The Storm never came, and QAnon believers are shook

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 5:10 a.m.

QAnon believers are in turmoil. For years the baseless, wide-ranging conspiracy theory has gained steam, making serious inroads in Canada after exploding in the United States.\nQAnon believers think a blood-thirsty, child-trafficking cabal is running the world and that Donald Trump will bring justice through a day of reckoning known as \u201cThe Storm\u201d. But now, following Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration, many QAnon followers are devastated and disillusioned \u2014 while others are doubling-down.\nToday on Front Burner, Daily Beast politics reporter Will Sommer joins us to discuss what might happen to QAnon and its followers next.