A resort owned by former President Donald Trump will host a spring conference led by former national security adviser Michael Flynn and radio personality Clay Clark, whose previous speakers have repeated false claims about the 2020 election and COVID-19, as Trump launches his third bid for the presidency.
ReAwaken America Tour had no official lineup of speakers for the May event at Trump’s Doral hotel in Miami, but past events have featured speakers who have echoed conspiracy theories that Trump has supported, such as Eric Trump, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Overstock.com founder Patrick Byrne, Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk, and former Acting Secretary of Defense Kash Patel.
Previously featured in the lineups are Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), attendees of the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, QAnon influencers, and some of the country’s most renowned anti-vaccination campaigners.
The former president is important to the ideology of QAnon. Among other absurd claims, the conspiracy theory asserts that a cabal of prominent Democratic politicians and liberal elites operate a child sex trafficking ring and that Trump would organize for mass arrests and military tribunals of corrupt politicians. The FBI has issued a warning that conspiracy theories such as QAnon constitute a growing threat of domestic terrorism.
Clark reportedly questioned the gathering at a ReAwaken event last July, “How many of you, ladies and gentlemen, think that Jesus is king? How many of you believe Donald J. Trump is the president of the United States?”
A flyer advertising the event features a photograph and two references to the Trump National Doral Miami property as its location. It would be the first time that the tour had its summit on a Trump property. The Daily Beast was the first to report the conference’s location.
The flier makes reference to its hosts and speakers giving a “Great Re-Awakening,” a QAnon dog whistle pointing to information released on the online message board 8chan by “Q,” the principal messenger of the conspiracy, in order to inspire followers ahead of predicted mass arrests.
The Anti-Defamation League issued a warning about the ReAwaken America events when they began in early 2021, stating in a report that extreme ideas such as QAnon, election fraud, and anti-vaccine conspiracies are “fusing with other conspiracies that are creating doubt, fear and anger about the government and the country.”
The news of the conference comes as Trump prepares for his first public 2024 presidential campaign event on January 28 in South Carolina, where he seeks to regain his political momentum after announcing his latest presidential bid in November.
The Trump Organization declined to comment on the matter.
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