we did see the victory speech, however, because it was put on facebook by marjorie green. she said something very profane and anti-female about the speaker of the house. >> i just want to say to nancy pelosi, she's a hypocrite. she's an anti-american. and we're going to kick that bitch out of congress. >> marjorie green had a chance to hold up an olive branch during that speech. she did not, anderson. >> i understand this is a -- district she's won the primary. how good a chance does she have at winning the general election? >> it's always been held by a republican. matter of fact, by one, particular republican, tom graves. he is retiring this year. in 2018, he received 77% of the vote. this is a very red district and we anticipate marjorie green will be the next congresswoman from this district. >> gary tuchman, thanks very much. executive editor of the atlantic, she investigated qanon for an issue. it's a fascinating article. i urge everybody to read it. just factually, it's just fascinating. adrian, this group is really fascinating to me. early claims by these conspirac

that district has been reliably red and greene will likely win the house seat in november. here is the thing. marjorie to see on social media. in her words. racist islamophobic, anti-semitic views and other conspiracies. qanon followers believe world governments are being controlled by a shadowy cabal of ped files who will eventually be brought to justice by president trump. and trump tweeted his support for greene after her win. and yesterday a reporter asked him about it and he didn't like that too much. >> you congratulated marjorie taylor greene anyway tweet. called her a future republican star. she's been a proponent of the qanon conspiracy theory, as she said it would be something worth listening to. do you agree with her on that. >> well she did very well in the election. she won by a lot. she was very popular. she comes from a great state. she had a tremendous victory so absolutely, i did congratulate her, please. go ahead. go ahead, please. >> reporter: -- that conspiracy theory. do you agree with her on that? >> she wrote dozens of articles about qanon and even served as a correspondent for

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house says greene will be welcomed into the caucus should she win in november and will be given committee assignments. welcome to today's republican party. kamala harris is radical. marjorielor greene is a star, a real winner. >> there is an islamic invasion into our government offices right now. you can have a whole bunch of wives or sheep or goats or whatever you want. you stay over there. but in america, see, we made it a great, great country. we don't want it messed up. >> cnn's manu raju joining us live from capitol hill. are there republicans raising the hands saying we got a problem here? >> reporter: only a couple. one of them adam kissinger of illinois said that there's no place in the halls of congress for such conspiracy theories and such rhetoric and not the message from the house republican leadership. most are silent after her victory on tuesday including steve scalise. liz cheney is a member of the republican leadership in the house. house republican leader kevin mccarthy through a spokesperson said yesterday he welcomes her and other republicans winning if they do win in november and do expect her to win because of the fact of that district heavily republi

just one word on laura loomer and marjory taylor green.hat the racism and the xenophobia and the bigotry are not bugs in the software of trumpism, they are features. and i don't give -- i don't think president trump can be ignorant of everything. ignorant of all of these remarks by all of these people, who support him. he's embracing them for a reason, i think. and that reason is, he wants to be seen not rejecting their message, but rather, accepting it. >> and some saying that he's even enabling it, to some extent. gene, i'm curious to get your thoughts on this in terms of how the dnc has featured a significant number of republican speakers so far. you know, you had colin powell, john kasich, even a videonat narrated by cindy mccain. but if elected president, these are not the people that joe biden will have to be working with in congress to get anything done. he would have to be negotiating as i mentioned earlier with proifg progressives like alexandria ocasio-cortez, maybe even bernie sanders. is it a misstep, politically, to give them

marjorie green in georgia said nancy pelosi committed treason, should be executed, said holocaust survivor george soros collaborated with theaz. is she a candidate that the n.r.c.c. isg?upport >> so we put out our list of targeted races 18 months ago.5 there areargeted races that we're looking at. the top 30 donald trump w in 2016, the top 13 he won by sixpo ts or more and several by double digits, those are the races that we need to take back the majority, and i would saytai unde that people would like to say that this my grandfather's joe biden, but when barack ama says himself that essentially joe biden and bernie sanders are the samwhe, h he just did within the last week, i would beg to disagree with you and i think the american public is going to know the choice is very clear in novemberit's between freedom and socialism and this is why the republicans are going to win back the house. >> woodruff: and what about marjorie taylor green? >> we don't support any hate-driven conspiracy these are no matter what the organizatn is. the candidates we're focused on are in the 55 targeted distri

