Q-Anon supporters often hide behind their online usernames and profiles but occasionally make public statements and appearances. The first of these is well known as “Pizzagate”. Q-Anon followers created a conspiracy that a pizza shop in Washington D. C. was holding a child sex-trafficking ring below the restaurant. The owner of the pizza shop received several death threats, and the ending result was an armed man breaking into the establishment. Luckily nobody was injured and the man who broke in was arrested and charged.
The most widely known appearance by Q-Anon is the January 6th attack on the nation’s capital. Q-Anon conspiracy followers went to the capital, with permission from Donald Trump, and attacked it. The attack was led by Q-Anon because they believed that the 2020 election was rigged. They believe that Donald Trump won and should be president and that Joe Biden stole the election. During the riot, the capitol was broken into, guards were injured, and things were stolen from politicians’ offices. A capital guard, Brian Sicknick also died from related injuries the next day.There were threats made to both Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Followers threatened politicians with openly carried weapons. However, now, most Q-Anon followers would say that the attack was done by the FBI, or the Democrats pretending to be Q-Anon. While this is very unrealistic, Q-Anon supporters are so religiously deep into their ideas that they believe whatever their uppers or Q tell them.
