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numerous Republican officials in Michigan are scheduled to attend a Juneteenth celebration featuring a QAnon influencer and a doctor who is best known for spreading bizarre medical claims, including that gynecological problems are caused by demon sperm.
Bernadette Smith, the ethnic vice chair of the Michigan Republican Party, is hosting a “Juneteenth Unite America” event featuring streamer Mel K and quack Dr. Stella Immanuel. A flyer for the event also lists state Reps. Neil Friske, Pat Outman, and Steve Carra; state Sen. Rick Outman; and circuit court Judge Joseph Rossi. Republican Party groups in the state have promoted the event online.
Mel K is a streaming host who has repeatedly pushed theQAnon conspiracy theory. During one of her programs, she stated that “99%” of QAnon has been “proven to be true”:
MEL K: The actual QMap is the most fascinating thing. I don't know if you've ever seen the actual map that was drawn out. It is the most fascinating strategic document I've ever seen in my life and what it is, and then the drops are just strategically placed.
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I'd say 99% of what's been on there has been proven to be true. And the problem is, if you remember, the QMap was my favorite. It went away. But the QMap had the people listed. It had questionable deaths and it also had resignations and it also had players. This is what they're scared of. This is what the media is demonizing.
She has also promoted conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems, Smartmatic, and the death of Seth Rich. During one discussion, Mel K accused Dominion and Smartmatic of being part of a global conspiracy that’s “caught up” in“Pizzagate.”
Stella Immanuelis a COVID-19 conspiracy theorist. Will Sommer reported of Immanuel for the Daily Beast in an article headlined “Trump’s New Favorite COVID Doctor Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine”:
Immanuel, a pediatrician and a religious minister, has a history of making bizarre claims about medical topics and other issues. She has often claimed that gynecological problems like cysts and endometriosis are in fact caused by people having sex in their dreams with demons and witches.
She alleges alien DNA is currently used in medical treatments, and that scientists are cooking up a vaccine to prevent people from being religious. And, despite appearing in Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress on Monday, she has said that the government is run in part not by humans but by “reptilians” and other aliens.
She has also pushed the QAnon-aligned “adrenochrome” conspiracy theory, including tweeting on June 14 that “the elites” drink the blood of children because “they are not human, and they need human flesh and blood to keep their human container. They are like vampires, they live on human blood.”
The Republican Party in Michigan is led by Kristina Karamo, an anti-LGBTQ commentator who has claimed that Beyoncé, Cardi B, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, yoga, and a Korean drama are all tools of Satan. She also has QAnon connections and refused to concede her 2022 election loss for secretary of state.
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fox News contributors Tom Homan and Sara Carter are set to appear at an event that honors far-right streamer Mel K, who has repeatedly pushed conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems, Smartmatic, and the death of Seth Rich. They are helping celebrate the conspiracy theorist despite Fox News settling litigation with Dominion and Rich’s family, and while the network is still actively involved in a defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic.
Homan, who was the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has been a Fox News contributor since 2018. Carter is a podcast host who joined Fox News in 2017.
Homan recently became the CEO of The America Project, a nonprofit organization that pushes election denialism. It was founded by conspiracy theorist Patrick Byrne, who is facing a Dominion lawsuit for pushing election lies. Byrne is also heavily connected to the QAnon movement. He praised Homan in a statement on the group’s website, saying that the “Nation’s top lawman will CEO the organization whose mission is to defend our borders, protect our rights and freedoms, and secure election integrity.”
The America Project is sponsoring an April 29 gala in Florida for the nonprofit Partners For Family Values called “Celebrating Conservative Women's Voices.” Homan is the keynote speaker while Carter, former Fox News pundit and Trump administration official Monica Crowley, and right-wing commentator Gina Loudon are listed as celebrity guests. (Loudon has also promoted conspiracy theories about Dominion, including tweeting: “#Dominion #StopTheSteal.”) A flyer for the gala describes Mel K as a “celebrity podcaster” and an event “honoree.”
Mel K is a QAnon conspiracy theorist who hosts an eponymous streaming program. She has repeatedly claimed that Dominion Voting Systems rigged the 2020 election. She has also included Smartmatic, a voting systems company that is suing Fox News for defamation, in her conspiracy theories.
During a May 2021 appearance on far-right conspiracy theorist Charlie Ward’s show, Mel K said that a Dominion employee stated “he would not let Trump win. Well, he meant it. And -- they’re so caught there. There's a million reasons. But the thing is, all of this is treason.”
After Ward later said that “Dominion and Smartmatic fixed it” and flipped the votes, she replied: “Yup. It’s happened all over the world.”
During another 2021 discussion, Mel K told Ward on her own show that the two companies are involved in a worldwide conspiracy to rig elections, stating: “We’re talking now Ecuador, Myanmar, Belarus, Haiti, we're talk -- even Brazil. We're talking about this whole Smartmatic/Dominion voting thing being a worldwide issue and being caught one after another after another. It was caught here first. But all of these countries are having the exact same problem.”
She also accused Dominion and Smartmatic of being part of a global conspiracy that’s “caught up” in Pizzagate, the conspiracy theory that prominent individuals have trafficked children through a Washington, D.C., pizzeria. She claimed in February 2021 of this group of people, which includes Smartmatic and Dominion: “They're all caught up in, what, Israel, Pizzagate. And they're all caught up in that. They're caught up in a lot of this stuff. … The Epstein boomerang is what I call it, and it’s coming back soon. They’re all involved. It’s the same people and they’re all involved in all of it. And it's about hiding their own crimes. Because, on a side note, what's going on in Myanmar, which I believe is a sting, too, because it's the same people. Smartmatic, Dominion, the IMF put a huge amount of money in there to control the election.”
During her convoluted rant, Mel K also linked this group of people to adrenochrome -- the QAnon-connected conspiracy theory that elites harvest children’s blood.
She recently claimed that Fox News' settlement with Dominion was actually “an inside merger not a settlement” and the company that owns Dominion is “friends” with the people who control Fox.
Mel K has repeatedly promoted the conspiracy theory that Democrats murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich. In 2020, Fox News privately settled with Rich’s parentsafter the network pushed reprehensible conspiracy theories — including a retracted story — about his death.
On her July 13, 2021, program, Mel K claimed that Rich “stumbled upon a lot of horrible stuff going on at the DNC,” and she later said: “All of this goes back to [Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman] John Podesta. And there was an email released in the WikiLeaks with Hillary Clinton asking John Podesta if he, if they could drone Julian Assange. So basically what happened was after they had Seth Rich murdered, that's when they created the entire Russia hoax.”
On Instagram, Mel K wrote this January that “justice in his case will unlock a Pandora’s box of crime criminals demons and sell outs. … #johnpodesta #justiceforSethRich.” She recently posted a picture of herself with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, calling him “the absolute most fearless boldest bravest voice in America.”