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Politics
Kelly McClure

Save America rally in the key of Q

Audience members put their index finger up to symbolize America First while Donald Trump speaks at a Save America Rally to support Republican candidates running for state and federal offices in the state of Ohio at the Covelli Centre on September 17, 2022 in Youngstown, Ohio. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

During Trump's speech in support of J.D. Vance at the Save America rally held in Youngstown, Ohio on Saturday, members of the crowd raised their hands in a one-finger salute. As this was happening, a song called "WWG1WGA" played overhead — shorthand for "where we go one, we go all," a slogan used by members of QAnon.

As Salon coverage from earlier this week points out, Trump has "expressed his explicit support for QAnon – which promotes the idea that Trump is the savior of the American people" – by sharing a photo of himself "wearing a Q lapel pin, with the QAnon catchphrases "The Storm is Coming" and "WWG1WGA," on his Truth Social account." In June it was also widely reported that he publicly endorsed QAnon conspiracy theorist J.R. Majewski for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives via Ohio's 9th Congressional District.

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