1 00:00:08,092 --> 00:00:09,677 - There are some people 2 00:00:09,719 --> 00:00:13,681 that still do not believe in the New World Order. 3 00:00:15,975 --> 00:00:17,935 A one-world government 4 00:00:17,977 --> 00:00:21,689 controlled by the 13 elite families of the world. 5 00:00:21,731 --> 00:00:24,317 [tense music] 6 00:00:24,358 --> 00:00:29,113 * * 7 00:00:33,117 --> 00:00:35,078 - You can see where that mistrust 8 00:00:35,119 --> 00:00:37,914 of a common narrative comes about. 9 00:00:37,955 --> 00:00:44,587 * * 10 00:00:44,629 --> 00:00:46,089 - The media make, you know, 11 00:00:46,130 --> 00:00:49,133 people that are like myself to be the crazy, lone nut. 12 00:00:51,094 --> 00:00:52,512 I don't care. 13 00:00:53,930 --> 00:00:55,431 - We're all in the same boat of, 14 00:00:55,473 --> 00:00:56,766 where are we gonna feel safe? 15 00:00:56,808 --> 00:00:59,060 Are they gonna take us to the Gulag 16 00:00:59,102 --> 00:01:01,562 because we're unvaccinated vermin? 17 00:01:01,604 --> 00:01:05,066 This is about ushering in a New World Order. 18 00:01:05,108 --> 00:01:08,694 This is about training people to be obedient slaves. 19 00:01:08,736 --> 00:01:11,114 * * 20 00:01:11,155 --> 00:01:15,535 - This is a "wicked, nefarious, globalist, Chinese-- 21 00:01:15,576 --> 00:01:18,246 Biden's a sold-out, fraudulent president" situation. 22 00:01:18,287 --> 00:01:19,622 I'm telling you, it's wicked. 23 00:01:19,664 --> 00:01:23,459 - If we activate mandatory vaccines globally, 24 00:01:23,501 --> 00:01:25,044 I imagine these people stand to make 25 00:01:25,086 --> 00:01:27,171 hundreds of billions of dollars that own the vaccines. 26 00:01:27,213 --> 00:01:29,006 - And they'll kill millions, 27 00:01:29,048 --> 00:01:31,843 as they already have with their vaccines. 28 00:01:31,884 --> 00:01:33,678 - If they can sit and watch this and realize 29 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,263 this whole thing has been planned, 30 00:01:35,304 --> 00:01:36,973 it's been planned for a very long time... 31 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:40,810 * * 32 00:01:40,852 --> 00:01:42,311 - He is taking her into custody. 33 00:01:42,353 --> 00:01:43,688 He's locking her up. 34 00:01:46,524 --> 00:01:49,402 - Trying to hold the fort down here, so... 35 00:01:53,322 --> 00:01:55,450 - Why am I not speaking? 36 00:01:55,491 --> 00:01:57,410 I'm not given a fair chance. 37 00:01:57,452 --> 00:02:01,414 I've been banned from more than all of these people. 38 00:02:01,456 --> 00:02:03,624 - I can't have someone throwing hand grenades 39 00:02:03,666 --> 00:02:05,376 in my professional career. 40 00:02:05,418 --> 00:02:08,421 - Breaking up with someone via text 41 00:02:08,463 --> 00:02:10,673 is just super hurtful. 42 00:02:10,715 --> 00:02:12,467 - [laughs] - Oh, my God. 43 00:02:12,508 --> 00:02:14,677 What-- - You gonna drink that? 44 00:02:14,719 --> 00:02:15,928 - A warning tonight about 45 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:18,222 a fake coronavirus cure being sold. 46 00:02:18,264 --> 00:02:20,224 - We're gonna be in Miami, Florida, 47 00:02:20,266 --> 00:02:21,726 protesting for Mark Grenon. 48 00:02:21,768 --> 00:02:24,520 - Prosecutors say Mark Grenon, along with sons, 49 00:02:24,562 --> 00:02:26,939 Jonathan, Jordan, and Joseph Grenon, 50 00:02:26,981 --> 00:02:29,817 sold their miracle mineral solution. 51 00:02:29,859 --> 00:02:31,694 - They were ordered to stop selling 52 00:02:31,736 --> 00:02:33,863 their toxic bleach solution. 53 00:02:33,905 --> 00:02:37,325 Saying they would not comply and threatening violence. 54 00:02:37,366 --> 00:02:38,993 - You and I came together 55 00:02:39,035 --> 00:02:41,829 because you reached out to me regarding Mark Grenon. 56 00:02:41,871 --> 00:02:46,125 - These boys, one of them has not seen his newborn son, 57 00:02:46,167 --> 00:02:48,127 has not seen the literal sun, 58 00:02:48,169 --> 00:02:53,049 is drinking tap water contaminated with poisons, 59 00:02:53,091 --> 00:02:55,259 is eating fake, shit food 60 00:02:55,301 --> 00:02:57,970 for a crime that was never committed! 61 00:02:58,012 --> 00:03:04,936 * * 62 00:03:42,974 --> 00:03:46,227 [birds squawking] 63 00:03:46,269 --> 00:03:50,398 [bottle spraying] 64 00:03:52,483 --> 00:03:54,861 - I am here now in Miami, Florida, 65 00:03:54,902 --> 00:03:57,989 and we are protesting for Mark Grenon 66 00:03:58,030 --> 00:04:00,032 and his three sons 67 00:04:00,074 --> 00:04:04,036 that have been incarcerated now for 500-plus days. 68 00:04:04,078 --> 00:04:05,496 [car horn honks] 69 00:04:05,538 --> 00:04:07,331 Maryam, the bee lady, will be speaking. 70 00:04:07,373 --> 00:04:08,916 Where did y'all park? 71 00:04:10,918 --> 00:04:14,422 - Hi, beautiful. I'm on Facebook Live. 72 00:04:14,464 --> 00:04:18,009 Hello. Hi. Mwah. 73 00:04:18,051 --> 00:04:19,761 - I love her energy 74 00:04:19,802 --> 00:04:21,679 I love the fact that she's like me, 75 00:04:21,721 --> 00:04:23,973 that she's always asking questions. 76 00:04:24,015 --> 00:04:25,183 - Can I use this? 77 00:04:25,224 --> 00:04:26,809 - You can use whatever you want to, babe. 78 00:04:26,851 --> 00:04:28,352 - All right. - How does-- 79 00:04:28,394 --> 00:04:29,604 Okay, thanks. - Right there. 80 00:04:29,645 --> 00:04:31,814 So right now your sons are where? 81 00:04:31,856 --> 00:04:34,734 - On the seventh floor. - Seven, okay, I see seventh. 82 00:04:34,776 --> 00:04:36,819 - On the left. - On the left, okay. 83 00:04:36,861 --> 00:04:38,029 Look at him. You hear him? 84 00:04:38,071 --> 00:04:39,447 He's banging on the window. - Yeah. 85 00:04:39,489 --> 00:04:40,823 - Yes, we can hear you! 86 00:04:40,865 --> 00:04:43,409 - We can hear the brothers banging on the window! 87 00:04:43,451 --> 00:04:45,411 We see you. 88 00:04:45,453 --> 00:04:48,414 [steady music] 89 00:04:48,456 --> 00:04:55,546 * * 90 00:04:57,632 --> 00:04:58,758 - Oh, is this him? 91 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,511 - Okay, we are gonna speak to the-- 92 00:05:01,552 --> 00:05:04,097 - This call is from a federal prison. 93 00:05:19,904 --> 00:05:21,739 - God bless you. - God bless you, brother. 94 00:05:21,781 --> 00:05:23,533 - God bless you. - Love you, Jon. 95 00:05:23,574 --> 00:05:26,244 - Jonathan, thank you. - Love you, brother. 96 00:05:26,285 --> 00:05:29,163 Love you, brother. 97 00:05:29,205 --> 00:05:30,373 Wow. 98 00:05:30,415 --> 00:05:34,127 * * 99 00:05:34,168 --> 00:05:38,881 - We are here standing for the Grenon family. 100 00:05:38,923 --> 00:05:42,635 They dare to use the C word, which is "cure," 101 00:05:42,677 --> 00:05:46,097 and corona in the same sentence. 102 00:05:46,139 --> 00:05:49,058 They have been imprisoned 103 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:52,729 and treated like poster children 104 00:05:52,770 --> 00:05:55,231 for others such as myself 105 00:05:55,273 --> 00:05:57,734 and Christopher Key of the Vaccine Police 106 00:05:57,775 --> 00:06:01,070 for daring to question 107 00:06:01,112 --> 00:06:03,948 this shadow government! 108 00:06:03,990 --> 00:06:05,616 Well, guess what! 109 00:06:05,658 --> 00:06:09,412 This is the United States of America, 110 00:06:09,454 --> 00:06:13,875 and the powers that be would like to take this country down! 111 00:06:13,916 --> 00:06:17,086 And they used the coronavirus 112 00:06:17,128 --> 00:06:19,338 as their trojan horse 113 00:06:19,380 --> 00:06:21,257 to usher in 114 00:06:21,299 --> 00:06:25,136 whatever the hell they wanted! 115 00:06:25,178 --> 00:06:28,431 We must stand for liberty, 116 00:06:28,473 --> 00:06:29,974 for freedom! 