Recently, there has been a lot of chatter in small circles among those who search for the truth [...] There has been an anonymous voice, with obvious intelligence beyond the normal person telling of things to come. They call themselves Q. Make no mistake, Q is a patriot.
Source, in full
American Truth Seekers post (January [30], 2018, deleted), cited in "House GOP candidate known for QAnon support was 'correspondent' for conspiracy website" NBC News (August 14, 2020). Precise date from article's linked archive save.