A QAnon supporter and anti-LGBTQ hate group member wants to be Maryland’s next governor

Dan Cox
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Maryland Republican state delegate Dan Cox has announced his 2022 campaign to become the state’s governor. He believes in the QAnon conspiracy theory, supports the “big lie” that fraud stole the 2020 election from Republican former President Donald Trump.

He was also a former member of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative legal organization deemed as an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Cox, a 46-year-old freshman state delegate, is now one of three Republicans who have announced their candidacy for the governorship since the state’s current Republican Governor Larry Hogan can’t run for re-election due to term limits. Nine Democrats have also announced their intentions to run for the office.

Cox, however, stands out as a particularly far-right candidate. He has opposed statewide mask mandates meant to reduce the spread of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He also organized three buses to transport Trump supporters to his January 6 “Stop the Steal” rally which later turned into an attempted coup on the U.S. Capitol that injured over 112 police officers.

During the rally, Cox called Trump’s Vice President Mike Pence a “traitor” (because he wouldn’t help Trump overturn the election). Cox also voiced support for the leader of…

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