of course he's going to nod to ron watkins's run, possibly call him a great patriot.if it does, they are probably going to claim oh, these were fake votes anyways. but it is probably going to keep this message afloat at least through the mid terms -- definitely through the midterms, at least through 2024 and who knows how far into the future. >> always great to have you on to break these things down. appreciate it. appreciate all of you watching this hour of hallie jackson reports on a friday afternoon. i will see you tomorrow on saturday today filling in for peter alexander. in the meantime, deadline white house starts right now, after this quick break. this quick break there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the flexibility you need to unveil them to the world. ♪ this is the planning effect. if you ask suzie about the future, she'll say she's got goals. and since she's got goals, she might need help reaching them, and so she'll get some help from fidelity, and at fidelity, someone will help her create a pl

. >> reporter: ron watkins, the man who many believe is q.o arizona to run for office. >> what do you think happened in november 2020? >> president trump did win the election, and the election was certified to president biden and that biden is currently occupying the white house. but the de facto leader is still president trump. >> but president trump didn't win the election. >> reporter: despite overwhelming evidence against it, watkins believes there was fraud. >> well, it could potentially be a hundred thousand, it could be a million. we don't know because the databases were deleted. >> they're still there. >> well, ms. lah, i'm a computer programmer and my super power is abstract math and i'm able to look and see things and patterns that most people are not looking for. >> reporter: while he denies his rumored role as q. >> and i'm not q, i've never posted as q. i don't know who q is. >> reporter: watkins is an influential leader. trump re-tweeted him multiple times leading up to the january 6th capitol riot telling followers to go to the

. >> reporter: ron watkins, the man many internet sleuths believe is the q behind the qanon conspiracyheory is another denier of the truth. a republican hopeful for arizona's first congressional district. the first-time candidate just moved to arizona to run for office. >> what do you think happened in november 2020? >> president trump did win the election. and that's -- the election was certified to president biden and that biden is currently occupying the white house. but the de facto leader is still president trump. >> reporter: but president trump didn't win the election. despite overwhelming evidence against it, watkins believes there was fraud. >> well, it could potentially be 100,000. it could be a million votes. we don't know because the databases -- the databases were -- were deleted and -- >> they're still there. >> well, let me tell you, everybody has a superpower and i am a computer programmer and my superpower is abstract math and i am able to look and see things and patterns that most people are not looking for. >> reporter: while he denies his rumored rule as q -- >> i a