Yes that the name the left gave him.. the left that just went off the tracks with "QAnon, the internet conspiracy theory" haha. He wont be in there that long. [...irrelevancies deleted]
I'm pretty sure he had that moniker *before* the insurrection.
1. He showed up to a lot of events (including election related ones) in that get up.
2. He practices "shamanism" as his religion (or so he claims. He lead a fairly Christian prayer from the dais of the Senate while he was committing his specific felony.)
3. While dressed in that get-up at other events he would shout Q slogans and carry signs that said things like "Q sent me"
I don't know exactly how the sequence went, but when his picture circulated on line the comments were like this (approximate dialog): "Who's that weirdo?" then "Oh my, that's the Q-shaman. He shows up at things in Phoenix all the time dressed like that and shouting about Q", the "The Q-shaman is an actor named 'Jake Angeli'". I don't think we knew his proper name until after he was arrested. (I followed this on Twitter, but I suspect it was similar elsewhere.)
Oh, look! That's exactly what his wikipedia page says:
Angeli was formerly a supporter of
Donald Trump,
[10][23][24][25] has a social media following, and has attended rallies supporting
QAnon mostly in and around Phoenix.
[10] At various rallies in Arizona, he shouted about QAnon conspiracy theories and carried a sign that says "Q Sent Me".
[26]
Before attending far-right rallies, Angeli was noticed in 2019 for frequently protesting alone outside the
Arizona Capitol, espousing various conspiracy theories.
[27] He was reported as a
shamanic practitioner when attending a
climate activism protest in Arizona.
[28] However, in early 2020 he told
The Arizona Republic that he began wearing his distinctive fur hat and face paint to attract attention so that he could then talk about QAnon and "other truths".
[10][27] He appeared at a
Black Lives Matter protest in the Phoenix area in order to spread the QAnon conspiracy theory.
[29] He protested
COVID-19 lockdowns in Arizona.
Following the
2020 United States presidential election, Angeli's protests focused on challenging the results of the
vote in Arizona.
[10][30] He camped outside the
Maricopa County Courthouse during the vote counting process,
[31] and gave a speech at a rally there on November 7, the day that president-elect
Joe Biden announced his win, declaring, "This election has not been called! Don't believe that lie! They got their hands caught in the cookie jar and we're going to the
Supreme Court! Trump always looks like he's going to lose. And then he wins."
[25]
