>> ABSOLUTELY.
DAVE ARONBERG THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING ON THIS MORNING.
>>> NOW TO THIS.
THOUSANDS RALLIED IN BERLIN
AGAINST GERMANY’S CORONAVIRUS
MEASURES OVER THE WEEKEND.
INCLUDING GQANON SUPPORTERS.
TELL US ABOUT THIS RALLY, MAT.
>> Reporter: I SHOULD SPECIFY,
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE
AT THE RALLY TWO DAYS AGO HERE,
IN FRONT OF THE ICONIC MONUMENT
HERE IN CENTRAL BERLIN.
MOST WERE PROTESTING AGAINST THE
CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS.
BUT WE SAW QUITE A FEW QANON
PROTESTERS, MOSTLY PEACEFUL.
BUT IN THE END THERE WERE A FEW
ARRESTS MADE AND PEOPLE DID TRY
TO STORM THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT.
THEY MADE IT AS FAR AS THE STEPS
BUT SECURITY TURNED THEM BACK.
THIS BOISTEROUS PROTEST IS
TRYING TO CONVINCE THE WORLD THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS
EXAGGERATED OR A SHAM.
YOU WON’T SEE ANY MASKS OR
GLOVES HERE BUT YOU CAN CATCH A
GLIMPSE OF AN AMERICAN
PHENOMENON.
THIS MARCH IS MOSTLY AGAINST
CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS BUT
THERE ARE A LOT OF QANON
SUPPORTERS HERE.
>> MOST EUROPEAN BELIEVERS ARE
NEW TO THE CONSPIRACY THEORY.
THEIR SKEPTICISM OF THE
CORONAVIRUS ACTED AS A GATEWAY.
CORONAVIRUS GOT YOU AN ENTREE
INTO QANON, IS THAT CORRECT?
SO WHAT IS GQANON, IT HAS ONE
CENTRAL SPAN, THE GLOBAL ELITES
ARE CONTROLLING THE WORLD AND
THEY’RE TRAFFICKING OUR
CHILDREN.
>> THEY WANT TO GET OUR CHILDREN
LIKE THE SICK PEDOPHILES ALL
AROUND THE WORLD.
>> IT GOES BACK TO AN ANONYMOUS
INTERNET POSTER KNOWN AS Q WHO
SAID HE HAD ACCESS TO
INTELLIGENCE WHO SAID DONALD
TRUMP IS THE SAVIOR WHO WILL
MAKE AN ARREST OF POWERFUL
LEADERS.
THERE’S NO EVIDENCE FOR ANY OF
THIS, BUT FOR SOME IT’S A USEFUL
FICTION.
>> THE THEORY THAT THERE IS THE
BELIEF THAT YOU ARE SAVING THE
WORLD FROM THE SATANIC CULT OF
PEDOPHILES AND CANNIBALS.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING
YOU ARE BEHIND?
>> I HAVEN’T HEARD THAT.
BUT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A BAD
THING OR A GOOD THING?
>> Reporter: BELIEVERS HAVE
RISEN TO POSITIONS IN AMERICA’S
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAS WELCOMED THEIR
SUPPORT.
>> AND GEORGE SOROS AND THE
DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO TAKE ME
DOWN.
>> SHE COMES FROM A GREAT STATE.
SHE HAD A TREMENDOUS VICTORY SO
I DID CONGRATULATE HERE.
>> Reporter: THANKS TO THE
PANDEMIC THIS THEORY HAS BECOME
AN AMERICAN EXPORT.
DESPITE CRACKDOWNS, RESEARCHERS
HAVE SEEN BELIEVERS FROM DOZENS
OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES UNITING
ONLINE.
LYDIA TRACKS QANON’S ACTIVITIES.
>> IT IS MUCH MORE FLEXIBILITY
AS A CONSPIRACY THEORY THAN IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN A COUPLE YEARS
AGO WHEN IT WAS U.S. CENTRIC.
>> Reporter: A DUTCH HOUSEWIFE
SAID SHE’S WORRIED FOR HER
8-YEAR-OLD SON.
>> FOR HIS FUTURE, YEAH.
BECAUSE I DON’T WANT HIM TO LIVE
IN FEAR OF HUGGING PEOPLE OR
SEEING OTHER PEOPLE AS A
POTENTIAL SICK AND MAKING OTHERS
SICK.
>> Reporter: LIKE MANY EUROPEAN
BELIEVERS SHE’S A RECENT CONVERT
INSPIRED BY HER REBELLION
AGAINST COVID REGULATIONS.
>> SOME PEOPLE CALL YOU CRAZY OR
WHATEVER, CONSPIRACY, CRAZY.
I DON’T CARE ANYMORE BECAUSE FOR
ME I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS THAT
ARE HAPPENING ARE VERY BAD.
THEY HAVE TO COME OUT.
>> Reporter: WHILE SUPPORTERS IN
THE STATES HAVE COMMITTED
VIOLENCE, THESE PROTESTS HAVE
BEEN MOSTLY PEACEFUL BUT NOT
WELCOMING TO JOURNALISTS WHO
MANY BELIEVERS COUNT AMONG THE
SO CALLED ELITES THEY OPPOSE.
THEY SHOUTED INSULTS AT US AND
