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Trump Ally Nicole Shanahan Criticizes Jill Biden’s Halloween Costume

Trump Ally Nicole Shanahan Criticizes Jill Biden’s Halloween Costume

Nicole ShanahanThe former running mate of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was revealed to have promoted a conspiracy theory about government-sponsored child abuse during an event Thursday that also featured GOP nominee Donald Trump.

Shanahan confirms the possibility of what he calls Trump-Kennedycoalition governmentHe criticized First Lady Jill Biden the day before for dressing up as a panda bear for Halloween.

“Jill Biden’s parade in her panda costume yesterday – before our eyes” Shanahan said in it: speechtucker carlson “Live” eventprompting some booing throughout the venue. “What is this mockery? No more!”

Viewers who aren’t into conspiracy theories may have wondered what the fuss was about. But as Washington Post reporter Will Somer wrote: book In QAnon, explained in x (formerly Twitter) “panda eyes” means “The swollen eyes of children abused by the cabal in Satanic rituals.”

Sommer wrote that Shanahan was “referencing some QAnon beliefs here.” Neither Trump’s campaign nor Shanahan immediately responded to a request for comment on the remarks.

In reality, the First Lady’s costume was a nod to the return of pandas to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. He helped the zoo announce the bears’ arrival. one october video. The White House said Thursday that Biden’s Halloween costumewelcoming gestureFor pandas, according to the Associated Press.

RFK Jr’s former running mate Nicole Shanahan touches on some QAnon beliefs here — she seems to think Jill Biden’s panda costume is a reference to “panda eyes,” which are the bulging eyes children get when they’re abused by the cabal in satanic rituals. https://t.co/B6w6EaSzXd

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) November 1, 2024

QAnon is an ancient conspiracy theory universe that claims liberal elites in politics and media are secretly operating a massive, evil child abuse ring. The movement respects Trump, believing he will carry out mass arrests and potential executions of his political enemies as part of an effort to dismantle the so-called “deep state” and seize control of the government.

Although QAnon originated in anonymous posts by a presumed government insider on an online message board, it has since widely grownExpressed through hysteria about transgender people and other right-wing culture war issues.

Shanahan’s words were shared with approval by some QAnon supporters on X, which is owned by Elon Musk, a surrogate for Trump, the world’s richest man.

Liz Crokin, a proponent of another conspiracy theory, said:pizzagateShanahan, who has more than 400,000 followers, reposted the video and applauded Shanahan’s speech, calling the panda costume a “well-known pedophile symbol.” Crokin had previously shared a post accusing the Bidens of organizing a “Pedophile Themed Halloween Party for Children”.

Shanahan did not detail his beliefs about Jill Biden’s costume, but elsewhere in his speech noted that the election was “deeply spiritual” and urged viewers to be “individual sovereigns” rather than “puppets of corporate interests.”

He ominously stated that he was “in the belly of the beast” and had met “all the celebrities you see giving these endorsements.” The country’s good people, he said, “are more numerous than the tiny fraction of the population responsible for so much of our suffering.”

Shanahan holds the ballot for Trump "Tucker Carlson Live" event in Arizona on Thursday.
Shanahan holds a Trump ballot at a “Tucker Carlson Live” event in Arizona on Thursday.

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Shanahan ex wife Google co-founder Sergey Brin and their divorce settlement in 2023 reportedly He left her more than $1 billion. As Kennedy’s running mate, he donated millions to help his campaign.

Kennedy and Shanahan ended their bid for the White House in August, with Kennedy endorsing Trump. Shanahan has since transformed himself into something Pro-Trump wellness guru.

Kennedy, the nation’s most prominent anti-vaccine advocateHe recently said that Trump promised him “control” Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture. Trump said at a Madison Square Garden rally this week that he would let Kennedy “run amok on medication.”

Shanahan has spoken on television and podcasts in support of Trump’s candidacy and has funded pro-Trump videos; one of them is Democrats “Trump Imbalance Syndrome.”

Carlson said during her event that she was about to become a “first-time Trump voter,” prompting loud cheers as she filled out what she said was an actual ballot.

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Shanahan was not the headliner at the Carlson event in Glendale, Arizona. This was Trump, who made news by airing the fantasy that prominent Trump critic and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney owned a gun.trained on face.” The GOP candidate called him a “radical war hawk.”

“Let’s put him in there with a nine-barreled rifle, okay? Let’s see how he feels about this. You know, when the guns were pointed in his face,” Trump said.