Republicans in Oregon have nominated an outspoken follower of the QAnon conspiracy theory to serve in the US Senate, in the latest sign the far-right online movement was beginning to enter the mainstream political fray.Jo Rae Perkins, a financial adviser who previously launched several failed
Senate and congressional campaigns, won Tuesday night’s
Republican senatorial primaries in the state after publicly throwing her supported behind the unfounded QAnon theory, which centres around an alleged international child kidnapping conspiracy involving top-level government officials.