QAnon’s March 4 Trump Inauguration Day Didn’t Happen And Twitter Is Showing No Mercy

QAnon believers faced another wave of disappointment yesterday after their theory that Donald Trump would reemerge from Mar-a-Lago and be crowned the real president on March 4. Unfortunately for them, there was no word from or appearance by Trump on Thursday, only a parade of his critics making fun of them.

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.@DanPatterson discusses QAnon’s conspiracy theory suggesting Donald Trump will retake power on March 4.

“We shouldn’t give today or any day or anyone like the QAnon Shaman … any type of credibility or credence. What they say is dishonest and they are trying to mislead us.” pic.twitter.com/8S3iM3pYHn

— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 4, 2021

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This was based on the merging of another bizarre theory with their own that says the U.S. government was secretly replaced with a different government at some point and therefore any laws passed after this don’t count. By their calculations, this would also include the law that switched Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20.

The March 4 theory gave QAnon folks a bit of extended hope in their savior figure, with many believing Trump would somehow unleash his secret plan to stop the Satanist baby-eating cabals and be inaugurated on Thursday.

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The theory was prevalent enough that extra security and barricades were set up around D.C. in preparation for potential violence, but only a few sad MAGA hat-wearers showed up.

From left, Karyn Carson, John Carson, Lois Houser and Matthew Giannini, supporters of former President Donald Trump, stand near the security perimeter outside of the U.S. Capitol Building, hoping to see evidence of an inauguration of former President Trump. Photo by @LeahMillis pic.twitter.com/ptTiS1rG9x

— corinne_perkins (@corinne_perkins) March 4, 2021

With this theory turning out to be a bust, QAnoners will have to rely on even more desperate ones like the idea that what we see as Joe Biden is actually a deep fake and Trump is still secretly president. No, we didn’t make that up.

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Meanwhile, on normal Twitter, people are rubbing it in more than a little with the hashtag #TrumpInauguration and general tweets mocking the March 4 Inauguration Day theory and pretending to look for it.

Guys, I’m at the DuPont Circle Pinkberry for the #TrumpInauguration. I’m here with four Proud Boys, their moms and Scott Baio. Did we get the address wrong? Help me out, this Minuteman costume is super-itchy.

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 4, 2021

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Just got back from the QAnon inauguration of Donald Trump. Lovely event. The Martians especially enjoyed it.

— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) March 4, 2021

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Trump’s second inauguration has been moved to March 20.

Yesterday was just a dress rehearsal

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) March 5, 2021

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I will admit, I prefer this Trump Inauguration to his previous one. Although the crowd size is about the same.

— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) March 4, 2021

Is it my imagination or is today’s Trump Inauguration even smaller than his first one?

— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) March 4, 2021

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I thought I spotted the #TrumpInauguration today but, my mistake, it was just a dog taking a pee on snow.

— Liddle’ Savage (@littledeekay) March 5, 2021

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*First Published: March 5, 2021, 12:50 pm