marjorie greene and laura lynn. have you talked to either of them?> i have. >> and, do you support their candidacy? >> actually, the voters are the ones that support them. they won their respective primaries. obviously, the people in those districts support those candidates. >> will the nrc get involved in those districts? >> one of them is r+26. the conversations we had basically our congratulations. let us know how we can be of assistance. right now, both candidates you're talking about -- by the districtsof the 435 in the u.s. house, we are contesting almost 425 of them. we have a record number of women running for the house as republicans. these are great women. women like the former mayor of irving, texas. nancy mason of south carolina, the first to attend and graduate from the citadel. amazing stories across the country. a record number of minority candidates running as republicans on the general 4.lot, like owens from utah burgess owens, polly right after the primaries showed he is already the favored candidate in that district. we have a grea

. >> marjorie greene has repeatedly praised the qanon theory. >> q is a patriot for sure but we do notle believe q is someone very close to president trump. >> reporter: the movement sprung to life in early 2017 based on the belief there is a high level government official q who sprinkles clues on internet message boards about a series of massive deep state conspiracies at work in the country. in 2019, the fbi raised concerns over the potential for violence linked to such theories. greene won despite a history of racist remarks against muslims. >> we have an islamic invasion into our government offices. they want to put their hand on the koran and be sworn in. no. you have to be sworn in on the bible. >> reporter: about democrats. >> they're trying to keep the black people in a modern day form of slavery. it's a slavery system to keep their vote. >> reporter: about blacks and confederate statutes. >> if i were black people today and i walked by a statute, i would be so proud because i'd say look how far i have come in this country. >> reporter: and a conspiracy theory about the liberal

>> reporter: the candidate name is marjorie greene.n theories the president has focused on praising greene for her victory and popularity in the state. and when he was pressed by a reporter whether he would distance himself from those conspiracy theories he chose to move on and ask another question of a different reporter. i want you to take a listen to that exchange from yesterday. >> well, she's doing very well in the election. she won by a lot. she was very popular. she comes from a great state. she had a tremendous victory. absolute absolutely, i did congratulate her? >> do you embrace that conspiracy theory? >> reporter: and greene has said the qanon theories are worth paying attention to, worth listening to. but i want to walk you through a couple of things that the qanon group promotes online. one is that high-profile people participate in child abuse. and deep state and spun conspiracies into shootings and elections and falsely spread spreadingch covid by 5g networks. the president has been a proponent of theories in the past f

marjorie taylor greene has a track record of incendiary and racist rhetoric, like islamicen vags wa invasionhat george soros turned over jews to the nazis. this remark on nancy pelosi said, she's a hypocrite, anti-american, and we're going to knock that b out of congress." and as he raced to jot down her words my next guest was kicked out of the room. greg bluestein, political reporter for "the atlantic journal constitution." thanks for being with us. greg, before we get to what happened to you, tell us a little bit more about what she believes in. >> yeah. i mean, this is a candidate running to her party, hard right, on a range of issues and sees herself as a true conservative representing a deeply republican northwest georgia district, an open seat. who believes that a lot of republicans including even conservative, some conservative republicans are spineless, not willing to stand up to liberal left, to the lying media in her words and also to their own party. >> and what is the general election looking like for her? >> she's the heavy favorite to win. this is a seat that the incumbent rep

marjorie taylor greene is now likely to win a u.s.ia this november, serve in congress, embrace the conspiracy group qanon and other racist and offensive attacks. >> that's right. it is a group that tracks and traffics in racist, anti-semitic and frankly ludicrous conspiracy theories. let's go to manu raju on capitol hill. so the question then becomes, manu, your job to ask republican lawmakers what do they think? so what are they saying? >> reporter: well, partly they have been greeting this news with silence, the house republican campaign arm has refused to endorse her so far, two other top republican leaders steve scalise, liz cheney have not weighed in despite requests to see how they feel about this. kevin mccarthy, the house republican leader ultimately said yesterday through a spokesperson he looks forward to her and other republican candidates winning and that came after president trump gave his full throated endorsement to her, despite her embrace of a french conspiracy theory that has the fbi alarmed. it is a conspiracy theor

