Prominent Islamophobic activist recruits for anti-Muslim organization on QAnon show: “We need you by our side”

ACT for America’s Brigitte Gabriel also used the QAnon program to collect signatures for a petition opposing Palestinian refugees in the United States

Written by Alex Kaplan

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Anti-Islam activist Brigitte Gabriel appeared on a QAnon show last week, urging viewers to join and raise funds for her anti-Muslim group ACT for America, and to sign the organization’s petition against Palestinian refugees.

She told the audience, “We need you by our side. … We need you engaged as an activist.”

Gabriel is one of a string of extremists who have appeared on QAnon shows to try to recruit and fundraise off the community.

On February 28, Gabriel appeared on X22 Report, a show affiliated with the QAnon conspiracy theory, pushing anti-Muslim rhetoric related to immigration into the United States and violence in Israel and Gaza. 

Gabriel claimed that Muslim immigration was a “major concern to the United States” and “a major concern to Western civilization,” accusing Muslims of “saying out loud that they want to transform us” and “change your countries.”

She went on to promote ACT for America’s site, calling for viewers to “sign up to get our emails and action alerts” and “join the chapter in your community” for the organization “or start a chapter in your community.”

“We need you by our side,” she added. “We need you as a financial supporter. We need you engaged as an activist. Even if you want to be a keyboard activist, sign up to receive our emails and action alerts.”

From the February 28, 2024, edition of X22 Report

BRIGITTE GABRIEL (ACT FOR AMERICA FOUNDER): This is the thing that people in the West avoid talking about because it’s uncomfortable.

DAVID MARC FISHMAN (HOST): OK.

GABRIEL: And we have to deal with the issue of Islamic immigration head-on, because when you have people who have already a proven track record. This is not speculation. This is not throwing an idea out. We’re not sure if they want to implement it or not. We’re not really sure if they mean it or not. Right now we’re not talking about speculation. So when you look at Europe for the last 20 years and the transformation of Europe, what do you think, right now, the groups of Europe that are causing the biggest threat to Europe, what face do you think they are from or of? 

FISHMAN: Going to Europe right now?

GABRIEL: Right. The people that have created a big threat to Europe for the last 20, 30 years. 

FISHMAN: I mean, from what I see, it looks like it’s Muslims.

GABRIEL: It’s Muslims. So for the last 20, 30 years, we know Islamic immigrants who came to Europe from different parts of the world, came to Europe saying, “We want to transform your country and we’re going to do it through children, and we believe you should submit to us, and we believe our religion is superior to you.”

FISHMAN: Yes. 

GABRIEL: And this is a message that we have heard in Paris, in the Netherlands, in England, in Sweden. It doesn’t matter what country in Europe you’re talking about. In Italy, all over Europe, it’s the exact same message, regardless of where these Muslims came from, whether they were Syrian Muslims, whether they were Muslims from Algeria, whether they were Moroccan Muslims, whether they were Muslims from Egypt, or whether they were Muslims from Lebanon, or whether they were Muslims from Iraq. 

So the common denominator among all these people that are talking like that is Islamic immigrants regarding — regardless of what country they came from. So that leads us to the only explanation to this is it must be in the ideology, because obviously people that come from Syria are very different than people that come from Algeria, for example. They don’t even speak the same language —

FISHMAN: Right.

GABRIEL: — or the same dialect, yet they share the same beliefs. And these beliefs are based in the religion of Islam. So when we look at that, we are realizing that this same type of belief is causing problems in Canada, for example, in Australia, for example, and the United States, for example. So we no longer need imagination to realize that there is a certain group of people that we are importing into our countries, who are saying out loud that they want to transform us. This is no longer imagination. It is fact. 

You know, the 9/11 report, after the 9/11 attack in 2001, the biggest attack on American soil, that killed almost 3,000 people and brought America down to its knees. When the 9/11 Commission report came out, the 9/11 Commission report said, quote, “We lacked imagination,” end quote. It’s not that our enemies did not tell us how much they hate us, or what they want to do to us, or what their plans was. They — we refuse to believe what our enemies are telling us. 

And I think right now there is no reason for us to lack imagination, because we already have a blueprint, and that we can see already happening around the world, where the people who said, “We want to transform you, we want to change your countries,” and they are all doing the exact same thing, having multiple babies and using welfare to survive, while they preach and join mosques and preach against hating the infidel and march in the streets against Israel. We are seeing that this reality is becoming a reality on the ground, and they are following the words. They are walking in the path — and the same path that they are talking. So this is a major concern to the United States, and it is a major concern to Western civilization. 

And that’s exactly why I started my organization, ACT for America, to not only warn people about terrorism and its threat to world peace and our national security, but also to encourage people to become active, engaged, and mobilized. And I encourage people to go to [ACT For America’s site] right now. Sign up to get our emails and action alerts. Join the chapter in your community or start a chapter in your community. We have over 1,200 chapters nationwide. We have passed 240 bills to protect the United States, whether on the federal level or the state level. Two hundred and forty bills already. 

So join us, start a chapter, and stand with us in every way you can. We need you by our side. We need you as a financial supporter. We need you engaged as an activist. Even if you want to be a keyboard activist, sign up to receive our emails and action alerts so you can be notified when there’s a bill coming down for a vote so you can contact your member of Congress. We made it very easy for you. We have an “act now” tool that you click on. It gives you the bill. It gives you your elected officials, would literally clicks under 30 seconds, you can take action and make a difference for the country.

Later in the show, Gabriel continued her push for the audience to become new members of her organization, calling for them to “start a chapter. Stand with us financially as a member. Join us as a member. Become a monthly patriot partner.”

From the February 28, 2024, edition of X22 Report

BRIGITTE GABRIEL (ACT FOR AMERICA FOUNDER): You want things to change? You need to start changing the way you act. Action is where it’s at. Education is important, but education by itself is not sufficient. Action. Education must be coupled with action. Go to [ACT For America’s site] right now. Start a chapter. Stand with us financially as a member. Join us as a member. Become a monthly patriot partner. That’s how we’re going to be able to impact policy, like we have been passing 240 bills and taking our country back.

Additionally, Gabriel urged viewers to sign a petition on ACT for America’s site “asking our government to stop any Palestinian refugees from being imported to the United States.”

Gabriel’s use of a QAnon show to advance her anti-Muslim organization comes as other extremist and conspiratorial figures and groups, such as election denialists and anti-vaxxers, have used the QAnon community and its anti-reality online distribution network for tactics like recruiting, fundraising, and getting out and spreading their claims.