117 00:06:31,684 --> 00:06:33,186 Okay, I'm now going to introduce 118 00:06:33,227 --> 00:06:37,315 Christopher Key! 119 00:06:37,356 --> 00:06:38,858 - Whoo! - You're too cute. 120 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:41,736 - Meeting Christopher is just--it felt like, 121 00:06:41,778 --> 00:06:43,404 you know, "Hey, where have you been?" 122 00:06:43,446 --> 00:06:47,283 - I come here today to give away chlorine dioxide 123 00:06:47,325 --> 00:06:49,827 to every single one of you that came here today. 124 00:06:49,869 --> 00:06:52,288 - Christopher is like a kindred spirit, 125 00:06:52,330 --> 00:06:54,040 because I'm a disrupter, too. 126 00:06:54,082 --> 00:06:56,626 - Who does not have chlorine dioxide? 127 00:06:56,667 --> 00:06:58,336 'Cause I want to give it to you right here 128 00:06:58,378 --> 00:07:01,547 in front of this facility. 129 00:07:01,589 --> 00:07:02,799 - He's a brother. 130 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:05,635 - I'm gonna keep doing this every single day 131 00:07:05,676 --> 00:07:07,637 and twice on Sunday, guys. 132 00:07:07,678 --> 00:07:10,014 - I don't need to be admonished 133 00:07:10,056 --> 00:07:13,684 for being a wild card or having balls, 134 00:07:13,726 --> 00:07:16,562 when we are the true superheroes 135 00:07:16,604 --> 00:07:19,023 that want to make a difference. 136 00:07:19,065 --> 00:07:21,567 - Anybody that wants chlorine dioxide, 137 00:07:21,609 --> 00:07:25,446 I have it, and I'll give it to anybody all day, every day. 138 00:07:25,488 --> 00:07:28,783 If you need chlorine dioxide, call me. 139 00:07:28,825 --> 00:07:31,702 If you guys want to come arrest me, here I am. 140 00:07:39,168 --> 00:07:43,005 [soft music] 141 00:07:43,047 --> 00:07:50,012 * * 142 00:07:50,054 --> 00:07:52,849 [bottle spraying] 143 00:07:57,061 --> 00:08:01,399 We're at a hotel room back in Birmingham, Alabama. 144 00:08:01,441 --> 00:08:03,443 I had to come back in town 145 00:08:03,484 --> 00:08:08,448 because I received a very threatening phone call 146 00:08:08,489 --> 00:08:12,577 from a Fiona O'Leary. 147 00:08:14,078 --> 00:08:17,498 She is the woman that had Mark Grenon 148 00:08:17,540 --> 00:08:20,543 and his three sons put in jail. 149 00:08:20,585 --> 00:08:22,962 This woman directly did this. 150 00:08:23,004 --> 00:08:26,174 - We're joined by Fiona O'Leary from County Cork in Ireland, 151 00:08:26,215 --> 00:08:27,717 who, for years, has been trying to get 152 00:08:27,759 --> 00:08:29,635 the attention of authorities to crack down. 153 00:08:29,677 --> 00:08:32,722 You have been the subject of much harassment online, 154 00:08:32,764 --> 00:08:34,557 haven't you, for taking this stand? 155 00:08:34,599 --> 00:08:35,933 - Mark Grenon especially 156 00:08:35,975 --> 00:08:37,477 has been very aggressive towards me, 157 00:08:37,518 --> 00:08:40,688 calling me a witch, a B-I-T-C-H, 158 00:08:40,730 --> 00:08:42,231 but it doesn't bother me 159 00:08:42,273 --> 00:08:44,567 because I know what I'm doing is so important, 160 00:08:44,609 --> 00:08:46,027 especially for children. 161 00:08:46,069 --> 00:08:48,863 - Fiona O'Leary, I believe, 162 00:08:48,905 --> 00:08:51,532 and it's my opinion... 163 00:08:51,574 --> 00:08:55,620 is one crazy bitch, okay? 164 00:08:55,661 --> 00:08:58,706 Anybody that is exposing 165 00:08:58,748 --> 00:09:00,875 alternatives to Big Pharma 166 00:09:00,917 --> 00:09:03,002 she has went after 167 00:09:03,044 --> 00:09:05,797 and said that we are the problem, 168 00:09:05,838 --> 00:09:09,425 that we are causing death to humanity. 169 00:09:09,467 --> 00:09:11,594 * * 170 00:09:11,636 --> 00:09:15,932 The people I talked to regarding Fiona said, 171 00:09:15,973 --> 00:09:17,934 "Christopher, two things are gonna happen. 172 00:09:17,975 --> 00:09:19,685 "You're either gonna end up dead, 173 00:09:19,727 --> 00:09:22,897 or you're gonna end up in jail." 174 00:09:22,939 --> 00:09:24,732 And I thought about it. 175 00:09:24,774 --> 00:09:28,403 I thought about... 176 00:09:28,444 --> 00:09:31,531 getting rid of all the chlorine dioxide that I had 177 00:09:31,572 --> 00:09:33,658 because I feared for my life. 178 00:09:33,699 --> 00:09:35,952 And that's why today I'm gonna go 179 00:09:35,993 --> 00:09:37,412 to the Vestavia Police Department. 180 00:09:37,453 --> 00:09:41,207 That's why tomorrow I'm gonna go to the FBI, 181 00:09:41,249 --> 00:09:46,003 because I am going to try to get in front of this. 182 00:09:46,045 --> 00:09:47,714 And then I don't have to be scared 183 00:09:47,755 --> 00:09:49,173 and not sleep for days because I think 184 00:09:49,215 --> 00:09:50,967 I'm doing something that's gonna put me in jail, 185 00:09:51,008 --> 00:09:52,468 because what I'm being told now 186 00:09:52,510 --> 00:09:55,346 is that I could go to prison for 30 years. 187 00:09:55,388 --> 00:09:58,099 I really fear for my life right now 188 00:09:58,141 --> 00:10:01,144 because this person, Fiona O'Leary, 189 00:10:01,185 --> 00:10:03,229 I believe, is very dangerous. 190 00:10:03,271 --> 00:10:06,399 [dramatic music] 191 00:10:06,441 --> 00:10:10,945 * * 192 00:10:10,987 --> 00:10:14,407 [cell phone vibrating] 193 00:10:14,449 --> 00:10:16,242 This is Christopher. 194 00:10:20,621 --> 00:10:22,081 Who is this? 195 00:10:37,263 --> 00:10:41,392 - So I've written a lot about how conspiracy theories start, 196 00:10:41,434 --> 00:10:44,228 how they spread, why people believe them, 197 00:10:44,270 --> 00:10:49,275 and so right now I'm sort of preoccupied by how they end. 198 00:10:49,317 --> 00:10:53,071 In my reporting so far, what I'm coming to the view of 199 00:10:53,112 --> 00:10:55,239 is that this is not, like, 200 00:10:55,281 --> 00:10:57,241 a two-year, five-year, ten-year phenomenon. 201 00:10:57,283 --> 00:10:59,702 Like, I genuinely think it's a generations-long... 202 00:10:59,744 --> 00:11:03,247 Like, I think this is a thing that we're in for a while, 203 00:11:03,289 --> 00:11:06,459 and the contours of the specific conspiracy theories, 204 00:11:06,501 --> 00:11:08,544 whether it's Q or anything else, will change, 205 00:11:08,586 --> 00:11:09,754 but I think this is now, like, 206 00:11:09,796 --> 00:11:13,758 a condition of the world that we live in, 207 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,010 that conspiracy theories are rampant. 208 00:11:16,052 --> 00:11:18,346 [dramatic music] 209 00:11:18,388 --> 00:11:22,767 I, for years, have written about conspiracy theories. 210 00:11:22,809 --> 00:11:24,352 It's come up again and again 211 00:11:24,394 --> 00:11:28,189 with ever-intensifying and scary consequences 212 00:11:28,231 --> 00:11:31,067 as conspiracy theories have become more mainstream, 213 00:11:31,109 --> 00:11:33,194 but I've been thinking more recently 214 00:11:33,236 --> 00:11:36,406 about how that ends. 215 00:11:36,447 --> 00:11:39,784 In conditions where conspiracy theories can spread 216 00:11:39,826 --> 00:11:41,786 and be distributed at global scale 217 00:11:41,828 --> 00:11:43,454 with the click of a Facebook button, 218 00:11:43,496 --> 00:11:46,958 how do we weather this as a society 219 00:11:46,999 --> 00:11:49,419 without more people being hurt 220 00:11:49,460 --> 00:11:53,923 or without hurting, you know, democratic society? 221 00:11:53,965 --> 00:11:56,884 - The FBI says many of today's conspiracy theories 222 00:11:56,926 --> 00:11:58,428 are politically motivated 223 00:11:58,469 --> 00:12:00,847 and fueled by the partisan divide in America. 224 00:12:00,888 --> 00:12:03,474 The bureau warns some of those conspiracy theories 225 00:12:03,516 --> 00:12:05,893 will likely motivate some domestic extremists 226 00:12:05,935 --> 00:12:08,730 to commit criminal, sometimes violent activity. 