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<p>A decidedly dangerous normalization of lunacy took the form of a name on a sign-up sheet for poll watchers at a meeting of the Sarasota County Republicans late last week.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-flynn-finally-embraces-his-qanon-cult-following">Michael Flynn</a>.</p>
<p>Flynn is nationally known as a retired general who has championed the Big Lie about the 2020 election, at one point <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-the-bombs-go-off-the-blood-is-on-mike-flynns-hands-retired-officers-blast-his-calls-for-martial-law">urging military action to overturn it</a>. He is also known for having been convicted of lying to the FBI while he was briefly President Trump’s national security advisor and for having <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-pardons-his-former-national-security-adviser-michael-flynn">subsequently received a presidential pardon</a>. He has ascribed to various ”deep state” conspiracy theories.</p>
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty
A decidedly dangerous normalization of lunacy took the form of a name on a sign-up sheet for poll watchers at a meeting of the Sarasota County Republicans late last week.
Flynn is nationally known as a retired general who has championed the Big Lie about the 2020 election, at one point urging military action to overturn it. He is also known for having been convicted of lying to the FBI while he was briefly President Trump’s national security advisor and for having subsequently received a presidential pardon. He has ascribed to various ”deep state” conspiracy theories.
