I’m at the Anti-Vax Rally in Santa Monica. Follow here for updates.
Within 5 minutes of being here, I’ve been followed by masked individuals & approached by Tony Moon, who attacked journalist @TinaDesireeBerg 2 weeks ago. Tony got in my face and accused me of being “antifa press”. In a twist, it was Tomas Morales who told him I was fine to stay.
Watch live here: facebook.com/andrewkimmelof…
Correction: While there were plenty of anti-vax signs and people who held those beliefs, this was a smorgasbord of other things: anti-mandate, recall Newsom, anti-Socialism/Communism, Stop the Steal…
Jason Lefkowitz, a comedian turned activist, was carrying a list of LA council members’ home addresses, encouraging all at the event to intimidate them against voting for vaccine mandates. “It would nice if it were unanimous our way… Civil war is coming people… get your guns…”
Jason Lefkowitz went on to speak to the crowd about the LA council members vote on Monday and encouraged the crowd to show up at their homes to intimidate them. He held a sign with all of their alleged home addresses.
Jason Lefkowitz ended his speech with some jokes.
“Can I tell one joke since I am a comedian and I’m supposed to be funny?”
Dr. Christopher Rake, an anesthesiologist from UCLA medical center, tells the crowd, “They want to force a vaccination or medication or treatment into my body that I don’t want. So they’re telling me, ‘Take the jab or we take your job.’ And I’m here to say no. That’s not ok.”
After warning the crowd against listing their religion as an exemption to the vaccine (he says the gov’t will come after you & restrict your travel), Dr. Christopher Rake ends his speech with a Q-Anon chant.
Unclear on who this is or what organization she’s from (she did not want to provide me with any information)… stating she is starting a business as a consultant to build a collective of doctors & nurses to work outside the current medical system w/ “no government intervention”
This doctor (did not catch his name) spread a lot of misinformation during his speech. This was the most glaring. “We can even bring up the fact that Japan now has named Ivermectin the official drug for COVID patients.”
They have not. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ne…
Reminder: these rallies were developed as a misinformation campaign by a small German cell and have only gotten worse, splintering into more regional issues. logically.ai/articles/anti-…
These guys (and others) in orange armbands were following me around while livestreaming today’s event.
Worth noting, my reporting from these events (livestream + thread) makes me part of “antifa press”. I do not manipulate or edit my content. My clips are not taken out of context (see livestream). I am simply labeled as such because it shows the truth and it shows the absurdity.
Those same two guys + Mike Ancheta watching me... Mike later points me out to two other people
Another moment where the 2 orange armband dudes are watching me, this time w/ Mike Ancheta (center glasses with American flag bandana). Mike is currently wanted by the LAPD for assault. Mike points me out to two females, one of whom calls me "antifa press" shortly after
This guy was following me around so I decided to ask him what the problem was. He said he just wanted to call me a "piece of shit." Earlier in the day, he asked if I was Walter Masterson 🤷♂️
Right wing streamer Chris Brow made a point to come up to me earlier in the day to call me a liar. So I saw him later and pressed him to find out what it is I supposedly lie about.
This was his response.
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