227 00:12:08,771 --> 00:12:10,857 [gunshots] 228 00:12:10,898 --> 00:12:13,484 - Armed militias reportedly on the rise, 229 00:12:13,526 --> 00:12:16,112 driven by xenophobia and racism, 230 00:12:16,154 --> 00:12:18,698 but also by fear of government itself. 231 00:12:18,740 --> 00:12:20,324 - At this point, we're living 232 00:12:20,366 --> 00:12:23,619 under corporate and medical fascism. 233 00:12:23,661 --> 00:12:25,621 This is tyranny. 234 00:12:25,663 --> 00:12:27,582 When do we get to use the guns? 235 00:12:27,623 --> 00:12:30,043 [cheers and applause] No, and I'm not-- 236 00:12:30,084 --> 00:12:32,045 That's not a joke. I'm not saying it like that. 237 00:12:32,086 --> 00:12:34,172 I mean, literally, where's the line? 238 00:12:34,213 --> 00:12:36,299 How many elections are they gonna steal 239 00:12:36,340 --> 00:12:38,051 before we kill these people? 240 00:12:39,469 --> 00:12:41,471 - It's like, how do you weather it? 241 00:12:41,512 --> 00:12:43,347 If it's not gonna end for generations, 242 00:12:43,389 --> 00:12:45,141 which is what I believe, then, like, 243 00:12:45,183 --> 00:12:47,143 how do we learn from other periods of history 244 00:12:47,185 --> 00:12:48,895 or other places in the world 245 00:12:48,936 --> 00:12:51,189 to see how America can get through it? 246 00:12:51,230 --> 00:12:52,940 Whatever the answer to that question is, 247 00:12:52,982 --> 00:12:55,693 is the future of America. 248 00:12:55,735 --> 00:13:02,116 * * 249 00:13:02,158 --> 00:13:06,204 [gunshots, glass pinging] 250 00:13:10,083 --> 00:13:12,293 [glass pings] 251 00:13:12,335 --> 00:13:13,419 - Well... 252 00:13:15,296 --> 00:13:18,883 Guess that's all of them. [chuckles] 253 00:13:18,925 --> 00:13:21,386 My name is Eric Matthew Braden 254 00:13:21,427 --> 00:13:25,056 and I'm an ex-military, Army man. 255 00:13:25,098 --> 00:13:32,063 * * 256 00:13:32,105 --> 00:13:34,315 September 11th... 257 00:13:36,651 --> 00:13:39,487 Was a big turning point in my life. 258 00:13:41,239 --> 00:13:44,283 I really wanted to stand up for my country. 259 00:13:44,325 --> 00:13:47,495 I really wanted to join the military... 260 00:13:47,537 --> 00:13:49,664 but it wasn't until years later, 261 00:13:49,705 --> 00:13:52,083 when I ended up getting in trouble. 262 00:13:52,125 --> 00:13:53,751 All right. 263 00:13:53,793 --> 00:13:56,421 This is one of those times in life where, you know, 264 00:13:56,462 --> 00:14:00,883 drugs got involved and they destroyed everything. 265 00:14:00,925 --> 00:14:03,344 I ended up with charges, drug charges, 266 00:14:03,386 --> 00:14:07,306 and, you know, some other charges for weapons as well. 267 00:14:07,348 --> 00:14:09,475 And it was a moment in time 268 00:14:09,517 --> 00:14:11,644 where I was gonna go one way or the other, 269 00:14:11,686 --> 00:14:14,689 and, luckily, I was assisted in many ways by Uncle Sam, 270 00:14:14,731 --> 00:14:17,191 you know, to be able to join into the military. 271 00:14:17,233 --> 00:14:19,444 * * 272 00:14:19,485 --> 00:14:21,779 It took me getting in trouble 273 00:14:21,821 --> 00:14:24,073 to actually go to do the right thing, 274 00:14:24,115 --> 00:14:28,161 and I ended up going to serve my country proudly. 275 00:14:28,202 --> 00:14:31,205 But, unfortunately, when I showed up 276 00:14:31,247 --> 00:14:33,291 to my Airborne training, we got to the point 277 00:14:33,332 --> 00:14:36,294 where we're doing zipline training... 278 00:14:36,335 --> 00:14:39,839 and this guy just barreled right into my back 279 00:14:39,881 --> 00:14:43,009 with his helmet full blast, and that was the end of it. 280 00:14:43,051 --> 00:14:45,178 I knew. I knew my back was broke. 281 00:14:45,219 --> 00:14:47,430 I knew it was done. 282 00:14:48,723 --> 00:14:51,976 [groans] 283 00:14:52,018 --> 00:14:59,067 * * 284 00:14:59,108 --> 00:15:01,486 - Ready to feed these animals? 285 00:15:01,527 --> 00:15:03,988 - Yeah, let's go feed the cows. 286 00:15:04,030 --> 00:15:06,032 [groans] - [chuckles] 287 00:15:06,074 --> 00:15:08,409 - When I got out of the military, 288 00:15:08,451 --> 00:15:10,912 I was, you know, a complete mess. 289 00:15:10,953 --> 00:15:12,371 - Come here. [clicks tongue] 290 00:15:12,413 --> 00:15:14,457 Come here, little one. 291 00:15:14,499 --> 00:15:16,501 - I was just struggling to try 292 00:15:16,542 --> 00:15:18,961 to get my basic motor skills back 293 00:15:19,003 --> 00:15:22,840 with the feeling of, you know, failing at defending my country 294 00:15:22,882 --> 00:15:24,675 the way I wanted to so badly. 295 00:15:24,717 --> 00:15:27,428 * * 296 00:15:27,470 --> 00:15:29,389 Through the hard time of the training 297 00:15:29,430 --> 00:15:31,808 and the injuries that I had gone through, 298 00:15:31,849 --> 00:15:35,353 I ended up with a pretty severe opiate addiction. 299 00:15:35,395 --> 00:15:37,688 This right here-- this is my buddy, though. 300 00:15:37,730 --> 00:15:39,565 Yeah, that's my buddy. 301 00:15:39,607 --> 00:15:40,817 My son was born 302 00:15:40,858 --> 00:15:43,653 two weeks prior to my exit from the Army, 303 00:15:43,694 --> 00:15:47,407 and, you know, through that addiction, 304 00:15:47,448 --> 00:15:50,284 that made me someone that my son didn't need to be around. 305 00:15:50,326 --> 00:15:52,870 And my ex-wife absolutely did not want me 306 00:15:52,912 --> 00:15:54,163 in my son's life at all. 307 00:15:54,205 --> 00:15:59,043 * * 308 00:15:59,085 --> 00:16:01,295 Yeah, it's pretty-- 309 00:16:01,337 --> 00:16:05,299 it's a pretty dark time in the world right now. 310 00:16:05,341 --> 00:16:06,884 Pretty sad, too. 311 00:16:06,926 --> 00:16:10,304 [bees buzzing] 312 00:16:10,346 --> 00:16:12,849 I think I started really questioning government... 313 00:16:17,186 --> 00:16:20,523 With the Iraq and Afghanistan war. 314 00:16:20,565 --> 00:16:23,276 - There was a deafening drumbeat in the wake of 9/11, 315 00:16:23,317 --> 00:16:25,319 as President Bush, Vice President Cheney, 316 00:16:25,361 --> 00:16:27,280 and other top officials warned that Iraq had amassed 317 00:16:27,321 --> 00:16:29,240 a stockpile of illegal weapons 318 00:16:29,282 --> 00:16:31,743 and began building a case for war. 319 00:16:31,784 --> 00:16:33,911 - When I went into basic training, 320 00:16:33,953 --> 00:16:37,039 I thought we were gonna be heading off to war to... 321 00:16:37,081 --> 00:16:39,459 you know, actually go 322 00:16:39,500 --> 00:16:41,836 and attack the people that attacked us. 323 00:16:41,878 --> 00:16:43,880 - After all this time, 324 00:16:43,921 --> 00:16:47,467 questions still remain as to why the United States 325 00:16:47,508 --> 00:16:49,427 launched the war in the first place. 326 00:16:49,469 --> 00:16:51,304 - I started hearing the narrative 327 00:16:51,345 --> 00:16:52,930 of weapons of mass destruction. 328 00:16:52,972 --> 00:16:56,976 - On February 5, 2003, Powell stated 329 00:16:57,018 --> 00:16:59,812 with no qualifications that Saddam Hussein 330 00:16:59,854 --> 00:17:03,274 had mobile, biological weapons. 331 00:17:03,316 --> 00:17:06,069 - Upon communicating with the drill sergeant 332 00:17:06,110 --> 00:17:08,529 after they asked us, you know, 333 00:17:08,571 --> 00:17:11,491 why did we join up and what are we doing there, 334 00:17:11,532 --> 00:17:14,243 they basically explained to us 335 00:17:14,285 --> 00:17:16,788 that it was all a lie. 336 00:17:16,829 --> 00:17:18,748 - The American public was led to believe 337 00:17:18,790 --> 00:17:21,209 that Saddam Hussein had large stockpiles 338 00:17:21,250 --> 00:17:23,086 of weapons of mass destruction 339 00:17:23,127 --> 00:17:24,754 and was prepared to use them, 340 00:17:24,796 --> 00:17:27,465 which famously turned out not to be the case. 341 00:17:27,507 --> 00:17:32,220 - It was just an amazing, you know, realization that... 342 00:17:34,013 --> 00:17:35,390 You know, that they fooled-- 343 00:17:35,431 --> 00:17:36,891 they fooled the entire country. 