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Posted: 2021-11-04T08:40:39Z | Updated: 2021-11-04T13:39:19Z

Hundreds of believers in QAnon conspiracy theories gathered in Dallas on Monday to chant about how the moon landing was faked and wait for former President John F. Kennedy, and his son John F. Kennedy Jr., to appear and help Donald Trump reclaim office.

Kennedy as assassinated in 1963. His son died in a plane crash in 1999. They did not appear .

I know theres a tendency, Donie, to laugh at this, CNN host John Berman said to correspondent Donie OSullivan . But its terrifying.

OSullivan said the movement comes from an online space where there is no truth and people are not tethered to reality anymore. He also offered some insight into how adherents were sucked into the movement:

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