Father of QAnon believer tells all: ‘Don’t have any idea how bad this is’

Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer has published a new excerpt from his upcoming book on the QAnon phenomenon, and it tells the harrowing story of a father who watched helplessly as his son fell down an internet conspiracy theory rabbit hole. In the excerpt, Sommer details the experience of a man whom he identifies only as “David,” whose son one day in 2020 began telling him strange stories about the impending mass arrests of celebrities including Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, and Steven Spielberg. While David at first hoped his son was merely joking, it turned out that he had been drawn into the sh…

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