344 00:17:36,933 --> 00:17:39,060 - If you think about the public's lack of trust 345 00:17:39,102 --> 00:17:41,979 for government right now, that's one of the reasons. 346 00:17:42,021 --> 00:17:45,024 That now has undermined trust in government. 347 00:17:45,066 --> 00:17:46,651 - It was basically for money. 348 00:17:46,692 --> 00:17:49,404 The war machine gets paid constantly. 349 00:17:49,445 --> 00:17:51,906 Every time a war is created, you know, both sides, 350 00:17:51,948 --> 00:17:53,950 left and right, they both get paid. 351 00:17:53,991 --> 00:17:56,953 And, you know, a lot of that was George Bush Jr. 352 00:17:56,994 --> 00:17:59,831 They worship money. They worship greed. 353 00:17:59,872 --> 00:18:04,085 And they sacrifice the blood of their own to get it. 354 00:18:04,127 --> 00:18:05,712 I knew that I had a new fight, 355 00:18:05,753 --> 00:18:07,296 and I realized that I had a fight, 356 00:18:07,338 --> 00:18:08,715 but it wasn't gonna be on a battlefield. 357 00:18:08,756 --> 00:18:10,508 It was gonna be against the people that were, 358 00:18:10,550 --> 00:18:13,136 you know, actually in authority. 359 00:18:13,177 --> 00:18:15,805 Who loves freedom? [crowd cheering] 360 00:18:15,847 --> 00:18:19,851 I said, who loves freedom? [cheering continues] 361 00:18:19,892 --> 00:18:23,396 Who will defend freedom? [cheering continues] 362 00:18:23,438 --> 00:18:28,192 Who will fight for freedom? [cheering continues] 363 00:18:28,234 --> 00:18:30,194 Amen. - Amen. 364 00:18:30,236 --> 00:18:31,738 - My name is General E 365 00:18:31,779 --> 00:18:33,990 from SPC, Southern Patriot Council. 366 00:18:36,367 --> 00:18:40,788 SPC is a group of people, civilian-based, 367 00:18:40,830 --> 00:18:43,374 that will be the last line of defense 368 00:18:43,416 --> 00:18:45,043 against any tyranny. 369 00:18:45,084 --> 00:18:48,629 * * 370 00:18:48,671 --> 00:18:51,841 We are freedom fighters. We stand for the truth. 371 00:18:51,883 --> 00:18:55,219 We stand for honor, integrity, and mutual respect. 372 00:18:55,261 --> 00:18:57,597 We will fight, 373 00:18:57,638 --> 00:19:01,100 and we are finding out... 374 00:19:01,142 --> 00:19:04,687 who is the enemy of America. 375 00:19:04,729 --> 00:19:06,481 [crowd cheering] - Yeah. 376 00:19:13,362 --> 00:19:15,907 - Well, the most recent one now 377 00:19:15,948 --> 00:19:18,826 that I'm going into is the border. 378 00:19:18,868 --> 00:19:20,828 - Over the last year, Border Patrol agents 379 00:19:20,870 --> 00:19:23,706 have seen record numbers of migrants crossing into the U.S. 380 00:19:23,748 --> 00:19:25,333 along the southwest border. 381 00:19:25,374 --> 00:19:27,585 - Our front door is being kicked in. 382 00:19:27,627 --> 00:19:29,629 - In the last three months of 2021, 383 00:19:29,670 --> 00:19:31,589 Border Patrol agents came across 384 00:19:31,631 --> 00:19:33,800 nearly half a million migrants. 385 00:19:33,841 --> 00:19:37,136 That's double the encounters from the same time in 2020. 386 00:19:37,178 --> 00:19:41,391 - What that comes down to is, where's it coming from? 387 00:19:41,432 --> 00:19:43,726 Why is it coming from that direction? 388 00:19:43,768 --> 00:19:45,728 - Nothing about it is an accident. 389 00:19:45,770 --> 00:19:49,315 Obviously it's intentional. Joe Biden did it on purpose, 390 00:19:49,357 --> 00:19:50,608 but why? 391 00:19:50,650 --> 00:19:52,860 - Who's the puppet master behind all this? 392 00:19:52,902 --> 00:19:54,862 There's got to be something behind it, right? 393 00:19:54,904 --> 00:19:57,031 - To change the racial mix of the country, 394 00:19:57,073 --> 00:19:58,282 that's the reason. 395 00:19:58,324 --> 00:19:59,784 To reduce the political power of people 396 00:19:59,826 --> 00:20:02,537 whose ancestors lived here and dramatically increase 397 00:20:02,578 --> 00:20:03,788 the proportion of Americans 398 00:20:03,830 --> 00:20:05,540 newly arrived from the Third World. 399 00:20:05,581 --> 00:20:08,042 - They're bringing in more people 400 00:20:08,084 --> 00:20:10,670 to affect a voting pattern. 401 00:20:10,712 --> 00:20:12,004 - In political terms, 402 00:20:12,046 --> 00:20:13,881 this policy is called the Great Replacement. 403 00:20:13,923 --> 00:20:15,508 The replacement of legacy Americans 404 00:20:15,550 --> 00:20:17,802 with more obedient people from faraway countries. 405 00:20:17,844 --> 00:20:20,930 - They're replacing a level, a class. 406 00:20:20,972 --> 00:20:24,517 - They will come for you and "replace you." 407 00:20:24,559 --> 00:20:26,978 This is an elaborate conspiracy theory 408 00:20:27,019 --> 00:20:30,356 that is gaining traction right now on the American right. 409 00:20:30,398 --> 00:20:32,066 It's a white supremist claim, 410 00:20:32,108 --> 00:20:33,693 and it is that non-white immigrants 411 00:20:33,735 --> 00:20:36,070 will replace the electorate, 412 00:20:36,112 --> 00:20:38,614 the presumably more white electorate. 413 00:20:38,656 --> 00:20:40,992 - The strings are being pulled by a puppet master, 414 00:20:41,033 --> 00:20:43,453 and because that puppet master wants this to happen, 415 00:20:43,494 --> 00:20:45,288 he's pulling the strings on both sides-- 416 00:20:45,329 --> 00:20:47,665 over the border and in the border. 417 00:20:47,707 --> 00:20:50,043 It's a destruction of our way of life in America. 418 00:20:50,084 --> 00:20:51,586 It's an attack on our ways. 419 00:20:56,090 --> 00:20:59,052 - Let me introduce myself. My name is Eric Matthew Braden. 420 00:20:59,093 --> 00:21:02,472 I am running for governor of Texas, guys. 421 00:21:02,513 --> 00:21:04,432 That is not a joke. 422 00:21:09,103 --> 00:21:12,315 I've seen this state... 423 00:21:12,356 --> 00:21:15,193 go from the Texas I once knew 424 00:21:15,234 --> 00:21:18,488 into something that I can't even identify anymore. 425 00:21:18,529 --> 00:21:21,949 I will get this sinking ship, 426 00:21:21,991 --> 00:21:25,870 and I will turn it into a sovereign nation 427 00:21:25,912 --> 00:21:28,790 with a border that is impenetrable. 428 00:21:31,417 --> 00:21:32,877 Money. 429 00:21:32,919 --> 00:21:36,631 There's these individuals that are... 430 00:21:36,672 --> 00:21:41,094 pretty much so powerful because of their money. 431 00:21:41,135 --> 00:21:42,970 Their influence is so heavy. 432 00:21:43,012 --> 00:21:45,223 And these people are the Bilderbergs, 433 00:21:45,264 --> 00:21:48,893 the Rothschilds, the Gates, you know, the Soroses, 434 00:21:48,935 --> 00:21:51,145 you know, the Clintons, the-- 435 00:21:51,187 --> 00:21:53,481 you know, all these-- there's so many of them. 436 00:21:53,523 --> 00:21:56,275 There's a big club, and none of us are in it. 437 00:21:56,317 --> 00:21:58,194 You understand that? 438 00:21:58,236 --> 00:22:01,906 They are the 1%, rich elite. 439 00:22:01,948 --> 00:22:03,574 They are the Skull and Bones. 440 00:22:03,616 --> 00:22:06,035 They are Ivy League college people 441 00:22:06,077 --> 00:22:09,080 that pull all the strings in this country. 442 00:22:09,122 --> 00:22:12,208 That money can enable them to pull strings 443 00:22:12,250 --> 00:22:14,794 and make anything happen anywhere, at any time. 444 00:22:14,836 --> 00:22:17,463 Anytime they want to do anything, they can do it. 445 00:22:17,505 --> 00:22:20,591 All these people that control society-- 446 00:22:20,633 --> 00:22:23,803 their born, bred, and put through a process 447 00:22:23,845 --> 00:22:27,181 to tell you what to do and when to do it. 448 00:22:27,223 --> 00:22:30,059 If we don't do what they say, 449 00:22:30,101 --> 00:22:33,479 you're in trouble 'cause they'll come after you. 450 00:22:33,521 --> 00:22:35,606 They will come after you with that evil, 451 00:22:35,648 --> 00:22:37,024 and they will take you out. 452 00:22:37,066 --> 00:22:38,943 They want to maintain their wealth. 