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‘Mormon Land’: Why so many Latter-day Saints — and others — fall for conspiracy theories like QAnon and the ‘big lie’

Yes, sometimes it’s about politics, but it’s also about belonging and the sources people trust.

(Dario Lopez-Mills | AP) In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, Jacob Anthony Chansley, who also goes by the name Jake Angeli, a QAnon believer speaks to a crowd of President Donald Trump supporters outside of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office where votes in the general election were being counted, in Phoenix. A recent survey shows Latter-day Saints rank among the highest believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory.