Providing for Consideration of H. Res. Condemning Unwanted, Unnecessary Medical Procedures on Individuals Without Their Full, Informed Consent, and Providing for Consideration of H. Res. Condemning Qanon and Rejecting the Conspiracy Theories It Promotes

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Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I want to thank the distinguished member of the Rules Committee, Ms. Scanlon, for yielding me the time.

Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of this rule and the underlying resolutions. We must pass the resolution from Congresswoman Jayapal. Medical procedures being done on immigrants without their consent harkens back to a dark time in our Nation's history when medical abuse against the poor and people of color happened again and again and again.

I rise today, though, to discuss the bipartisan resolution condemning the collective delusion known as QAnon. I don't say that description lightly, Madam Speaker, but we all must call it what it is: a sick cult.

We are not talking about a group of people with just some differing political views. Americans respect political disagreement. But what we do not respect and what this House should not tolerate are people using conspiracy theories from the darkest corners of the internet to spread hate and lies.

QAnon isn't some harmless distraction. It is an extremist ideology that exploits children and opens the door to real-life violence. That is what we are talking about here: reality versus delusion; political discussion versus political violence.

Just ask the sponsor of this resolution, Congressman Malinowski. In an interview that was published yesterday, he talked about the death threats and hundreds of hate-filled attacks sent to him from QAnon supporters after introducing this bill.

He is not the only Member of Congress who has been targeted. Sadly, there are candidates across the country running to serve in Congress who peddle this trash.

It is sick; it is wrong; and it is dangerous.

It is frustrating that the President wouldn't condemn QAnon. He says they like him. But, then again, I never thought I would see the day when a President of the United States would tell a white supremacist group to stand down and stand by in a national debate. He didn't use a dog whistle; he used a blow horn.

Extreme views like these are dangerous.

Are we really going to stand by and do nothing, Madam Speaker?

That is not who we are as a nation. All of us, especially my Republican colleagues, must condemn QAnon or risk being complicit in their dangerous hate peddling.

So let's make it crystal clear: This is a sick and a twisted ideology.

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