reporter: you congratulated marjorie taylor greene this week. you called her a teacher republican star. she has been a proponent of conspiracy theories and they would be worth listening to. pres. trump: she is done very well in the election and won from a lot. she was very popular. she comes from a great state. she had a tremendous victory so absolutely i do congratulate her. reporter: what about q and on -- qanon? you agree with her on that? reporter: what about your brother? pres. trump: i have a wonderful brother we have a great relationship and he is in the hospital and hopefully he will be ok. he is having a hard time. reporter: i also wanted to ask you about [indiscernible] he wouldsaying that join a video summit with iran and other world powers. would you accept that invitation? pres. trump: i have not been told of it yet. i heard there was something but i have not been told of it yet. reporter: two questions on vaccines. once the vaccine is ready, who should get it first? pres. trump: i will rely on the doctors to tell me that. i would s

one other notable moment today, trump was asked about his recent decision to congratulate marjorie taylor green, the republican congressional candidate in georgia, with a history of promoting fake and aggressively loopy qanonconspiracy theory and making racist remarks. and antismesemitic remarks. >> you congratulated marjorie taylor green in a tweet calling her a future republican star. she has been a pro opponent of the qanon conspiracy theory. do you agree with her on that? >> she did very well in the election. she won by a lot. she was very popular. she comes from a great state. she had a tremendous victory. absolutely i did congratulate her. go ahead. >> you agree with her on that, that was the question. >> go ahead, please. >> here for our leadoff discussion on a busy friday night at the end of a business week, susan page, annie carney, white house reporter with the "new york times" and ron clain. political veteran of the white house and congress. advising the biden campaign. he oversaw the response to the ebola outbreak during the obama administration. notably as well he's the cohost of a

>> as you know, everyone gets we haveportion with discussions with marjorie greene and we recently announcedo organizations and they do not agree with his beliefs at all. and i believe everyone has an opportunity from that standpoint. think we will continue to work , she is aof times small business owner and she will be given an opportunity. but if you watch my actions as a leader, we have one member who said things that i think went against what the party of lincoln was standing for. i remove that individual from committee. the party does not decide if you serve in congress, the district thedes they have opportunity to decide what committee you sit on and we have been very strong to take action when we think we have it. this is where i have another disagreement with speaker pelosi. i have watched a congresswoman say anti-semitic actions and no resolution aired to bring it to the floor, had to water down. they had to watch another congresswoman say on the very next night she was going to impeach the investor that's why think mistakes were made, especially on both parties. constituents get to

amna: on tuesday, marjorie taylor greene won the republican runoff in georgia's 14th congressional district>> i'm a conservative republican. amna: it's an overwhelmingly favored to win in november. >> we have an islamic invasion. amna: after politicoovered green's previous islamophobic, anti-semitic and racist remarks about black people, g.o.p. leaders distance themselves, condemning her words as appalling and bigoted. but republican leaders remain largely silent about green's support fo a far right support for a conspiracyheory known as qanon. >> q is a patriot. he is someone tt is very much loves this country and he's on the same page as us and is very pro trump. amna: qanon first emerged in the months after president trump took office, spreading to social media. adherents allege, among other things the target of so-called deep state actors, high ranking officials plotting against him. the conspiracy took off and the presatent's supporters led on to the mysterious q. signs and t-shirts appeared at trump's campaign rallies. last year, the f.b.i. labeled the movement a potenti domestic terr

bob: there are two controversial republican nominees who support qanon, marjorie greene in georgia andaura loomer in florida. have you talked to either candidate since they won the nomination? >> i have not. bob: and, do you support their candidacies? >> actually, the voters are the ones that support them. they have won their respective primaries. obviously, the people in those districts support those candidates. rnc gettingan involved in those districts at all? >> one of them is in our plus 26. the conversation we had, basically arc congratulations -- are congratulations and let us know how we can be of assistance. right now i think both of the candidates you are talking about by the way, we have got of the the u.s. housen of representatives, we are contesting almost 425 of them. we have got a record number of women running for the house as republicans. women, thereat former mayor of irving, texas. carolina, in south the first women to attend and graduate from the citadel. amazing stories all across the country. got a record number of minority candidates running as republicans on the

. >>> this morning, top republicans and president trump are embracing marjory taylor green, the party'sse seat in georgia, despite her history of racist, saent smick and anti-muslim remarks and her support of the baseless qanon conspiracy theory. manu raju takes a closer look. it's a conspiracy theory born on the dark fringes of the internet, something the fbi contends is a national security threat. but the qanon theory has been embraced by some house republican candidates in races across the country. and on tuesday night, one of them won her republican primary and is on track to winning a house seat in november. >>i just want to say to nancy pelosi, she's a hypocrite. he's an anti-american. and we're going to kick that [ bleep ] out of congress. >> reporter: businesswoman marjory taylor green is now the heavy favorite to win a seat representing a deeply conservative district in northwest georgia. green has repeatedly praised the qanon theory. >> "q" is a patriot, we know that for sure, but we do not know who "q" is. people believe that "q" is someone very close to president trump. >> r

