theory that the FBI believes is a domestic terror threat.
It is centered on unfounded allegations the president is waging a secret battle against a pedophile ring filled with celebrities and political elites.
QAnon believe they have been covertly running the government for decades.
Moderator asked Trump to "disavow" their belief "that have a satanic pedophile ring and you [Trump] are the savior of that."
"Just say it's crazy and untrue," she said, to which Trump replied: "I don't know about QAnon.
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"What I do hear about it, they are very strongly against pedophilia, they fight it very hard," he added. "But I know nothing about it."
also asked him why he tweeted a QAnon fringe theory that Biden had Navy Seals killed to on Tuesday.
"That was a retweet," Trump responded. "That was an opinion of somebody. And that was a retweet. I'll put it out there. People can decide for themselves. I won't take a position."
But Guthrie countered that she didn't "get that, you're the president."
"You're not like someone's crazy uncle who can just retweet whatever," she added – but Trump insisted: "That was a retweet.
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What is QAnon?
QAnon is a dangerous right-wing conspiracy theory that the FBI believes to be a domestic terror threat.
Its supporters claim the president is communicating about "covert battles" between himself and the Deep State.
According to , the theory centers around an anonymous source, Q, who is trying to tell the world a secret - or multiple secrets.
These center around unfounded allegations that President Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller are waging a secret battle against an alleged pedophile ring.
Supporters of the entirely unfounded theory believe that this ring is filled with celebrities and political elites, who have been covertly running the United States government for decades.
The FBI has warned about QAnon there have been a serious of violent crimes - including murder and attempted kidnap - linked to the conspiracy theory.
"And I do a lot of retweets," he went on. "Frankly, because the media is so fake, and so corrupt.
"If I didn't have social media - I don't call it Twitter, I call it social media – I wouldn't be able to get the word out."
His appearance in the city also saw was questioned about potentially bringing Covid-19 into the debate venue two days before .
Trump said he had "no problem" on Tuesday, September 29, and "probably" did a test that day ahead of his positive result on Thursday, October 1.
"I don't know. I don't even remember," he said when the moderator Savannah Guthrie pressed him for an answer. "Possibly I did, possibly I didn't."
"There was no problem before," he said, adding that he didn't recall all the times he'd been tested. "After the debate, I guess a day or so.
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"Thursday evening – maybe even late Thursday evening, I tested positive."
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