H. Res. 1154 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

October 2, 2020. 

Whereas, throughout history, conspiracy theories that falsely 

blame secret cabals or marginalized groups for society’s 

ills have fueled prejudice, genocide, and acts of terrorism; 

Whereas QAnon is a movement promoting a collection of unfounded conspiracy theories that have spread widely on 

the internet since 2017; 

Whereas QAnon initially alleged that prominent Americans 

are engaged in a secret plot to control the world, while 

using their power to exploit children, and has expanded 

to embrace virtually every popular conspiracy theory of 

the last several decades, from questioning the truth about 

the September 11th terrorist attacks, to believing in alien 

landings, to denying the safety of vaccines; 

Whereas many QAnon followers express anti-Semitic views, 

and the Anti-Defamation League has said that the movement’s central conspiracy theory includes anti-Semitic 

elements; 

Whereas conspiracy theories have been a central driver of 

anti-Semitism for centuries, and QAnon conspiracy theories are fanning the flames as anti-Semitism is on the 

rise in the United States and around the world; 
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Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has assessed with high confidence that ‘‘fringe political conspiracy theories’’, including QAnon, ‘‘very likely motivate 

some domestic extremists, wholly or in part, to engage in 

criminal or violent activity’’, and that these conspiracy 

theories ‘‘very likely encourage the targeting of specific 

people, places and organizations, thereby increasing the 

likelihood of violence against these targets’’; 

Whereas the FBI bases this assessment on ‘‘events in which 

individuals committed crimes, plotted attacks, or successfully carried out deadly violence, and who—either before 

or after their arrests—attributed their actions to their 

conspiratorial beliefs’’; 

Whereas QAnon adherents have been implicated in crimes 

that they claim their QAnon beliefs inspired, including— 

(1) a man arrested in 2018 for plotting to plant a 

bomb in the Illinois Capitol rotunda to make Americans 

aware of the ‘‘Pizzagate’’ conspiracy theory; 

(2) a man arrested in 2018 for using an armored 

car to block traffic on the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge; 

(3) a man in Arizona arrested in 2019 for vandalizing a Catholic church; 

(4) a woman in Colorado arrested in 2019 for plotting an armed raid to kidnap her child, who had been 

taken from her custody; 

(5) a man charged with the murder of an organized 

crime boss in New York in 2019; and 

(6) a woman arrested in New York with a car full 

of knives after posting a video accusing Joe Biden of participating in child sex trafficking and threatening to kill 

him; 
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Whereas the FBI further assesses that ‘‘these conspiracy 

theories very likely will emerge, spread and evolve in the 

modern information marketplace * * * fostering anti-government sentiment, racial and religious prejudice, [and] 

increasing political tensions’’; 

Whereas, according to the Combating Terrorism Center at 

the United States Military Academy at West Point, 

‘‘QAnon is arguably no longer simply a fringe conspiracy 

theory but an ideology that has demonstrated its capacity 

to radicalize to violence individuals at an alarming 

speed’’; 

Whereas Facebook, Twitter, and Google have removed or 

blocked QAnon groups and content from their platforms 

for violating their policies against misinformation, bullying, hate speech, and harassment; 

Whereas QAnon adherents have been harming legitimate efforts to combat child exploitation and sex trafficking, including by overwhelming antitrafficking hotlines with 

false reports; 

Whereas the conspiracy theories promoted by QAnon undermine trust in America’s democratic institutions, encourage rejection of objective reality, and deepen our Nation’s 

political polarization; and 

Whereas our Nation’s polarization is further accentuated by 

others, from the far left to the far right, promoting extreme ideologies and antigovernment conspiracy theories, 

hijacking legitimate peaceful protests, and encouraging 

followers to damage, deface, or vandalize local, State, and 

Federal Government properties and to attack law enforcement: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) condemns QAnon and rejects the conspiracy 

theories it promotes; 

(2) condemns all other groups and ideologies, from 

the far left to the far right, that contribute to the spread 

of unfounded conspiracy theories and that encourage 

Americans to destroy public and private property and attack law enforcement officers; 

(3) encourages the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

as well as all Federal law enforcement and homeland security agencies, to continue to strengthen their focus on 

preventing violence, threats, harassment, and other 

criminal activity by extremists motivated by fringe political conspiracy theories; 

(4) encourages the intelligence community to uncover any foreign support, assistance, or online amplification QAnon receives, as well as any QAnon affiliations, 

coordination, and contacts with foreign extremist organizations or groups espousing violence; and 

(5) urges all Americans, regardless of our beliefs or 

partisan affiliation, to seek information from authori-
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tative sources and to engage in political debate from a 

common factual foundation. 

Attest: 

Clerk.