SYDNEY:TEXAS REPUBLICANS DENY
CLAIMS THEIR NEW SLOGAN IS
TIED TO AN ONLINE CONSPIRACY
THEORY.THE F-B-I HAS WARNED
QANON PRESENTS A DOMESTIC
TERRORISM THREAT.KXAN POLITICS
REPORTER JOHN ENGEL LOOKED
INTO THE MOVEMENT... AND WHY
THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYS THE
TEXAS GOP IS EMBRACING THE
IDEOLOGY.
WE ARE THE STORM... I'S THE
NEW MOTTO ALL OVER THE TEXAS G-
O-PUSHERED IN BY NEWLY-ELECTED
PARTY CHAIRMAN ALLEN WEST.
<ALLEN WEST, CHAIR, REPUBLICAN
PARTY OF TEXAS 1:25> "I'S A
QUOTE THAT IS FOND TO ME AND
IT SAYS THE DEVIL WHISPERS
INTO THE WARRIO'S EAR YOU
CANNOT WITHSTAND THE COMING
STORM. THE WARRIOR WHISPERS
BACK I AM THE STORM."
**THE STORM** IS
FREQUENTLY USED BY FOLLOWERS
OF THE ONLINE CONSPIRACY
THEORY
Q-ANON...WHICH CLAIMS WITHOUT
EVIDENCE THAT THER'S AN
ANTI-TRUMP MOVEMENT TIED TO
SATANISM AND CHILD SEX
TRAFFICKING
DRIVEN BY AN ANONYMOUS
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. <SHANNON
PETTYPIECE/NBC NEWS> "THE CRUX
OF THEORY IS THIS BELIEF YOU
ARE SECRETLY SAVING THE WORLD
FROM THIS SATANIC CULT OF
PEDOPHILES AND CANNIBALS. DOES
THAT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING YOU
ARE BEHIND?:
"WELL I HAVE'T HEARD THAT.
IS THAT SO BE A BAD THING OR
GOOD
THING?"THE NEW YORK TIMES
REPORTED THAT TEXAS
REPUBLICANS ARE THE MOST
VISIBLE EXAMPLE OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY EMBRACING
QANON...
CITING THE WE ARE THE STORM
MOTTO.
WEST SAYS THE NEW YORK TIMES
NEVER CALLED FOR A COMMENT...
AND DENIES ANY <ALLEN WEST,
CHAIR, REPUBLICAN PARTY OF
TEXAS 3:00> "I DO'T KNOW
ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE AND 'M
NOT INTO INTERNET CONSPIRACY
THEORIES."
WEST DOES'T PLAN TO DROP THE
PHRASE.
BUT TEXAS DEMOCRATS SAY HE
NEEDS TO TAKE A STAND. <ABHI
RAHMAN, COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEMOCRATIC
PARTY :39> "I'S NOT JUST
ALLEN WEST WHO HAS TO DENOUNCE
IT I'S THE WHOLE ENTIRE
TEXAS REPUBLICAN
SYDNEY:IN RESPONSE TO OUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW YORK
TIMES REPORT... A SPOKESPERSON
FOR THE NEWSPAPER SAYS THEY
REACHED OUT TO THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY OF TEXAS BUT NEVER HEARD
BACK.
A REMINDER -- YOU CA'T
REGISTER TO VOTE ONLINE IN
TEXAS -- BUT YOU CAN REGISTER
BY TEXT.
JUST TEXT THE WORD "REGISTER"
TO 48683 -- THA'S ALSO THE
NUMBER FOR "I VOTE". THE
TRAVIS COUNTY TAX OFFICE WILL
REPLY WITH A LINK TO FILL OUT
THE VOTER REGISTRATION FORM.
THEN.. THE'LL MAIL IT TO
YOU.. TO SIGN, DATE AND RETURN
IN A POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
THIS IS APPROVED FOR ALL 254
COUNTIES IN TEXAS.
SYDNEY: A DRAMATIC DROP IN
