,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ajid  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,august #be1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,malinowski 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,riggleman7 submitted the following
 resolution2 which was referred to the  
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,condemning ,q,anon and   
rejecting the conspiracy theories it    
promotes4  ,whereas throughout history1 
conspiracy theories that falsely blame  
secret cabals or marginalized groups for
 society's ills have fueled prejudice1  
genocide1 and acts of terrorism2        
,whereas ,q,anon is a movement promoting
 a collection of unfounded conspiracy   
theories that have spread widely on the 
internet since #bjag2 ,whereas ,q,anon  
initially alleged that prominent        
,americans are engaged in a secret plot 
to control the world1 while using their 
power to exploit children1 and has      
expanded to embrace virtually every     
popular conspiracy theory of the last   
several decades1 from questioning the   

,kennedy assassination1 to believing in 
alien landings1 to denying the safety of
 vaccines2 ,whereas many ,q,anon        
followers express anti-,semitic views1  
and the ,anti-,defamation ,league has   
said that the movement's central        
conspiracy theory includes anti-,semitic
 elements2 ,whereas the ,,fbi has       
assessed with high confidence that      
fringe political conspiracy theories1   
including ,q,anon1 very likely motivate 
some domestic extremists1 wholly or in  
part1 to engage in criminal or violent  
activity1 and that these conspiracy     
theories very likely encourage the      
targeting of specific people1 places and
 organizations1 thereby increasing the  
likelihood of violence against these    
targets2 ,whereas the ,,fbi bases this  
assessment on events in which           
individuals committed crimes1 plotted   
attacks1 or successfully carried out    
deadly violence1 and who--either before 
or after their arrests--attributed their
 actions to their conspiratorial        

beliefs2 ,whereas ,q,anon adherents have
 been implicated in crimes that they    
claim their ,q,anon beliefs inspired1   
including-- 7#a7 a man arrested in #bjah
 for plotting to plant a bomb in the    
,illinois ,capitol rotunda to make      
,americans aware of the ,pizzagate      
conspiracy theory2  7#b7 a man arrested 
in #bjah for using an armored car to    
block traffic on the ,hoover ,dam       
,bypass ,bridge2  7#c7 a man in ,arizona
 arrested in #bjai for vandalizing a    
,catholic church2  7#d7 a woman in      
,colorado arrested in #bjai for plotting
 an armed raid to kidnap her child1 who 
had been taken from her custody2  7#e7 a
 man charged with the murder of an      
organized crime boss in ,new ,york in   
#bjai2 and  7#f7 a woman arrested in    
,new ,york with a car full of knives    
after posting a video accusing ,joe     
,biden of participating in child sex    
trafficking and threatening to kill him2
 ,whereas the ,,fbi further assesses    
that these conspiracy theories very     

likely will emerge1 spread and evolve in
 the modern information marketplace ''' 
fostering anti-government sentiment1    
racial and religious prejudice1 and     
increasing political tensions2 ,whereas 
according to the ,combatting ,terrorism 
,center at the ,west ,point ,military   
,academy1 ,q,anon is arguably no longer 
simply a fringe conspiracy theory but an
 ideology that has demonstrated its     
capacity to radicalize to violence      
individuals at an alarming speed2       
,whereas ,facebook1 ,twitter1 and       
,google have removed or blocked ,q,anon 
groups and content from their platform  
for violating their policies against    
misinformation1 bullying1 hate speech1  
and harassment2 ,whereas ,q,anon        
adherents have been harming legitimate  
efforts to combat child exploitation and
 sex trafficking1 including by          
overwhelming anti-trafficking hotlines  
with false reports2 and ,whereas the    
conspiracy theories promoted by ,q,anon 
undermine trust in ,america's democratic

 institutions1 encourage rejection of   
objective reality1 and deepen our       
,nation's political polarization3 ,now1 
therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of    
,representatives-- 7#a7 condemns ,q,anon
 and rejects the conspiracy theories it 
promotes2  7#b7 encourages the ,federal 
,bureau of ,investigation and all       
,federal law enforcement agencies to    
continue to strengthen their focus on   
preventing violence1 threats1           
harassment1 and other criminal activity 
by extremists motivated by fringe       
political conspiracy theories2 and  7#c7
 urges all ,americans1 regardless of our
 beliefs or partisan affiliation1 to    
seek information from authoritative     
sources1 and to engage in political     
debate from a common factual foundation4