AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – An adjunct Texas attorney who ran for Congress this year lost his post after reports emerged that he described Black Lives Matter protesters as terrorists and promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory on Twitter.
Nick Moutos, who finished third in a number one Republican election for a Congressional seat in Austin, said on his online crusade page that he began running with the Texas Attorney General’s workplace criminal prosecution department in 2017. Matters for America featured articles featuring Moutos using the hashtags “PlentyofAmmo” and “OpenSeasonOnTerrorists” as he expressed his support for a white St. Louis couple accused of brandishing weapons in a protest against racial injustice outside their home. .
Kayleigh Date, the firm’s spokesperson, showed that Moutos no longer applies for the firm as of Thursday, but commented no more.
Moutos tweeted Thursday that “the stories that criticized me and others” were “enough to charge me for my work.” He also defended QAnon’s conspiracy theory, which centers on the unfounded confidence that President Donald Trump is conducting a secret crusade against enemies in the “deep state” and a child sex trafficking ring is running. through pedophiles and satanic cannibals. He did not return an email on Friday.
Media Matters has already met dozens of Congressional candidates running in the 2020 election cycle who have promoted or promoted QAnon.