- Followers of QAnon believe Trump will be sworn in on March 4, 2021.
- This belief is rooted in a conspiracy theory that all post-1871 presidents are illegitimate.
- The Trump’s DC hotel is the only one in the area that has raised prices for March 4, Forbes reported.
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QAnon’s most dedicated followers still believe that former President Donald Trump, who lost the 2020 presidential election, has yet to be sworn in.
March 4, 2021 is a day that they marked in their diaries, insisting that it is the date that Trump will open in Washington, DC, and ultimately return to power.
Coincidentally, the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC is driving up suite prices around this time. The hotel, just a few blocks from the White House, nearly tripled room rates on the nights of March 3 and 4, according to Forbes.
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The sovereign citizen movement
The reason why QAnon supporters place so much importance on March 4 is rooted in the bizarre beliefs of the ‘sovereign citizen movement’.
He believes that Americans are not subject to a variety of federal laws. The basis for this is that a law, enacted in 1871, secretly transformed the United States into a corporation rather than a nation.
Consequently, they see all presidents installed since then as illegitimate. Members of the sovereign citizens’ movement believe that ex-president Ulysses S. Grant was the last legitimate president.
Grant, like other presidents in the 19th century, opened on March 4. The sovereign citizen movement believes that the republic will be restored and Trump will become the 19th U.S. president on March 4, 2021.
This fantasy gained momentum with the hardcore of QAnon supporters trying to understand President Joe Biden’s recent inauguration, according to Vice.
March 4th appears to have become a marketing opportunity for the Trump’s DC hotel.
The standard rate for a luxury king in March was typically between $ 476 and $ 596, according to Forbes. This year, the price of the same room type has almost tripled. On March 3 and 4, the magazine reported that the room is priced at $ 1,331 a night.
The price increase is exclusive to the Trump International Hotel, according to Zach Everson in his Pennsylvania 1100 newsletter.
Other luxury hotels near the White House appear to have standard rates for the nights of March 3 and 4, said Everson.
Trump International Hotel did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment on this story.
This would not be the first time that a Trump hotel would raise its rates to coincide with a political event.
On January 5 and 6, Trump International raised its rates significantly. The cheapest room available was $ 8,000 the night of the deadly uprising, according to Forbes reporter Suzanne Rowan Kelleher.
On January 7, the hotel shared administrative director that the week of the siege of the Capitol was one of “record” numbers.