BlueAnon
"BlueAnon" is a term used to describe conspiratorial thinking among liberals in the United States. A portmanteau of blue (the color of the Democratic Party) and QAnon, it was first used by conservative commentators to mock claims of Russian interference in the 2016 elections. It was later used more broadly to describe conspiracy theories and denialism propagated by supporters of Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. Theories attributed in media reports to BlueAnon thinking include the theory that the attempted assassination of Trump in July 2024 was a false flag staged by Trump himself, the theory that Ivana Trump was secretly cremated by Trump so that incriminating documents could be hidden in her coffin, and the theory that Melania Trump was replaced by a body double during the 2024 presidential campaign, among others.
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