Robert W. Welch Jr.
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Monday, November 10, 2025 (part of November 2025)
category: 
Opinion
clue: He was so invested in conspiracy theories about the idea of infiltrators advocating for U.S. policy changes that he invested in a political advocacy group who conspired to make their ideas infiltrate U.S. policy-making.
explanation: Welch, founder of the far-right political advocacy group the John Birch Society in 1958, was famous for his conspiracy theories about Communist infiltration of the United States. His ideas were gradually debunked and out of influence by the 1980s, but came back into prominence during the 2010s. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Steve West
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