SF Giants Owner Donated To ‘QAnon Congresswoman’ In 2020: Report

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The San Francisco Giants principal owner has contributed to the campaign of a QAnon supporter, The San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Charles Johnson and his wife, Ann, each contributed the maximum allowable amount of $2,800 to the 2020 campaign of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), according to the report, which cites Federal Election Commission filings.

Boebert does not identify as a QAnon follower but has expressed support for the far-right conspiracy group.

QAnon purports to believe the world is run by an elite group of Satan worshippers running a global child sex-trafficking ring, and that a “deep state” is engaged in a secretive war against President Donald Trump.

QAnon has been classified by the FBI asa domestic terror threat, USA Today reports.

Boebert in May said in a since-deleted YouTube video she hopes QAnon "is real because it only means America is getting stronger and better and people are returning to conservative values," Axios reports.

In July, the conservative firebrand — dubbed the "QAnon Congresswoman — "told Axios she was glad the inspector general and attorney general “are investigating deep state activities that undermine the president.” Such probes are not known to exist.

Boebert faced calls to resign after tweeting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s whereabouts during the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol as rioters were heard saying they were “coming for” Pelosi in video of the mob incursion.

Boebert pushed back against the allegations that she put Pelosi at risk, saying in a statement she also condemned the political violence at the Capitol.

“They accuse me of live-tweeting the Speaker’s presence after she had been safely removed from the Capitol, as if I was revealing some big secret, when in fact this removal was also being broadcast on TV,” Boebert said.

Boebert’s former campaign manager, Sherronna Bishop, has expressed support for the Proud Boys, a far-right neo-fascist group involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection and classified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group, ABC News reports.

Boebert on Wednesday night set off a newly installed metal detector in the Capitol building, and a standoff ensued when she ignored police officers who requested to check her with a hand-held wand, The New York Times reports.

The staunch gun-rights activist has vowed in a digital ad to carry her Glock handgun.

The Giants did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Chronicle.

In 2018, the Giants faced boycott calls when Johnson plunged the team into controversy over his $1,000 contribution to a super PAC that ran a racially charged radio ad, USA Today reports.

Black Americans for the President’s Agenda posted the ad amid Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination battle in which he faced sexual assault allegations.

"What will happen to our husbands, our fathers or our sons when white girls lie on them?" a woman is heard in the ad asking.

“White Democrats will be lynching black folk again," another person replies.

Johnson also contributed $5,400 to the 2018 senatorial campaign of Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), The Chronicle reports.

Hyde-Smith said amid her campaign that if invited to a public hanging, “I’d be in the front row,” remarks viewed as especially incendiary considering Mississippi’s history of lynchings, The Washington Post reports. Hyde-Smith later apologized for the remark.

Both donations were returned upon his request, The Chronicle reports.

The Giants issued a statement obliquely addressing Johnson’s contributions amid the 2018 controversy. The statement did not mention the team’s controversial owner by name.

“In no way does the Giants organization condone any racist and hateful language and behavior by anyone. It is abhorrent and in direct conflict with the core values of the San Francisco Giants,” the team said.

Johnson’ prolific support of conservative candidates was the subject of a Deadspin article listing all those to whom he has contributed.

In a 2018 interview with The Chronicle Johnson said he understood the concerns of fans in one of the nation’s most progressive regions but that he has no plans to divest his ownership stake.

“I’m sorry that they feel that way,” Johnson told the news outlet.

“I try to do the best thing that I can. Some things are good and some things are mistakes, and you live the best way you can with your own philosophy.”

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