453 00:22:38,985 --> 00:22:40,403 They want to maintain their riches. 454 00:22:40,445 --> 00:22:41,946 They want to maintain their power. 455 00:22:41,988 --> 00:22:44,699 Eventually they meet a man like me that's un-fallible 456 00:22:44,741 --> 00:22:47,285 and unpurchasable, and it's not gonna happen, 457 00:22:47,326 --> 00:22:49,704 you know, so... 458 00:22:49,746 --> 00:22:51,414 You know, I would be the enemy. 459 00:22:51,456 --> 00:22:56,419 If it takes me strapping my AR-15 and my battle vest on 460 00:22:56,461 --> 00:22:58,838 with all my ammunition to fight for you 461 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,299 and give my life, I will do so. 462 00:23:01,340 --> 00:23:04,135 And there isn't a damn white-collar governor out there 463 00:23:04,177 --> 00:23:06,721 that would do that, but I will. 464 00:23:06,763 --> 00:23:08,222 [cheers and applause] 465 00:23:18,733 --> 00:23:19,942 - This is Christopher. 466 00:23:23,237 --> 00:23:24,781 Who is this? 467 00:23:28,826 --> 00:23:31,120 I am always fabulous. 468 00:23:32,455 --> 00:23:35,249 How can I help you, Fiona? 469 00:23:37,502 --> 00:23:39,754 No, please, I'm not real smart, 470 00:23:39,796 --> 00:23:42,298 so I can't read between the lines, so... 471 00:23:48,054 --> 00:23:50,139 Why do I need to listen to you? 472 00:24:05,029 --> 00:24:07,907 I don't get rid of anything, okay? 473 00:24:07,949 --> 00:24:11,953 Because I do not live in fear, Fiona. 474 00:24:11,994 --> 00:24:13,996 I am doing everything lawfully. 475 00:24:14,038 --> 00:24:15,998 I'm doing everything legally, 476 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:17,917 and you can't stand that. - No, you're not. You're not. 477 00:24:17,959 --> 00:24:20,878 - And you're an evil, evil person, Fiona. 478 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,923 And it's very sad that what's-- 479 00:24:23,965 --> 00:24:26,008 You know, I pray for you, Fiona. 480 00:24:26,050 --> 00:24:28,052 I will do everything I can 481 00:24:28,094 --> 00:24:30,680 to expose the tyranny that you are doing 482 00:24:30,722 --> 00:24:32,473 to those that are doing God's work, 483 00:24:32,515 --> 00:24:36,853 helping God's people, and you are a fraud, Fiona. 484 00:24:41,107 --> 00:24:42,900 What you're doing right now, Fiona, 485 00:24:42,942 --> 00:24:45,778 is you are threatening me. 486 00:24:45,820 --> 00:24:47,864 This is fear and intimidation. 487 00:24:47,905 --> 00:24:51,200 I feel threatened, and I am headed to the police. 488 00:24:59,417 --> 00:25:01,919 You've got less than 60 seconds, Fiona. 489 00:25:01,961 --> 00:25:03,880 60 seconds, anything else? 490 00:25:12,597 --> 00:25:14,432 - Okay, guys, we are here 491 00:25:14,474 --> 00:25:18,603 at the Vestavia Hills Police Department. 492 00:25:18,644 --> 00:25:20,730 I am very fearful for my life now. 493 00:25:20,772 --> 00:25:24,859 I have given away chlorine dioxide, 494 00:25:24,901 --> 00:25:27,653 so I'm here today at the Vestavia Police Department 495 00:25:27,695 --> 00:25:30,865 to find out is it illegal to give it away. 496 00:25:33,701 --> 00:25:38,372 Okay, my name is Christopher Key. 497 00:25:38,414 --> 00:25:41,375 I am what's considered the Vaccine Police, 498 00:25:41,417 --> 00:25:45,296 and I feel threatened for my safety 499 00:25:45,338 --> 00:25:47,799 because of a woman named Fiona O'Leary. 500 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,425 She was responsible 501 00:25:49,467 --> 00:25:52,845 for Mark Grenon and his three sons being in prison. 502 00:25:52,887 --> 00:25:55,223 There's a substance called chlorine dioxide. 503 00:25:55,264 --> 00:25:59,310 I do not sell chlorine dioxide, nor shall I ever, 504 00:25:59,352 --> 00:26:01,187 but I have given it away. 505 00:26:01,229 --> 00:26:03,689 And if that's wrong, I need somebody to tell me, 506 00:26:03,731 --> 00:26:05,149 because I will stop. 507 00:26:05,191 --> 00:26:07,235 And I wanted to get on the record 508 00:26:07,276 --> 00:26:10,738 that this woman is calling me, harassing me. 509 00:26:10,780 --> 00:26:12,532 I'm gonna go down to the FBI on Monday-- 510 00:26:12,573 --> 00:26:16,536 they're closed today-- to report it to them. 511 00:26:16,577 --> 00:26:18,121 I have no home. 512 00:26:23,668 --> 00:26:25,294 Again-- 513 00:26:27,630 --> 00:26:29,507 I live out of hotel rooms. 514 00:26:29,549 --> 00:26:30,883 Why do you need my physical 515 00:26:30,925 --> 00:26:32,802 driver's license to fill it out? 516 00:26:34,429 --> 00:26:36,180 So you're saying you're not gonna fill out anything 517 00:26:36,222 --> 00:26:37,140 unless I bring-- 518 00:26:39,559 --> 00:26:41,894 Yes, sir. 519 00:26:41,936 --> 00:26:43,688 I'm not refusing, I just-- 520 00:26:43,730 --> 00:26:46,816 I'm saying I physically don't have it with me, okay? 521 00:26:50,445 --> 00:26:52,238 I probably should just go to the sheriff's, 522 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,240 'cause, again, I think it'd be best 523 00:26:54,282 --> 00:26:57,577 for me to just go to the sheriff's office. 524 00:26:57,618 --> 00:26:59,912 I haven't broken any law, and I do have a driver's license, 525 00:26:59,954 --> 00:27:01,748 but I just don't have to show it to you. 526 00:27:01,789 --> 00:27:04,500 - I'll explain it to you again. 527 00:27:04,542 --> 00:27:08,087 - But, again, I do have one in my possession, okay? 528 00:27:08,129 --> 00:27:10,506 Again, I don't--I know. 529 00:27:10,548 --> 00:27:12,592 And, again, I don't have to show you 530 00:27:12,633 --> 00:27:14,218 my driver's license, okay? 531 00:27:14,260 --> 00:27:15,511 I didn't mean to cause any trouble. 532 00:27:15,553 --> 00:27:17,346 I was just trying to get something on the record. 533 00:27:17,388 --> 00:27:18,723 Thank you, sir. 534 00:27:18,765 --> 00:27:22,810 * * 535 00:27:22,852 --> 00:27:25,646 I actually really did forget my driver's license 536 00:27:25,688 --> 00:27:27,607 and didn't have it with me. 537 00:27:27,648 --> 00:27:30,943 They were just trying to be difficult. 538 00:27:30,985 --> 00:27:32,820 When we first started doing this, 539 00:27:32,862 --> 00:27:34,280 the chances of me going to jail, 540 00:27:34,322 --> 00:27:36,491 I thought, were next to nothing. 541 00:27:36,532 --> 00:27:39,368 And now, with this Fiona crazy lady, 542 00:27:39,410 --> 00:27:41,037 who knows? 543 00:27:54,425 --> 00:27:56,344 - So the piece that I'm working on 544 00:27:56,386 --> 00:28:00,181 is about moments when conspiracism flourish, 545 00:28:00,223 --> 00:28:03,810 and one driving question for me has been, 546 00:28:03,851 --> 00:28:06,062 how do we sort of break the fever? 547 00:28:06,104 --> 00:28:08,231 And so I'm really curious to hear from you 548 00:28:08,272 --> 00:28:12,610 about the parallels you see right now. 549 00:28:12,652 --> 00:28:15,488 - The most important and famous conspiracy theory 550 00:28:15,530 --> 00:28:19,367 of the 20th century was the Nazis' argument 551 00:28:19,409 --> 00:28:21,369 that the Jews started World War II. 552 00:28:21,411 --> 00:28:24,372 This 600,000 people in a society, 553 00:28:24,414 --> 00:28:27,208 which I think now is maybe 60 million or 70 million, 554 00:28:27,250 --> 00:28:30,336 that these 600,000 people ruled the country. 555 00:28:30,378 --> 00:28:32,839 They had wrecked the film industry. 556 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:34,215 They controlled the newspapers. 