It was on Friday Night's Rachel Maddow Show - that evening hosted by Mehdi Hasan.
I have some questions.
If yinz need a refresher course in the conference, take a look at this.
The next day, it was the opening story on Maddow.
Some highlights from MSNBC's transcript. It starts with the video of the Fosdicks bequeathing a very special gift on PA State Senator Doug Mastriano:
Yes, that man in the center, the man receiving the giant sword, that was Pennsylvania state senator and Republican candidate for governor, Doug Mastriano. The man dressed in multiple American flags, and the woman to his left or the organizers of this event in Gettysburg last week. And they are gifting Mastriano what they call a David sword.
That is a nice gift. Who doesn`t appreciate a good sword, right? But honestly, the sword may have been the least weird thing about this event because this was a big QAnon event. And not just QAnon, it was kind of a every conspiracy theory under the sun event.
This was the poster for the event which was called Patriots arise for God and country. The headliner for this event you can see her name there, Dr. Betsy Eads. She is actively pushing a theory that people who got the COVID vaccine booster shot are going to get AIDS. She was the headliner at this event.
Then Hasan showed a clip of that "Hitler faked his own death" video. Then:
That crazy video keeps going like that with a hodgepodge of every conspiracy theory possible from 9/11 was an inside job to 5G networks are killing you, to Hitler`s death was faked. Didn`t see that one coming, did you?
But of course, all of those conspiracy theories are just the appetizers. The main course is the big one that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald J. Trump. And candidate for governor, Doug Mastriano, wasn`t just attending this event, he was all in. His campaign auctioned off this print of a painting of a very muscular Donald Trump to raise money for his campaign.
Someone paid $4,000 for it. Madness.
This I did not know. The Mastriano campaign had a painting of what? How did it get that painting? If it was able auction it off for four large, how did it show up in the FEC paperwork?
Can someone please ask the Mastriano Campaign?
Back to Hasan:
Mastriano himself who has been subpoenaed by the January 6th investigation over his efforts to overturn Joe Biden`s win in Pennsylvania. He gave a speech in which he described that subpoena as a badge of honor. And you know, how times change, and how fast they change, because just last year, Doug Mastriano was distancing himself from the same group, and this same event.
His spokesperson at the times that he strongly condemns the QAnon conspiracy theory, and that it was a mistake that he was listed as a speaker at last year`s conference. But this year? He is not shying away. He went all in, and left with a sword, and a goody bag. [Emphasis added.]
QAnon Doug went all in with the Prophets Fosdick and their "Sword of David" and that goody bag.
What was in the bag, Doug? Anything of value? If this was simply a campaign appearance (you said at the debate that you were there speaking with constituents) don't you have to declare the value of the sword and the contents of the bag?
