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The TV show <a href="/wiki/The_View_(talk_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="The View (talk show)"><i>The View</i></a> had a segment on "a surge of internet chatter about the former fashion model’s Alabama appearance under the <a href="/wiki/Melania_Trump_replacement_conspiracy_theory" title="Melania Trump replacement conspiracy theory">#fakeMelania</a> hashtag",<sup id="cite_ref-SCMP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCMP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> relaying the conspiracy theory that the woman pictured here was not the real Melania.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>BlueAnon</b> (a <a href="/wiki/Portmanteau" class="mw-redirect" title="Portmanteau">portmanteau</a> of <i>blue</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/QAnon" title="QAnon">QAnon</a></i>) is a term used to describe conspiracy theories which posit <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s engagement in elaborate schemes to unlawfully seize or maintain control of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Government">United States Government</a>, independently or as the object of manipulation by foreign governments. The term comes from the blue <a href="/wiki/Political_colour" title="Political colour">political color</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, which is the major opposition to the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> of Trump. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Journalism_Review" title="Columbia Journalism Review">Columbia Journalism Review</a></i>, the term BlueAnon was first coined sometime during or after 2016 and gained prominence in 2024; <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Media" title="On the Media">On the Media</a>'</i>s Anna Merlan cites a definitive 2016 origination date.<sup id="cite_ref-cjr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cjr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lorenz_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lorenz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wired_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wnyc-fm_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wnyc-fm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name appears to be derived from media coverage surrounding these theories, in reference to the <a href="/wiki/QAnon" title="QAnon">QAnon</a> right-wing conspiracy theory and the color blue, which has been associated with the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> in the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Claims">Claims</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Claims"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assassination_false_flag_conspiracy_theory">Assassination false flag conspiracy theory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Assassination false flag conspiracy theory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some BlueAnon theorists have alleged that the <a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="Attempted assassination of Donald Trump">attempted assassination of Donald Trump</a> was a <a href="/wiki/False_flag" title="False flag">false flag</a> staged by Trump himself.<sup id="cite_ref-statesman_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statesman-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ian_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Snopes" title="Snopes">Snopes</a> has examined and discredited viral photos alleging to show Trump plotting with gunman Thomas Crooks, as well as claims that Trump was injured by glass instead of shrapnel.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/PolitiFact" title="PolitiFact">PolitiFact</a> has debunked claims that blood which appeared to be coming from Trump's ear following the assassination attempt was faked with a blood pill.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> has analyzed viral photos from the <a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Convention" title="2024 Republican National Convention">2024 Republican National Convention</a> that purport to show Trump wearing a bandage on the ear opposite the one that was shot in the attack and determined the images were doctored.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Starlink_election_rigging_conspiracy_theory">Starlink election rigging conspiracy theory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Starlink election rigging conspiracy theory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright 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cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:300px; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <table role="presentation" style="line-height: normal; width: 100%; background: transparent; color: inherit; display: table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><b><a href="/wiki/Morgan_J._Freeman" title="Morgan J. Freeman">Morgan J. Freeman</a></b> <div style="white-space: nowrap;">@mjfree</div></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: left"> <p>If Trump & Elon’s “little secret” was to use Starlink in swing states to tally the votes & rig the election - an investigation & hand recount is crucial. Now. </p> </div> <div>November 10, 2024<sup id="cite_ref-rollingstone_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </blockquote> </div><p>Other BlueAnon theorists believe Donald Trump rigged the 2024 U.S. presidential election by conspiring with <a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> to use <a href="/wiki/Starlink" title="Starlink">Starlink</a> satellites to change vote tabulation data and then orbitally detonated some of the satellites to erase evidence of the plot.<sup id="cite_ref-france24_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-france24-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wired2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wjla_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wjla-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The claims have been investigated and discredited by the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wired2_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have also been rejected by <a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Cybersecurity_and_Infrastructure_Security_Agency" title="Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency">CISA</a> director <a href="/wiki/Jen_Easterly" title="Jen Easterly">Jen Easterly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wjla_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wjla-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rollingstone_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Welle" title="Deutsche Welle">Deutsche Welle</a> concluded "there is no evidence that Trump has cheated in this election".