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At a rally stage near the Capitol that day, he said: “I’m a little out of breath because I was just part of this situation that just happened where, as Charlene mentioned, our proud patriots just pushed through a line of riot police — peacefully, as peacefully as that could happen — and are now at the stairs of the doors of the Capitol, and it was a beautiful thing to see….” Eight months before, Willis had interviewed former Ventura resident and research scientist Judy Mikovits about her book, “Plague of Corruption,” in which she launched attacks on vaccines and defended her controversial claims. “Plandemic” is drawn primarily from that interview in Ojai. In “Plandemic,” Willis mostly ignored Mikovits’ vaccine concerns and instead
Mr.Willis GOES TO WASHINGTON From Shangri-La to Capitol insurrection: Ojai filmmaker Mikki Willis sets fire to the bridge between Ojai’s left and spiritual-wellness community, becoming a lightning rod in a national culture crisis.