>> you congratulated marjorie greene in a tweet.ene has been a proponent of the qanon conspiracy theory, saying that it should be worth to listening to. do you agree with her? >> she done well in the lerks. won by a lot. very popular. comes from a great state and she had a tremendous victory so absolutely i did congratulate her. please, go ahead. go ahead. >> do you agree with her on that. that was the question. >> i want to ask you what ails your brother robert and how is he doing? >> i have a great brother. we have had a great relationship for a long time. from day one. it's a long time ago. and he's in the hospital right now. hopefully he'll be all right but he's pretty -- having a hard time. >> i wanted to ask you also about putin's vinvitation for a summit with iran and other world powers. >> i haven't been told of it yet. i heard there's something but i haven't been told of it yet. >> mr. president, two questions on vaccines. first, once a vaccine is ready, who should get it first? >> i will rely on the doctors to tell me that

earlier this week, the president congratulated republican house candidate marjorie green on her primaryn is a vocal supporter of the qanon cult, so the president was asked today about the group. >> green has been a proponent of the qanon conspiracy theory. she said it's something worth listening to. do you agree with her on that? >> she's done very well in the election. she won by a lot. she was very popular. she comes from a great state. and she had a tremendous victory, so i did congratulate her. >> do you agree with her on the conspiracy theory? >> ignored and ignored again. "outfront" now john kasich, the former republican governor of ohio. thank you for being here. the president very clearly is ignoring the question on purpose. but this conspiracy group is one that pushes beliefs like top democrats and celebrities are involved in a vast sex trafficking scheme, even involved in cannibalism. what is going on in the republican party when supporters of this conspiracy theory are running for congress, all but certain to win, and republican leaders aren't denouncing her? >> well, i can t

the president tweeted out this, congratulations to future republican star marjorie taylor green. marjorie is strong and never gives up. a real winner. this puts him at odds with some leaders on the republican side of the hill. >> he's at odds on so many things right now with people in his own party, particularly those on the hill when it comes to trying to pass some sort of stimulus package. the president is obviously, you know -- would like to see republicans take back the house. that's probably not going to happen despite it -- you know, this candidate wins in georgia, the senate is now at risk and there is this -- yeah, balancing act right now between everyone on the hill about how close to align themselves to the president that no one seems to have figured themselves out at. coming out and openly endorsing a qanon conspiracy theory supporter, the president has himself tweeted qanon conspiracy theories, so it's completely out of line. but certainly one more divide between him and almost all of his own party in the senate. >> and at your own risk, we urge our viewers who have ne

ild now marjorie taylor greene's namebe on the ballot as well.to lre closely at the rise and spread of the q-anon conspiracy on the campaine trail, i'm jby travis view, co-host of the "qanon anonymous" podcast. travis, welcome to the newshour, you have been folling the q-anon conspiracy theory and followers for a very long tim let's start with the basics for those who haven't been. just explain to us where and how this q-anon conspiry begins. >> the q-anon conspiracy theory originated on october of 2017. soit has its origin in a pia gait. the basic premise is that a group of high level militar intelligence officials close to president trump, are sendg out secret coded messages on these image ards about this great grand battle of good versus evil in which trp and what they call the q team are working to destroy a global cabal of satan worshiping pedophiles which the q-anon community believes is controlling everything and that includes politician, entertainment and the med >> and what is the end game. if you are someone that compleef belies in this

marjorie taylor greene one her prprimary and then n a runoff.was a v very conservativeve district. she is almost certainn to win in the general election. essentially,y, she is somebody o bully believeves in q, b believt is a real entity. she is actively evangelized for it. she has repeatedly told people if they don't sububscribe to ths or they are uncertain about it, not to feel bad, to reach out to her privately and she will help walk them through the importance of q. she is repeatedly called q a patriot. when trurump says the thing h he said, nonot just ththat he did t condemn it, but when he reinforced the fact t that peope inin qanon love their country, their patriotsts, that is essential tenet of what qanon believers sort of tell themselves and also what these doubt bring others into the movement, that there actually the true patriots out there really t trying to save the coununtry and the world from ths sort of interdimemensionall psyc fight. i i would just poioint out that marjororie taylor greene is not the only qanon believer that is on

