The insurrection failed. What now for America’s far right?
Extremists are adapting to a post-January 6th America—by entering electoral politics
About 15 people file into a sunny real-estate office in Denver, take their seats and face the front as if ready for a lecture. The next three hours are part sermon, part support group for conspiracy theorists. Attendees discuss events and concerns that preoccupy them. By their account, the World Economic Forum wants to lead a global government; Colorado’s primary elections were rigged; the pope, and possibly Joe Biden, are holograms; and society is only ever two weeks away from collapse.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Extreme goes mainstream”
United States August 13th 2022
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