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ivana_Trump_coffin_concealment_theory">Ivana Trump coffin concealment theory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ivana Trump coffin concealment theory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another BlueAnon theory posits that <a href="/wiki/Ivana_Trump" title="Ivana Trump">Ivana Trump</a> was secretly cremated by Donald Trump to free room in her coffin to hide self-incriminating documents so as to conceal them from discovery by investigators.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conspiracy theory began circulating almost immediately after Ivana Trump's 2022 death and multiple people demanded the <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a> exhume Trump's grave to search the coffin for the allegedly hidden documents.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Snopes has rated the theory "unfounded".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_conspiracy_theories">Other conspiracy theories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other conspiracy theories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other beliefs subscribed to by some BlueAnon theorists include that: </p> <ul><li>A cabal of <a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a> executives is plotting to overthrow Trump and replace him with <a href="/wiki/JD_Vance" title="JD Vance">JD Vance</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-ian_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Melania_Trump_replacement_conspiracy_theory" title="Melania Trump replacement conspiracy theory">body double of Melania Trump</a> was used during campaign appearances in the 2024 U.S. presidential election;<sup id="cite_ref-france24_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-france24-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> had either been drugged or afflicted with <a href="/wiki/Havana_Syndrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Havana Syndrome">Havana Syndrome</a> by Russian secret agents during the <a href="/wiki/2024_Joe_Biden%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_presidential_debate" title="2024 Joe Biden–Donald Trump presidential debate">2024 Joe Biden–Donald Trump presidential debate</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Propagation_and_influence">Propagation and influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Propagation and influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania in July 2024, <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Mehlhorn" title="Dmitri Mehlhorn">Dmitri Mehlhorn</a> distributed an email to colleagues — which the <i><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Journalism_Review" title="Columbia Journalism Review">Columbia Journalism Review</a></i> associated with BlueAnon theorizing — that suggested that Trump "encouraged and maybe even staged [the assassination attempt] so Trump could get the photos and benefit from the backlash."<sup id="cite_ref-cjr_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cjr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous social media posts to X similarly suggested the assassination attempt had been staged.<sup id="cite_ref-cjr_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cjr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A July 2024 poll by <a href="/wiki/Morning_Consult" title="Morning Consult">Morning Consult</a> found that approximately one-third of voters supporting the <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign">Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign</a> believed the assassination attempt was staged.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176" /><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:40%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"... possibility -- which feels horrific and alien and absurd in America, but is quite common globally -- is that this ‘shooting’ was encouraged and maybe even staged so Trump could get the photos and benefit from the backlash. This is a classic Russian tactic..." </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Email from <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Mehlhorn" title="Dmitri Mehlhorn">Dmitri Mehlhorn</a> of July 13, 2024, <sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>In October 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Project">Lincoln Project</a> produced a video advertisement promoting the BlueAnon theory that Silicon Valley executives were plotting to replace Trump with JD Vance as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a>, should Trump be elected to that office.<sup id="cite_ref-ian_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following month, in the 12 hours after Trump's declared victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, posts to <a href="/wiki/X_(social_media)" class="mw-redirect" title="X (social media)">X</a> alleging electoral irregularities and questioning the disparity in vote totals between the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections — which <i><a href="/wiki/Wired_(magazine)" title="Wired (magazine)">Wired</a></i> associated with BlueAnon theorizing — peaked at 94,000 per hour.<sup id="cite_ref-wired_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It included one post by <a href="/wiki/John_Pavlovitz" title="John Pavlovitz">John Pavlovitz</a> that received more than five million views.<sup id="cite_ref-wired_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another post, seen more than 17 million times, alleged Trump "cheated this whole time".<sup id="cite_ref-france24_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-france24-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On Threads, <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Madsen_(journalist)" title="Wayne Madsen (journalist)">Wayne Madsen</a> posted "I'm beginning to believe our election was massively hacked", while <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> saw a surge of posts by <a href="/wiki/Astrology" title="Astrology">astrologers</a> alleging election irregularities.<sup id="cite_ref-wnyc-fm_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wnyc-fm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trump_assassination_CT_poll.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Trump_assassination_CT_poll.jpg/300px-Trump_assassination_CT_poll.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Trump_assassination_CT_poll.jpg/450px-Trump_assassination_CT_poll.