557 00:28:34,257 --> 00:28:38,386 They controlled the banks, all of which was lies. 558 00:28:38,428 --> 00:28:41,347 But the appeal of that conspiracy theory 559 00:28:41,389 --> 00:28:44,851 was, in a time of unemployment, 560 00:28:44,892 --> 00:28:46,561 political confusion, 561 00:28:46,602 --> 00:28:49,564 it explained things. 562 00:28:49,605 --> 00:28:52,400 And the explanation 563 00:28:52,442 --> 00:28:55,737 went along with a face and a person. 564 00:28:55,778 --> 00:28:59,073 It's the Jews, and we can see what they look like, 565 00:28:59,115 --> 00:29:00,825 and they're the cause of it. 566 00:29:00,867 --> 00:29:02,243 - There's a villain to point to. 567 00:29:02,285 --> 00:29:03,995 - There's a villain. There's a villain. 568 00:29:04,036 --> 00:29:06,080 And therefore, the German government 569 00:29:06,122 --> 00:29:08,249 was going to retaliate against the Jews 570 00:29:08,291 --> 00:29:10,334 and exterminate them. 571 00:29:10,376 --> 00:29:12,962 Because if you believe in a conspiracy theory, 572 00:29:13,004 --> 00:29:16,049 then you believe that the people 573 00:29:16,090 --> 00:29:18,551 who are running the conspiracy are evil 574 00:29:18,593 --> 00:29:20,928 and are the cause of enormous harm. 575 00:29:20,970 --> 00:29:22,764 And what do such people deserve? 576 00:29:22,805 --> 00:29:24,640 They deserve to be killed. 577 00:29:24,682 --> 00:29:26,642 So, when people play around 578 00:29:26,684 --> 00:29:29,771 with these ridiculous conspiracy theories-- 579 00:29:29,812 --> 00:29:32,273 QAnon or whatever it is-- 580 00:29:32,315 --> 00:29:36,027 the result of it has been, in the past, 581 00:29:36,069 --> 00:29:37,820 violence. 582 00:29:37,862 --> 00:29:39,614 - And today, too. - And today. 583 00:29:39,655 --> 00:29:42,325 - And just for a moment, to talk about anti-Semitism, 584 00:29:42,366 --> 00:29:46,329 why is anti-Semitism always present in these moments 585 00:29:46,370 --> 00:29:47,914 where democracy is threatened? 586 00:29:47,955 --> 00:29:50,374 - It's embedded in our culture. 587 00:29:50,416 --> 00:29:53,336 The notion that there's a small group of people, these Jews-- 588 00:29:53,378 --> 00:29:55,963 they killed Jesus, they caused the Black Plague, 589 00:29:56,005 --> 00:29:57,632 they caused World War I, World War II, 590 00:29:57,673 --> 00:30:00,468 French Revolution, communism, capitalism. 591 00:30:00,510 --> 00:30:04,305 And that habit of thinking that small groups of people 592 00:30:04,347 --> 00:30:06,057 are responsible for large events 593 00:30:06,099 --> 00:30:07,683 and that they are evil 594 00:30:07,725 --> 00:30:10,228 and therefore you need to kill them 595 00:30:10,269 --> 00:30:12,021 because they've done all these horrible things, 596 00:30:12,063 --> 00:30:15,149 that's an element of Western culture. 597 00:30:15,191 --> 00:30:16,859 - When you look at other moments 598 00:30:16,901 --> 00:30:18,986 of high levels of conspiracism, 599 00:30:19,028 --> 00:30:22,657 what has worked before to... 600 00:30:22,698 --> 00:30:24,325 tamp it down again? 601 00:30:24,367 --> 00:30:27,495 - When political leaders, religious leaders, 602 00:30:27,537 --> 00:30:30,623 or corporate leaders, influential people 603 00:30:30,665 --> 00:30:32,875 say that this is rubbish. 604 00:30:32,917 --> 00:30:34,502 This is unacceptable. 605 00:30:34,544 --> 00:30:38,715 It's immoral. This is false, totally unacceptable. 606 00:30:38,756 --> 00:30:43,052 And this message needs to come from both political parties, 607 00:30:43,094 --> 00:30:46,222 and it's not, because the incentives 608 00:30:46,264 --> 00:30:48,641 are working in the opposite direction. 609 00:30:48,683 --> 00:30:52,687 That is, there are voters who will vote for people 610 00:30:52,729 --> 00:30:55,189 who say the election was stolen. 611 00:30:55,231 --> 00:30:57,150 - A lot of them. - A lot of them. 612 00:30:57,191 --> 00:31:00,695 And if you can win elections by telling a lie 613 00:31:00,737 --> 00:31:04,198 that's an incentive to keep lying. 614 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,367 Nothing else is gonna change their mind 615 00:31:06,409 --> 00:31:09,078 or change the mind of the cynics 616 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,122 who only care about political power 617 00:31:11,164 --> 00:31:13,124 and realize that going down this path 618 00:31:13,166 --> 00:31:16,753 is a recipe for losing elections. 619 00:31:16,794 --> 00:31:19,297 - It does seem to me that a sort of theme 620 00:31:19,338 --> 00:31:23,134 that's emerging here is one of the major dangers 621 00:31:23,176 --> 00:31:25,261 is the silence of people who know better. 622 00:31:25,303 --> 00:31:27,138 - Absolutely. 623 00:31:27,180 --> 00:31:30,141 Nothing is more dangerous to a democracy, 624 00:31:30,183 --> 00:31:33,061 nothing, than conspiracy thinking. 625 00:31:33,102 --> 00:31:35,396 They lead to violence. 626 00:31:35,438 --> 00:31:38,566 [indistinct chatter] 627 00:31:41,277 --> 00:31:43,029 - I'm running for governor of Texas. 628 00:31:43,071 --> 00:31:44,405 - Are you really? - Yeah. 629 00:31:44,447 --> 00:31:46,741 My name's General E, Eric Braden. 630 00:31:46,783 --> 00:31:49,744 [dramatic music] 631 00:31:49,786 --> 00:31:54,707 * * 632 00:31:54,749 --> 00:31:57,085 [indistinct chatter] 633 00:31:57,126 --> 00:31:59,253 My name is General E, Eric Braden. 634 00:31:59,295 --> 00:32:02,048 I'm running for governor of Texas. 635 00:32:02,090 --> 00:32:04,384 I can't pull it up right now 'cause I don't have signal, 636 00:32:04,425 --> 00:32:05,802 but I'd show you some of the marches 637 00:32:05,843 --> 00:32:08,888 where I've got my battle gear on, my AR-15, 638 00:32:08,930 --> 00:32:10,932 and I'm marching against these motherfuckers. 639 00:32:10,973 --> 00:32:13,267 - Hell, yeah. - So I'm running for governor, 640 00:32:13,309 --> 00:32:15,395 but I'm also a warrior. 641 00:32:15,436 --> 00:32:17,355 Running on a secession platform, 642 00:32:17,397 --> 00:32:20,191 so we can get the hell out of this shit. 643 00:32:20,233 --> 00:32:22,777 [chuckles] 644 00:32:22,819 --> 00:32:24,612 That's what I'm doing. 645 00:32:24,654 --> 00:32:26,864 Yeah, I need a bunch of signatures 646 00:32:26,906 --> 00:32:30,326 before the 9th of December to get in the game. 647 00:32:30,368 --> 00:32:32,203 I'm working on that right now. 648 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,706 Basically, I'm the only guy 649 00:32:35,748 --> 00:32:38,501 that's actually running on a secession platform in Texas. 650 00:32:38,543 --> 00:32:40,920 So I'm the only man that's gonna get us out. 651 00:32:40,962 --> 00:32:42,463 One, two, three, secession. 652 00:32:42,505 --> 00:32:45,258 [indistinct chatter] 653 00:32:45,299 --> 00:32:47,176 - Hell, yeah. 654 00:32:51,681 --> 00:32:55,852 - Eric Braden, General E. Eric Braden. 655 00:32:55,893 --> 00:32:57,395 Yes, sir. 656 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,526 Yep, governor of Texas, my friend. 657 00:33:03,568 --> 00:33:06,237 Yep, running on a secession platform. 658 00:33:06,279 --> 00:33:08,364 I'm getting Texas out of the Union. 659 00:33:08,406 --> 00:33:09,782 We're leaving. 660 00:33:12,034 --> 00:33:13,369 Huh? 661 00:33:21,294 --> 00:33:23,254 Are you from Texas? 662 00:33:23,296 --> 00:33:25,173 Born and raised here in-- 663 00:33:25,214 --> 00:33:26,549 All right. 664 00:33:31,220 --> 00:33:33,890 Yep. 665 00:33:33,931 --> 00:33:35,266 Yeah. 666 00:33:35,308 --> 00:33:38,352 It's a fun project-- cute, fun. 667 00:33:41,230 --> 00:33:42,690 It's not at all? 668 00:33:48,196 --> 00:33:50,281 What was settled in 1860? - Your arg-- 669 00:33:54,035 --> 00:33:55,411 - Okay. - [chuckles] 670 00:33:57,205 --> 00:33:58,664 - Oh, boy. 671 00:33:58,706 --> 00:34:00,833 Excuse me. 672 00:34:00,875 --> 00:34:02,877 Excuse me. - Good luck to you, sir. 673 00:34:02,919 --> 00:34:06,923 [country music playing, indistinct chatter] 674 00:34:10,676 --> 00:34:12,553 - Back in the day, yeah, we'd whip the shit out of him, 675 00:34:12,595 --> 00:34:13,971 but we're not gonna do that tonight. 