2022 OR Senate race: on Principles & Values


Jo Rae Perkins: Posts pro-QAnon video, then says it's merely an info source

What really garnered the attention on Election Day was a now-deleted video where Perkins made references to QAnon, including saying that she stood with "Q" and holding up a QAnon sticker.

The day after Perkins' video was posted, her campaign released a statement saying that she was not a follower of QAnon. Perkins said that she uses QAnon message boards as merely a "source of information" posting articles from various media outlets, tweets and unclassified government documents.

Source: KVAL "Report for America" on 2022 Oregon Senate race Oct 12, 2020

Jo Rae Perkins: Was in DC for Trump rally, did not enter the Capitol

Perkins was among those in Washington D.C. Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. In multiple Facebook posts, Perkins was seen in D.C. marching along with fellow Trump supporters. "I removed myself because if there's going to be mayhem, I'm not going to be in the middle of it," Perkins said. Perkins then asserted unsubstantiated claims that anti-fascists were at the Capitol, disguised as "patriots, so it made it look like it was us."
Source: KOIN-6 Portland CBS News on 2022 Oregon Senate race Jan 7, 2021

Jo Rae Perkins: Called to "stop the coup d'état" of the 2020 election

Oregon Republican nominee Jo Rae Perkins has been a vocal proponent of the QAnon conspiracy theory. Perkins has also touted baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election--falsely proclaiming in December 2020 that "the Electoral College was stolen," calling for a recount in November 2020 to "#StopCoupDeTat" (sic), and posting on Facebook in 2021 to push false claims about how the election was supposedly rigged.

When CNN asked Perkins for comment for this article, and informed her that we planned to mention that she has promoted false claims about the election being rigged against Trump, she responded in an email: "I will not answer your questions since you already have a skewed opinion without talking to me directly. How do you know the claims are false?"

Perkins was on the steps of the Capitol during the insurrection of January 6, 2021. She has said she does not support the people who broke into the building, did not go inside and was there in part as a "citizen journalist."

Source: CNN on 2020 Election Denial in 2022 Oregon Senate race Sep 15, 2022

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