‘I just hope I’m not in last place,’ says Ron ‘Q’ Watkins before finishing dead last

QAnon influencer and congressional candidate Ron Watkins has lost the Republican primary in Arizona's 2nd Congressional District. https://t.co/UcLoUPSftt pic.twitter.com/nTP0eNLvqW

— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) August 3, 2022

I'm watching Ron Watkins' election night party and it captures his campaign pretty well. It isn't at a bar, it's on a livestream with a couple friends/campaign people. “I just hope I’m not in last place. That would be terrible,” he says, before adding, "I ideally, I win, ideally" pic.twitter.com/oRUBNujXo1

— Stuart A. Thompson (@stuartathompson) August 3, 2022

Mark Finchem, who's affiliated with the Oath Keepers, QAnon, white supremacist Matt Shea, and every election disinformation campaign you can think of is going to be the AZ GOP Secretary of State nominee. https://t.co/BsRDJFocgd

— AZ Right Wing Watch (@az_rww) August 3, 2022

“I can’t even describe the last nine and a half years, the living hell that I and others have had to endure because of the recklessness and negligence of Alex Jones,” testified Neil Heslin, who lost his child in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre. https://t.co/k2BDSZGu6f

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 2, 2022

An alternate version of this trial is playing out on Infowars, cast as an assault on free speech and what they gruesomely referred to as "the murder of due process." Meanwhile, testimony yesterday covered what their lies did to the parents' mental health. https://t.co/TzF2BVCfFK

— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) August 2, 2022

So the state of Arizona spent more time and more money chasing down weak claims of rampant voter fraud … and didn't find any.

At some point, you'd think the "the election was stolen" types would expect to see an actual thief identified.https://t.co/OHZAyEyzin

— Philip Bump (@pbump) August 2, 2022

This email was sent to Maricopa County officials — including election staff — today. pic.twitter.com/vQhGPllHwv

— YvonneWingettSanchez 🏜 (@yvonnewingett) August 2, 2022

The self-declared Queen of Canada has inspired an alleged mass shooting plot, and convinced her followers to stop paying their taxes and utility bills. Now her movement is coming to America. https://t.co/xd6lskzIxB

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 2, 2022