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Teen-Texting QAnon Creep Quits Campaign

Michael Moates lost his Twitter account and the dream of a seat in Congress in the span of a few days. A 24-year-old sometimes-journalist and occasional peddler of the QAnon conspiracy theory, Moates has also been Dec. 30, the right-wing wunderkind took to Twitter to announce a long-shot Libertarian bid to represent Texass 26th House District in Congress. About a week later, his campaign had been suspended. Moates has been banned from Twitter before. Previously, he had more than 200,000 followers under the Twitter @freedom_moates, where he has made headlines…

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