an adherent named marjorie taylor green won a republican runoff in georgia congressional district. thing. here's what the president had to say about her victory. >> she did very well in the election. she won by a lot. she was very popular. she comes from a great state and she had a tremendous victory, so absolutely, i did congratulate her. please, go ahead. >> qanano, embrace that conspiracy theory, do you agree with her on that? that was the question. >> jeh johnson, the president refused to ever answer that question. he's refused to answer that question millions of times. he's never said he believes in it, but he always seems to do a wink and a nod by not saying anything in either direction. how dangerous is this -- is this qanon? is this a virus inside the republican party? >> i'm afraid it could be, chuck. chuck, qanon and movements like it are gaining currency because of the way in which americans receive their news and receive their information on social media, not enough organizations have standards, have journalistic standards and people, therefore, are drawn to sources of

mccarthy: you know, everybody gets elected proportionate -- we have discussions with marjorie greene and we recently announced to wo organizations and they do not agree with his beliefs at all. and i believe everyone has an opportunity from that standpoint. the discussions i have had with she willink i continue to work. she is a small business owner and she will be given an opportunity. but if you watch my actions as a leader, we have had one number -- member who said things that i think went against what the party of lincoln was standing for. i removed the individual from committee. the party does not decide if you serve in congress, the district decides whether you serve in congress. the party decides what committee you sit on and we have been very strong to take action when we think we have it. unfortunately, this is where i have another disagreement with speaker pelosi. i have watched congresswoman omar say anti-semitic actions , even about me personally, and no resolution. when they wanted to bring it to the floor, they had to water it down. we watched another congresswoman say

marjorie taylor greene is also an outspoken supporter of the so-called q-anon conspiracy theory thathe president is fighting a so-called deep state in what she calls a "global cabal of rshippingesy abo house speaker nancy pelosi. >> she's an anti-american, and we're going to kick that [ bleep ] out of congress. >> reporter: today, the president tweeted that greene was a "future republican star" and "a real winner." >> let's get to jon karl with us live in washington tonight. jon, the president knows he needs william voters this fall and today, he tweeted a message, saying the suburban housewife will be voting for me. >> reporter: david, he's attempting to appeal to suburban voters, a key swing group, by playing on racial fears. here's the actual tweet. he tweeted, "the suburban housewife will be voting for me. they want safety and are thrilled that i ended the long-running program where low income housing would invade their neighborhood." but david, it's not clear how many modern american women will respond to this racially charged appeal to, quote, suburban housewives. >> jon karl t

i'm interested what you think about marjorie taylor greene being elected to congress and what was your reaction when she called you the b word? speaker pelosi: you know how little attention i pay when the president of the united states calls me horrible things? it is a judgment to be made about them as to who they welcome into their ranks. again, we all have diversity of opinion and that is the beauty of the mix in congress. beneathbehavior that is the dignity of the congress, that is a judgment about them. anyway, upward and onward. i probably will not see you next week and lest you are going to be in -- unless you're going to be in california or wherever. in any event, thank you. i think the freedom of the press is such an important freedom in our constitution, first amendment because you are the guardians of the gate of our democracy, which i think has some real risk at this time should thank your -- if at this time. thank you all for what you do. stay safe. ♪ >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events. you can watch a

republicans seem to be comfortable with a qanon supporter, but i'm curious what you think about marjorie taylor greene, and what was your reaction when she called to the b-word? speaker pelosi: you know i don't pay attention when the president calls me horrible things. it is a judgment to be made about them as to who they welcomed into their ranks. we all have diversity of opinion, and that is the beauty of the mix in congress. behavior that is the needs dignity of the congress--beneath the dignity of the congress, that is a judgment about them. probably won't see you next week, unless you are going to be in california or whatever. in any event, thank you for what you do. i think freedom of the press is such an important freedom in our constitution, the first amendment, because you are the guardians of the gate of our democracy, which i think has some real risk at this time. so thank you all for what you do. stay safe. reporter: could a package under $2 trillion passed the house, madam speaker? c-span live coverage continues at 1:00 eastern today went white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany will

