... some attendees openly boasted of participating in events that led to the Jan. 6 riot and speakers gleefully peddled anti-semitic conspiracy theories ...
... QAnon themed shirts were on sale at a merchandise booth in the exhibition hall ... A number of the speakers .. have ties to the QAnon movement. Some were even featured at a recent QAnon conference in Dallas .. including .. Louie Gohmert, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, and .. Allen West ...
... fringe right-wing elements are now comfortably embraced within the mainstream conservative movement ...
... Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick ... espoused ideas with roots in anti-semitic and white nationalist conspiracy theories ...
... Patrick also promoted a version of the “Great Replacement” theory, a key facet of neo-Nazi ideology ...