#QAnon and #Trump-Flag Waving Anti-Vaxxers Tried to Storm #NewZealand’s Parliament – “If we don’t have guns, shoot them up with a triple dose of #Pfizer.”

Almost a year after the Capitol riot, anti-vaccine mandate protesters in New Zealand attempted to storm the country’s parliament on Tuesday. And just like at the riot in Washington D.C. on January 6, many of those protesting were waving American flags, supporting former President Trump, and spouting QAnon conspiracies. QAnon played a central role in the attack on the Capitol, and even though the conspiracy theory is based entirely on U.S. politics and politicians, the movement has found a home in almost 100 countries, including New Zealand. Protests took place across New Zealand on Tuesday, organized by anti-vaxxer groups critical of the vaccine mandate introduced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government. The biggest protest took place in the capital Wellington on Tuesday, which saw thousands of protesters descend on the parliament in scenes eerily reminiscent of the attack on the Capitol. Prior to the protests on Tuesday, organizers had urged those attending to storm the parliament building. “A group of 1000 people can storm in and get her and her supporters and arrest them for treason,” a user in one Telegram group used to organize the protest wrote. “Or shoot them. If we don’t have guns, shoot them up with a triple dose of Pfizer.”  

via vice: QAnon and Trump-Flag Waving Anti-Vaxxers Tried to Storm New Zealand’s Parliament
“If we don’t have guns, shoot them up with a triple dose of Pfizer.”