Who remembers this just from last Saturday’s rally in Ohio, the picture that caused such a massive stir:

The display bore an uncanny resemblance to the infamous Nazi salute. The incitement and zombie-like response should put to rest the notion that Biden should be “reaching out” to these people. They are unreachable, and pretending otherwise misleads voters. https://t.co/jf5pnPpn20

— Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) September 19, 2022

Right. Amazingly enough, even the Trump people must have noticed that they would do more damage to themselves than help, even with Trump’s racist MAGA following. Last night in North Carolina, Trump’s security had to tell people to put their hands down. From The Daily Beast:

Security personnel at Donald Trump’s rally on Friday night in Wilmington, North Carolina, attempted to get MAGA-loving supporters to lower their raised arms and single finger, which signifies their allegiance to the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon.

The rally controversy follows Trump sharing a video post on Truth Social late Thursday night “filled with references” to QAnon.

One longtime Trump adviser told The Daily Beast on Friday: “Q stuff is so bizarre,” while adding that Trump sees it as a “controversial” media topic and as an opportunity to “gin up outrage.”

So it must have been an adviser that told Trump security to get the hands down, given that Trump adheres to the “I don’t care if the news is good or bad, just make sure they spell my name right,” type of plan. He wants the controversy because it gets his name in the paper again.

THIS.
Confirmed w people at Trump rally who held 1 finger up that they meant it as a symbol of QAnon’s “Where We Go One We Go All” and further…

Security staff here fanned out and told people to take down their fingers. That is a reason why – maybe main reason – we saw fewer 1/

— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) September 24, 2022

This seems relevant, a MAQA response to security trying to steer him straight:

The man in this photo held up 1 finger and told me he meant it as a WWG1WGA sign – and then the security guard in the next photo told him to take it down. He was furious “thats my Constitutional right!” the man in the crowd told me after I saw that interaction happen.

The man in this photo held up 1 finger and told me he meant it as a WWG1WGA sign – and then the security guard in the next photo told him to take it down.

He was furious “thats my Constitutional right!” the man in the crowd told me after I saw that interaction happen. pic.twitter.com/nAb6norcjT

— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) September 24, 2022

And the security was provided by the mysterious Trump army that we’ve heard about:

Addition: Trump rally staff told me the folks in the olive shirts and black pants were not security, but “guest management”.

In my defense, it was an easy assumption – shirts said “security”. But I was told it was as part the name of their company “Colorado Security Agency”.

— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) September 24, 2022

Now the Trump rally music is Elvis Presley singing “Dixie” and “the Battle Hymn of the Republic” both of which are very specific references to many southerners. (And we are in NC, reminder.)

— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) September 23, 2022

Stunning. It is an open question whether Trump’s “Olive Shirt” special force is able to control these Qanons in the future.

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[email protected], @JasonMiciak, with Nicole Hickman