Here's what happened when we asked 12 House Republicans about the QAnon conspiracy - Business Insider

Those who did criticize QAnon demurred when asked if House Republicans should take a stand against the QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican congressional candidate who is all but certain to win in November after her Democratic opponent suddenly dropped out last week.Arizona Rep. Debbie Lesko, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said she hadn't "spent time looking into" QAnon.Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, a close ally of Trump, downplayed it."I didn't know anything until y'all started talking about it, and I haven't taken the time to research it," Jordan told Insider. "She's going to be a new voting member of Congress; we're going to bring in a lot of members."A spokesperson for Rep. Liz Cheney, the chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, didn't comment but referred Insider to previous statements the Wyoming lawmaker had made to Politico describing QAnon as a "dangerous lunacy that should have no place in American politics."Rank-and-file Republicans demurred when Insider asked if they wanted leadership to take a tougher stance on Greene and the QAnon conspiracy theory."I'm not going to speak for leadership," Rep. Roger Williams of Texas said, adding that he was more concerned about the military and police. Not all Republicans in Congress will welcome Greene or QAnon with open arms, and some have raised alarms about the conspiracy theory's encroaching grip on the party."Qanon is a fabrication," Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger tweeted the day after Greene's primary win, adding that there was "no place in Congress for these conspiracies."King, the retiring New York Republican, told Insider that QAnon "is wrong" and "it's going to damage the party," but stopped short of calling for GOP leadership to act."I strongly oppose it and I can only speak for myself," King said.