676 00:34:14,013 --> 00:34:15,890 Nah, we ain't gonna do it. 677 00:34:15,932 --> 00:34:19,394 No, he's good. We're gonna give him a pass. 678 00:34:19,435 --> 00:34:20,728 - I hope you win, man. - Yeah? 679 00:34:20,770 --> 00:34:22,313 - Yeah, man. - We're right behind you. 680 00:34:22,355 --> 00:34:23,689 - All for you, man. Good luck. 681 00:34:23,731 --> 00:34:24,690 - Wish me luck. God bless, guys. 682 00:34:24,732 --> 00:34:26,359 - Yep. - Take care. 683 00:34:26,401 --> 00:34:29,487 [dramatic music] 684 00:34:32,573 --> 00:34:34,992 - No, I didn't attempt to get any signatures. 685 00:34:35,034 --> 00:34:38,538 You know, eventually we're going to end up 686 00:34:38,579 --> 00:34:41,290 getting those signatures, or we're not going to. 687 00:34:41,332 --> 00:34:44,043 So, you know, there's got to be a time where I have 688 00:34:44,085 --> 00:34:46,462 to put this down to actually get serious about this. 689 00:34:46,504 --> 00:34:48,673 I have to get 5,000 signatures, 690 00:34:48,715 --> 00:34:51,884 and I have no idea how many I actually have right now. 691 00:34:51,926 --> 00:34:53,761 I have 19 days 692 00:34:53,803 --> 00:34:56,889 to get in this race or go to the beach. 693 00:34:56,931 --> 00:35:03,604 * * 694 00:35:10,570 --> 00:35:12,864 - Okay, what I want y'all to listen to 695 00:35:12,905 --> 00:35:15,992 is the phone call 696 00:35:16,033 --> 00:35:18,661 that I had with Mary-- 697 00:35:18,703 --> 00:35:21,873 she called herself-- which is Fiona. 698 00:35:27,378 --> 00:35:28,921 So that's a lie. 699 00:35:28,963 --> 00:35:31,591 You know, she's lying about her name, okay? 700 00:35:31,632 --> 00:35:33,885 So that's fraudulent, okay? 701 00:35:43,269 --> 00:35:44,896 She lives in Ireland, okay? 702 00:35:44,937 --> 00:35:47,774 We have verification that she lives in Ireland. 703 00:35:55,490 --> 00:35:58,534 I said, "If they can make a donation, great. 704 00:35:58,576 --> 00:36:00,745 "If they can't, it doesn't matter. 705 00:36:00,787 --> 00:36:03,206 "We will send it anywhere around the world 706 00:36:03,247 --> 00:36:04,540 if somebody needs it." 707 00:36:04,582 --> 00:36:06,876 Is that unlawful? Is that illegal? 708 00:36:06,918 --> 00:36:08,628 I don't think so. 709 00:36:17,136 --> 00:36:19,389 She's trying to get me to say, you know, 710 00:36:19,430 --> 00:36:20,723 "We have to have a $20 donation. 711 00:36:20,765 --> 00:36:22,225 "we have to have a $50 donation. 712 00:36:22,266 --> 00:36:23,351 We have to"-- 713 00:36:23,393 --> 00:36:25,186 Never did I say that. 714 00:36:25,228 --> 00:36:29,774 Never did I say that, not one single time. 715 00:36:47,583 --> 00:36:49,585 Just a grandmother. 716 00:36:49,627 --> 00:36:52,922 Okay, so she tries to entrap these people, 717 00:36:52,964 --> 00:36:54,590 and when she gets enough evidence, 718 00:36:54,632 --> 00:36:57,760 she takes it to, you know, the FDA 719 00:36:57,802 --> 00:37:00,763 and then gets the local police to go in 720 00:37:00,805 --> 00:37:03,307 and, you know, arrest those people. 721 00:37:03,349 --> 00:37:06,269 [line trilling] 722 00:37:06,310 --> 00:37:08,855 Hey, man. 723 00:37:08,896 --> 00:37:10,940 Okay, I think I've come to the conclusion 724 00:37:10,982 --> 00:37:13,025 I'm not gonna physically go to the FBI 725 00:37:13,067 --> 00:37:15,695 'cause I don't want to walk on to their jurisdiction. 726 00:37:15,737 --> 00:37:18,781 But I'm considering making a phone call to them 727 00:37:18,823 --> 00:37:19,949 to get something on the record. 728 00:37:19,991 --> 00:37:21,576 Is that a good idea, a bad idea? 729 00:37:21,617 --> 00:37:22,910 What are your thoughts? 730 00:37:38,051 --> 00:37:40,720 Again, you know, I don't know. 731 00:37:44,348 --> 00:37:46,976 Nope. Never will I. 732 00:37:47,018 --> 00:37:50,730 Okay, so what are your thoughts on what I should do? 733 00:37:56,652 --> 00:37:59,822 Okay, well, think about it and let me know. 734 00:37:59,864 --> 00:38:02,575 All right, bye. - Yeah, bye. 735 00:38:02,617 --> 00:38:05,578 [somber music] 736 00:38:05,620 --> 00:38:07,705 * * 737 00:38:07,747 --> 00:38:10,666 [leaf blower whirring loudly] 738 00:38:10,708 --> 00:38:15,630 * * 739 00:38:15,671 --> 00:38:16,881 - Hey, brother. 740 00:38:36,651 --> 00:38:37,819 Okay. 741 00:38:43,658 --> 00:38:45,868 We don't. 742 00:38:45,910 --> 00:38:47,412 Yeah, we don't have anything 743 00:38:47,453 --> 00:38:49,872 as far as directions whatsoever on the bottles. 744 00:38:54,585 --> 00:38:56,587 Right. So it's in my best interest 745 00:38:56,629 --> 00:38:58,631 not to go down to the sheriff's office? 746 00:39:00,383 --> 00:39:01,968 So just leave it alone? 747 00:39:03,886 --> 00:39:06,055 All right, look, I just needed to know 748 00:39:06,097 --> 00:39:07,724 if I needed to go down there or not. 749 00:39:07,765 --> 00:39:10,101 So you're telling me no, so we're done. 750 00:39:10,143 --> 00:39:12,061 Let me go finish dealing with a bunch of other stuff, 751 00:39:12,103 --> 00:39:14,230 and then I'll see you tomorrow. 752 00:39:14,272 --> 00:39:16,149 All right, love you, brother. Bye. 753 00:39:16,190 --> 00:39:17,442 - Bye. 754 00:39:17,483 --> 00:39:20,236 - I thought I did everything aboveboard, 755 00:39:20,278 --> 00:39:22,864 but now my team is saying there's a couple things 756 00:39:22,905 --> 00:39:25,616 that we have that need to be cleaned up, 757 00:39:25,658 --> 00:39:28,161 and that's what I'm trying to do. 758 00:39:28,202 --> 00:39:30,496 Next time y'all see me, I may be in jail... 759 00:39:30,538 --> 00:39:32,832 [chuckles] 760 00:39:32,874 --> 00:39:34,375 Or maybe dead. 761 00:39:39,338 --> 00:39:41,257 Anything's possible. 762 00:39:41,299 --> 00:39:43,926 When you're exposing 763 00:39:43,968 --> 00:39:46,345 what I believe I'm exposing... 764 00:39:46,387 --> 00:39:48,556 I'm going after the head of the snake. 765 00:39:48,598 --> 00:39:54,854 * * 766 00:39:58,941 --> 00:40:02,862 [dramatic music] 767 00:40:02,904 --> 00:40:04,864 - Going into this story, my hope was, like, 768 00:40:04,906 --> 00:40:07,450 okay, surely there's a historic framework 769 00:40:07,492 --> 00:40:08,785 for how mass delusions end. 770 00:40:08,826 --> 00:40:11,871 Let's just find that and follow it... 771 00:40:11,913 --> 00:40:14,874 but it's not that simple. 772 00:40:14,916 --> 00:40:16,292 And this has been the challenge 773 00:40:16,334 --> 00:40:17,919 in reporting this story all along, 774 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,880 is I keep looking for... 775 00:40:20,922 --> 00:40:24,008 a clear sense of what can be done 776 00:40:24,050 --> 00:40:27,845 to mitigate the harm that conspiracism causes 777 00:40:27,887 --> 00:40:30,181 before it spills over into more violence, 778 00:40:30,223 --> 00:40:32,517 and I'm not finding examples. 779 00:40:32,558 --> 00:40:34,602 And part of this is you can't prove a negative, right? 780 00:40:34,644 --> 00:40:37,897 You can't learn from something that never happened 781 00:40:37,939 --> 00:40:40,525 'cause you don't know what you avoided, in a way. 782 00:40:40,566 --> 00:40:43,903 But I still really wish there were a clearer sense of, 783 00:40:43,945 --> 00:40:46,572 okay, this works. 