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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    QAnon followers attack California State Senator Scott Wiener

    Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are targeting incumbent lawmakers with vicious online attacks and death threats. California State Senator Scott Wiener is one of those lawmakers.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 20, 2020 • 50m Listen

    Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are targeting incumbent lawmakers with vicious online attacks and death threats. California State Senator Scott Wiener is one of those lawmakers. He talks to KCRW about his op-ed titled “What I Learned When QAnon Came for Me.”

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