congratulations to marjorie taylor greene on big a win in georgia against a very smart poem. es up. a real winner. has the person we've learned is a 9/11 truther. perhaps not surprising. it seems like the president is okay with this because this qanon conspiracy seemed to be in love with trump. >> yeah. that's trump. it doesn't matter how dangerous you are or what rhetoric you put out. this soon to be congresswoman, ms 13 and the clints killed 400 dnc staffers, seth rich, a common conspiracy on the right in order to cover up the real people that enter feared in the election to pre tend that it wasn't russia who did it. she's fond of jfk junior conspiracies. she is deep, deep in the conspiracy world and a lot of racially racist, frankly, racist conspiracies she's putting forward. the president won't stand up to this. these are the president's people. he would rather have q members than justin amash or jeff flake. look what he says. he's far nastier to republicans who disagree with him. what's the party is you understand trump. >> look. i know, one of the reasons you work there,

. >>> we knew kand marjorie taylor green was a qanon supporter but now we learn about the conspiracy theories she's supported in the past. andrew, what have you found? >> so we found that before green was a congressional candidate she was a correspondent for a website called american truth seekers and this is a now defunct conservative blog and just to give you an idea of some of the stuff this blog posted, they posted that the 2018 shooting at stoneman douglas shooting was a massive false flag. that's a quote. in a couple posts that green wrote she wrote that the conspiracy about pizzagate was real and in another post said that the charlottesville white national protest was an inside job to further the agenda of the elites. and you know, sort of to like deconstruct this a little bit, pizzagate is a conspiracy theory that democrats were running a pedophile ring out of a pizza restaurant and this charlottesville thing, she was basically claiming that it was being done so that they could put the agenda of the elites and further it and this is really, really nutty stuff. and -- >> we sh

today, he avoided a question whether he agrees with marjorie taylor green. >> she comes from a great state. she had a tremendous victory. i did congratulate her. >> do you agree with her on q anon? >> and the president is spending the weekend at his golf club in new jersey. he stopped in manhattan because his younger brother has been hospitali hospitalized. the white house confirm ed thats why the president was going there. they have not confirmed details about his brother. and the president was asked by reporters that he was having a, quote, hard time. kaitlan collins, cnn, the white house. >>> let's talk about these kw developments. he's a visiting professor of the london school of economics. good to have you on. let's begin with the controversy over mail-in balloting. is mail-in balloting on the line here? >> well, he seems to be taking it so by defunding the post office. some sorting machines removed. this aligns with a broader voter suppression and strategies that democrats have championed for a long time that violates the voting rights act of the 1960s. trim down the voters tha

the tweet comes a day after marjorie taylor green, an avid qanon supporter won the election in the stateorgia. green has previously praised qanon. she's widely expected to win the 14th congressional district in november. a trump member questioning kinzinger, calling it russian propaganda. >>> let's switch gears once again and get a check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, let's talk about the covid numbers before we talk about the weather. of course, another day. more alarming numbers. >> yeah. we're kind of in this weird position now, yasmin, i don't know if anyone knows whether we're going to go up or down. we've been kind of stationary in the last two weeks after the big surge, end of june, all of july. let me show you where we are. you see the seven-day average and the yellow line. you see where we've been over the last week or two. we had the little uptick where we went up in fatalities and now we've been lingering near this 1,000 number average deaths we've been dealing with. yesterday was 1,386. in the middle of the week, we get the higher reports. that's why

. >> reporter: business woman marjorie taylor green is now the heavy favorite to win a seat representing the deeply conservative district in northwest georgia. green has repeatedly praised the q anon theory. >> q is a patriot. we know that for sure, but we do not know who q is. people believe that q is someone very close to president trump. >> reporter: the movement sprung to life in early 2017 based on a belief that there is a high-level government officials q who sprinkles clues on internet message boards about a series of massive deep state conspiracies at work in the country. in 2019, the fbi raised concerns over the potential for violence linked to such fringe theories. green also won despite a history of racist incendiary remarks against muslims. >> we have an islamic invasion into our government offices. they want to put their hand on the qur'an and be sworn in. no, you have to be sworn in on the bible. >> reporter: about democrats. >> they're trying to keep the black people in a modern-day form of slavery. it's a slavery system to keep their vote. >> reporter: about blacks and co

