'No plan, no Q, nothing': QAnon followers reel as Biden inaugurated

Followers of the conspiracy theory have been dealt a harsh reality check.

A QAnon bumper sticker on a car outside a campaign rally for US President Donald Trump in Arizona in August. Bloomberg

Joseph Menn, Elizabeth Culliford, Katie Paul and Carrie Monahan

Jan 23, 2021 – 12.23am

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For three years, adherents of the sprawling QAnon conspiracy theory awaited a so-called Great Awakening, scouring anonymous web postings from a shadowy "Q" figure and parsing statements by former US President Donald Trump, whom they believed to be their champion.

On Wednesday, they grappled with a harsh reality check: Trump had left office with no mass arrests or other victories against the supposed cabal of Satan-worshipping paedophile cannibal elites, especially Democrats, he was ostensibly fighting.

Reuters