The Cicada on Biden’s Neck Was Not a Deep State Secret Message

On Wednesday, President Biden departed for the international G7 summit. As he approached Air Force One to depart, a cicada insect flew onto his neck. He swiped it away, and told the press, “Watch out for the cicadas. It got me. I got one.” 

Within hours influential QAnon believers began posting about the incident. They claimed that Biden, who was actually a cloned imposter, was sending out a coded message to his deep state conspirators. This message communicated that Q and his team were shortly going to bring their crimes to light and that the fake Biden would soon be destined to die as a result. QAnon’s theory was based on the fact that cicadas only emerge once every 17 years and that Q is the 17th letter of the alphabet.

One of the most popular initial posts spreading this theory was vague about these details. However, it managed to gain over 28,000 views within 24 hours and was reposted with other details on other Qanon groups, which have elaborated the theory in clearer terms.