and when you've got people like marjorie tiller green and others getting not just the tacit support of but the blessing of the president, i think it is hard to argument they are not the future of this party. >> s.e., i want to switch topics with you. you were one of the first people that i thought about when biden picked kamala harris as his r s running mate because we were talking a few days ago and you said if he picked harris, he would have your vote. you got a lot of blowback for saying that his vice presidential running mate would be influential on whether or not you decided to vote for him. but let's watch what happened on fox last night. >> just tell kamala harris what to say and she'll say it. that is the whole point of kamala harris. >> tucker could i say one quick thing because this will serve you and your fellow hosts on fox. her name is pronounced comma, like the punctuation, comma. >> okay. so what. >> that is how it is. kamala. >> out of respect for somebody on the national ticket. >> so i'm disrespecting her by mispronouncing her name unintentionally. you're allowed to c

jillian: marjorie taylor green won the runoff.leaders distanced themselves from green over her past comments about blacks, muslims and jews. talk about a ring of fire. plus -- >> she put over 1500 people in jail for marijuana violations and laughed about it. todd: kamala harris called out for flip-flopping on the law. where does she stand on top issues? an attorney that litigated a case with her in california says she's all over the map. she's with us, next. todd: we are back with our big story, joe biden making history by tapping kamala harris as his running mate. so how did she get from california to a record setting candidacy. harmy dillon here to help us chart the course. you and harris are part of the bay area legal community. how is she viewed by that community? >> she started out as a shale i challenger to her boss for district attorney in san san. i was someone who newly moved to the city during that time. i met her do yo during the camp. she was just starting out at that point. she had a mee meteoric ride. she set her sig

marjorie taylor green and laura luna, a self-described -- are these fringe beliefs becoming the mainstreamblican party under this president? >> well, i think ayman, what you're seeing is this is what happens when republicans don't believe in these things choose to sit by, stay silent and try to hide from these issues. this is one of the main reasons the senate is in jeopardy, why groups like the lincoln project are going after susan collins and lindsey graham and races in arizona are trending democrat. people are tired of watching their leaders sit by and do nothing. people want leadership. they want boldness. they want truth. they want facts. they want common sense and they're not getting that from the republican party. they're going to pay the price at the polls because they have completely turned away from everything they profess to stand for. when barack obama was president you couldn't hear enough about truth, transparency, oversight from republicans in congress. all that is gone by these whack job conspiracy theorists who have infected the republican party. donald trump has transform

. >> in georgia far right gop candidate marjorie taylor green has won her primary, she has ties withonline conspiracy theory group that the fbi labeled a potential domestic terrorism threat. >> the business woman has come under fire for making racist, anti-sem edic and anti-muslim comments. >> also listed on the southern poverty law center hate watch, endorsed with a man with ties to local comiet supremacist, a believer in the q-anon conspiracy that centers on a person that claims q posted inside knowledge of the president quietly leading a revolution, and that everyone be will be put in jail. >> trevor: that's right, a q-anon conspiracy ther rest is about to become a member of congress. and if you are wondering what is q-anon, well, it is a movement that believes that hollywood and the democratic party are actually a secret worldwide child sex trafficking ring whose members har veses the blood of children for its life-extending prove see. and that the only person protecting the world from this evil is donald trump. so let me get this straight. on the one hand, the democratic party i

on the right have distanced themselves from greene but after her victory this week, president trump shared his congratulations to future republican star marjoryng number of republican candidate was won their primaries share some of these beliefs. >> qanon fans believe that or at least they act as though they believe that trump is the savior of the united states, and that they are helping him overturn this deep state plot. >> reporter: the movement's apparent followers started appearing at the president's rallies as early as 2018. >> we don't exactly know who q is, okay. q is not one person, okay. q is a bunch of people that are on the inside. they're the good guys and they know the real story. >> reporter: facebook says there are at least a million of these qanon believers on their platform, and they are now flagging many of their posts as false information. greene is from a very conservative district and after winning her primary she's expected to win the seat outright in november. back to you. >> all right, steve, thank you so much. >>> want to turn to that incredible great white shark escape. an australian surfer surviving a horrific shark

one other race that is being watched, in georgia, the headlines there, marjorie taylor greene, q and on supporter, wins non wins the-- qa georgia primary, one of three linked to the conspiracy movement, representing a potential headache from gop toders who have been trying change the view of extremism around president trump, who believe in a deep state plot against trump. green leading that very conservative district in georgia , winning the race. it's a very conservative district. once again, the primary likely means shall be coming to congress. lonnie is next in saulsberry, north carolina. democrat, good morning. caller: good morning, good morning. there was a gentleman in there saying all this stuff about carmella harris, all the stuff she did during her reign as attorney general. had they forgotten all the stuff the trump administration has done? kids in cages? just all kinds of horrible stuff. i think carmella harris's exit on. they are scared of her. they are trying to scare people. it won't work. she's too well known, too well-liked. her policies are great. mike pence, the per