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Trump_assassination_CT_poll.jpg/600px-Trump_assassination_CT_poll.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1435" data-file-height="874" /></a><figcaption>Percentage of voter groups who said "suggestions that the shooting was staged ... were credible," as reported by a July 2024 Morning Consult survey.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Propagation_on_Threads">Propagation on Threads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Propagation on Threads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Canadian political scientist Kawser Ahmed, <a href="/wiki/Meta_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Meta (company)">Meta</a>'s social media network <a href="/wiki/Threads_(social_network)" title="Threads (social network)">Threads</a> is a "hotbed for BlueAnon conspiratorial content".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Lorenz" title="Taylor Lorenz">Taylor Lorenz</a> has also noted that BlueAnon conspiracy theorizing has established itself on Threads.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coverage_by_media">Coverage by media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Coverage by media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BlueAnon as a sociological and social media phenomenon has been the subject of reporting by <i>Columbia Journalism Review</i> ("The Trump assassination attempt, 'BlueAnon,' and the X factor"<sup id="cite_ref-cjr_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cjr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), by <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Statesman" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Statesman">The New Statesman</a></i> ("The alarming rise of BlueAnon"<sup id="cite_ref-statesman_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statesman-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), by <a href="/wiki/WJLA-TV" title="WJLA-TV">WJLA-TV</a> ("'BlueAnon' theories pop up as some on Left attempt to explain Trump's win"<sup id="cite_ref-wjla_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wjla-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), by <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ("BlueAnon Conspiracy Theories Explode"<sup id="cite_ref-rollingstone_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), by <a href="/wiki/France_24" title="France 24">France 24</a> ("'BlueAnon' conspiracy theorists spread viral voter fraud claims after Trump victory"<sup id="cite_ref-france24_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-france24-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), by the <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i> ("‘BlueAnon’ conspiracy theories flood social media after Trump rally shooting"<sup id="cite_ref-lorenz_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lorenz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), and by other media.<sup id="cite_ref-wnyc-fm_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wnyc-fm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, <a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a> published <a href="/wiki/David_Harsanyi" title="David Harsanyi">David Harsanyi</a>'s book <i>The Rise of BlueAnon</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Psychological_impact_of_BlueAnon">Psychological impact of BlueAnon</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Psychological impact of BlueAnon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Sander van der Linden, a professor of <a href="/wiki/Social_psychology" title="Social psychology">social psychology</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a>, some people are inclined to believe that Donald Trump represents an existential threat but are disinclined to think about <a href="/wiki/Existentialism" title="Existentialism">existentialism</a> and develop conspiracy theories as a substitute method of reconciling their belief: "I think people see him as the apocalypse candidate, and that leads people down the conspiracy path".<sup id="cite_ref-tdt_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tdt-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joseph Uscinski, a professor of political science at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Miami" title="University of Miami">University of Miami</a> and expert on conspiracy theorizing, commenting on BlueAnon posited that "people take a lot of things on credit and don’t scrutinize them because they match how they view the world".<sup id="cite_ref-tdt_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tdt-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palmer_Report" title="Palmer Report">Palmer Report</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vast_right-wing_conspiracy" title="Vast right-wing conspiracy">Vast right-wing conspiracy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0063360624" title="Special:BookSources/0063360624"><bdi>0063360624</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Rise+of+BlueAnon&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2024&rft.isbn=0063360624&rft.aulast=Harsanyi&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlueAnon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tdt-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tdt_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tdt_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCumming2024" class="citation news cs1">Cumming, Ed (September 23, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/09/23/how-trump-assassination-conspiracy-theories-went-mainstream/">"How Trump assassination conspiracy theories went mainstream"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 16,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=How+Trump+assassination+conspiracy+theories+went+mainstream&rft.date=2024-09-23&rft.aulast=Cumming&rft.aufirst=Ed&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fus%2Fnews%2F2024%2F09%2F23%2Fhow-trump-assassination-conspiracy-theories-went-mainstream%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlueAnon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BlueAnon&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHuggins2024" class="citation news cs1">Huggins, Katherine (July 18, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dailydot.com/debug/donald-trump-shooter-fan-theory-eminem-stan/">"BlueAnon clout chasers push wild new Trump theory: What if shooting was an Eminem 'Stan'-type thing?"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Dot" title="The Daily Dot">The Daily Dot</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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