784 00:40:46,614 --> 00:40:48,408 But especially right now, 785 00:40:48,449 --> 00:40:51,452 we shouldn't be defeatist about it. 786 00:40:51,494 --> 00:40:53,913 Any individual that cares about living 787 00:40:53,955 --> 00:40:57,208 in a functioning democracy has a role to play 788 00:40:57,250 --> 00:41:00,420 in making sure that we protect it. 789 00:41:00,461 --> 00:41:03,756 * * 790 00:41:16,227 --> 00:41:18,479 - Got any brothers and sisters on channel right now? 791 00:41:22,775 --> 00:41:24,986 All right, well, I'm sitting here on the beach right now. 792 00:41:25,027 --> 00:41:27,363 Just here with my beautiful wife, my dog, 793 00:41:27,405 --> 00:41:30,241 and enjoying a little time here, doing a little R&R. 794 00:41:30,283 --> 00:41:33,244 Today was the last day to get the 5,000 signatures 795 00:41:33,286 --> 00:41:35,121 to run for governor of Texas. 796 00:41:35,163 --> 00:41:37,248 To be able to get into the actual race, 797 00:41:37,290 --> 00:41:38,833 you either have to have those signatures, 798 00:41:38,875 --> 00:41:40,084 or you have to have the money 799 00:41:40,126 --> 00:41:42,128 to actually pay for the filing fees. 800 00:41:42,170 --> 00:41:45,214 So I don't have the money for the filing fees, 801 00:41:45,256 --> 00:41:49,302 and I don't the signatures to join the race. 802 00:41:49,343 --> 00:41:53,264 So, you know, stay tuned, and God bless all y'all. 803 00:41:59,771 --> 00:42:05,735 * * 804 00:42:05,777 --> 00:42:09,280 - It's unfortunate that I didn't get the signatures. 805 00:42:09,322 --> 00:42:11,908 You know, I had no illusion that I was gonna win 806 00:42:11,949 --> 00:42:14,368 the election for governor of Texas. 807 00:42:14,410 --> 00:42:16,829 You know, I didn't think that I was gonna be-- 808 00:42:16,871 --> 00:42:18,289 gonna be winning that. 809 00:42:18,331 --> 00:42:21,959 What I really wanted to do was make a statement. 810 00:42:22,001 --> 00:42:24,420 Basically, what these elitists think 811 00:42:24,462 --> 00:42:27,673 is that they are better than us. 812 00:42:27,715 --> 00:42:29,550 They believe that they're smarter than us 813 00:42:29,592 --> 00:42:33,346 and their lives are more valuable than us. 814 00:42:33,388 --> 00:42:37,558 They manipulate, and they basically connive 815 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,521 their way into everything that they do. 816 00:42:41,562 --> 00:42:44,148 If I had the chance to say anything 817 00:42:44,190 --> 00:42:45,733 to these people that have ruined this country 818 00:42:45,775 --> 00:42:47,026 and attacked it, 819 00:42:47,068 --> 00:42:50,655 attacked its liberty and its freedoms... 820 00:42:50,696 --> 00:42:53,783 if I had one thing to say, it's very short and very sweet. 821 00:42:53,825 --> 00:42:56,244 I'm coming. 822 00:42:56,285 --> 00:42:58,663 Ain't nothing gonna stop me. 823 00:42:58,704 --> 00:43:05,586 * * 824 00:43:19,892 --> 00:43:21,936 - I want to change the world. 825 00:43:42,790 --> 00:43:45,001 - If you have someone out there that's watching 826 00:43:45,043 --> 00:43:48,713 that has a loved one that's just kind of flirting with Q... 827 00:43:48,755 --> 00:43:51,049 hey, heads up. 828 00:43:51,090 --> 00:43:53,384 It's not something they just flirt with. 829 00:43:53,426 --> 00:43:56,637 [chuckles] Catch it early if you can. 830 00:43:56,679 --> 00:43:58,264 Take it seriously. 831 00:44:12,361 --> 00:44:14,447 - I feel I have a lot of hope now. 832 00:44:14,489 --> 00:44:15,615 [laughs] 833 00:44:15,656 --> 00:44:17,575 I guess maybe I formulate it myself. 834 00:44:17,617 --> 00:44:19,202 I do have a daughter. 835 00:44:19,243 --> 00:44:22,538 There is hope that me and her will be reunited. 836 00:44:22,580 --> 00:44:23,956 I believe that. 837 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:39,097 - I have learned to... 838 00:44:39,138 --> 00:44:41,891 put my head down and to shut my mouth 839 00:44:41,933 --> 00:44:46,020 because I'm not someone that needs training to speak up. 840 00:44:46,062 --> 00:44:50,566 So I've taken this as a humbling experience. 841 00:44:50,608 --> 00:44:53,611 It's definitely-- I've cultivated more gratitude, 842 00:44:53,653 --> 00:44:54,862 like thank you, God, 843 00:44:54,904 --> 00:44:58,533 for this unmasked lunch I'm having or walk. 844 00:44:58,574 --> 00:45:01,744 To not take anything for granted, 845 00:45:01,786 --> 00:45:04,539 but it's my job to speak up 846 00:45:04,580 --> 00:45:06,958 and to speak out 847 00:45:06,999 --> 00:45:08,626 against this insanity 848 00:45:08,668 --> 00:45:11,295 that's tearing human beings apart. 849 00:45:11,337 --> 00:45:14,340 And the ultimate game is divide and conquer. 850 00:45:32,150 --> 00:45:34,193 - So let me just be honest with you. 851 00:45:34,235 --> 00:45:37,655 I think that I'm gonna get killed. 852 00:45:37,697 --> 00:45:40,450 I've outed a lot of powerful people, 853 00:45:40,491 --> 00:45:43,119 organizations that are currently in control 854 00:45:43,161 --> 00:45:45,747 of the United States, it appears. 855 00:45:45,788 --> 00:45:49,834 And I believe that once they've consolidated enough power 856 00:45:49,876 --> 00:45:51,711 and put in enough censorship 857 00:45:51,753 --> 00:45:54,005 that I'm going to have an accident, 858 00:45:54,047 --> 00:45:55,381 and you'll hear about my death, 859 00:45:55,423 --> 00:45:58,176 and it'll be ruled either a suicide or an accident 860 00:45:58,217 --> 00:46:01,846 or homicide by somebody else. 861 00:46:01,888 --> 00:46:03,139 That's my fate. 862 00:46:25,870 --> 00:46:27,121 - I have nothing to hide. 863 00:46:27,163 --> 00:46:28,873 They can have whatever information they want. 864 00:46:28,915 --> 00:46:30,124 I never had any plans. 865 00:46:30,166 --> 00:46:31,626 There was never no insurrection. 866 00:46:31,667 --> 00:46:33,544 I was preaching the Bible, for goodness' sake, you know, 867 00:46:33,586 --> 00:46:35,963 at the Capitol, of all places. 868 00:46:36,005 --> 00:46:38,341 And if they want a deposition, if they want my testimony, 869 00:46:38,383 --> 00:46:39,801 I'll gladly give it to them. 870 00:46:39,842 --> 00:46:43,221 At this point, I think you know my nature 871 00:46:43,262 --> 00:46:45,431 and my character and my pushback. 872 00:46:45,473 --> 00:46:47,850 At this point, I would love nothing more 873 00:46:47,892 --> 00:46:49,435 than to sit in that chamber 874 00:46:49,477 --> 00:46:52,313 and let them know what I really think about whole situation. 875 00:46:52,355 --> 00:46:53,648 Call out the lies. 876 00:46:53,689 --> 00:46:55,191 I'm gonna call out the deception. 877 00:46:55,233 --> 00:46:57,026 I'm gonna call it what it is. I don't need their approval. 878 00:46:57,068 --> 00:46:59,320 I don't need a bigger church. I don't need money. 879 00:46:59,362 --> 00:47:00,822 I don't care. 880 00:47:20,383 --> 00:47:24,595 - There really is just this divide, 881 00:47:24,637 --> 00:47:28,891 and the people over here don't get what the people... 882 00:47:28,933 --> 00:47:30,727 They don't see it. They don't want to see it. 883 00:47:30,768 --> 00:47:32,145 I don't know. 884 00:47:47,034 --> 00:47:50,037 - We really thought that... 885 00:47:50,079 --> 00:47:53,750 we had accomplished something on January 6th, 886 00:47:53,791 --> 00:47:57,670 that we were... 887 00:47:57,712 --> 00:48:02,133 voicing our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, 888 00:48:02,175 --> 00:48:05,261 to freedom of religion, 889 00:48:05,303 --> 00:48:08,306 to freedom to assemble, 890 00:48:08,347 --> 00:48:10,308 and the freedom to petition, 891 00:48:10,349 --> 00:48:12,977 but they turned us into terrorists, 892 00:48:13,019 --> 00:48:15,229 which we are not. 893 00:48:15,271 --> 00:48:17,482 We're just patriots. 894 00:48:17,523 --> 00:48:21,652 We just don't want to lose our liberty... 895 00:48:21,694 --> 00:48:24,238 and our pursuit of happiness. 896 00:48:25,990 --> 00:48:28,951 And since my arrest, I haven't had much life, 897 00:48:28,993 --> 00:48:31,204 liberty, or pursuit of happiness. 898 00:49:00,316 --> 00:49:07,448 * *