this one is named marjorie taylor green. we won a gop primary this week, for a congressional seat in georgia. the president is speak about her and has been praising her. been to concussion on that primary victory. and on her popularity in that state. but he refused pointedly to disavow the conspiracy theories that green has openly embraced and when he was pressed on it in the briefing yesterday by a report he moved on to call on someone else declining that question. i want to you listen to that exchange. >> she did very well in the election. she won by a lot. very popular. comes from a great state. and she had tremendous victory so absolutely i did congratulate her. >>> now green has said that the qanon conspiracy theories are something worth paying attention to but i want to walk you through southeast things that are involved in this qanon conspiracy theory. baseless allegations that high-profile people have participated in child sex rings. that a deep state has tried to be sabotage trump's presidency. there's conspiracies

the candidates including marjorie taylor green, a qanon supporter.riticized for comments. she's up against dr. john cowan, a neurosurgeon for a house seat. election officials hope today's vote will go more smoothly. voters waited to cast their ballots in long lines during a pandemic in the pouring rain. >>> there are thunderstorms in today's forecast, so let's check in with blayne alexander in atlanta. how is the voting coming along so far? >> reporter: well, joshua right here behind me people are voting. it's been a slow but steady stream here at this location. if you saw any of those long lines, our coverage from two months ago, this was the same place. if you can believe it or not. in fact up along this street, you saw a live stretch back that way around the corner twice before people werible to come here to vote. we spoke with people who had to wail some three, four, even five -- i ran into someone that i met back then. when i met her two months ago, she was soaking wet, had been waiting for 3 1/2 hour, very different story today. but because of

today he avoided a question whether he agrees with marjorie taylor green. >> she comes from a great state and had a tremendous victory. i did congratulate her. >> reporter: and jim, the president just arrived in new jersey at his golf club where he is spending the weekend. before going there, he made a stop in manhattan because his younger brother is in the hospital. the president hasn't said why, he did say he was ill and he was going to check on him. seems like he was still learning more information about it. that is all we know, he is in a hospital in new york and no further details so far. >>> thank you very much for that. now the new warning from the u.s. postal service about delays in delivering mail-in ballots. abby, what does it tell us about how fast voters ballots can be delivered compared to the expectations that everybody has? >> everybody should know requesting their ballot, receiving and returning could take a lot more time than they are probably expecting. the u.s. postal service is warning dozens of states according to the "washington post" that these ballots could take lo

marjory taylor green won the primary for a seat in georgia.upport for the leader of qanon, known simply as q. she was called a future republican star by the president. some republicans are speaking out against it. congresswoman liz cheney called it dangerous lunacy. ben collins reports on the far corners of the internet and joins us now. ben, welcome. >> hachlt thanks for having me. >> what is it about conspiracy theories like q anonare people latching on? i don't think it's that simple. >> it's not that simple. the thing is i'm sure you know somebody at this point, whether it's a friend from high school or somebody closer, a family member or someone like that, they've gone down this rabbit hole. it's not because they've lost it or anything. they've been trained by bad actors to go down this path. qanon followers started innovating fitness groups, religious groups, things like that in facebook in the last few months. they said, maybe you lost your job recently. you lost a family member to covid. maybe something really bad happened to you. inst

that's the kind of thing that marjorie taylor green said is worth paying attention to. it's not the first time that the president has openly embraced a baseless conspiracy theory. he's done so with a number of other ones. green has become a polarizing figure on capitol hill. back in the summer when some of her racist comments resurfaced releadership condemned the that kind of rhetoric but they went ahead and congratulated her on her primary victory in a deep red district. she will end up representing it on capitol hill in november. some republicans have been quiting disavowing themselves from the qanon conspiracy theory. she will end up being a polarizing figure. >> thank you. >>> the cdc says people who have recovered from coronavirus do not need to quarantine or get tested again for up to three months. >> now more than 1300 americans died from the virus just yesterday. we're following the very latest. i know the death toll here, people that have died in the u.s., topped more than 1,000. i have to use the word again behind that as well. >> reporter: yeah. it's a number