Freedom Convoy 2022: The Air Horn Heard ‘Round the World
“Freedom anywhere is a step for freedom everywhere,” read the Convoy to Ottawa 2022 Facebook page before the social-media giant deleted it. Major media fall in lockstep with censors, either ignoring what many call the most important pushback against tyranny since the fall of the Berlin Wall, or spreading lies about the throngs of hard-working Canadians peacefully filling the streets of their nation’s capital to demand medical freedom and an end to COVID restrictions. The day after they arrived, Canada’s National Observer reported it as a one-day rally — a “disorganized rabble of riled-up miscreants,” numbering less than 10,000, who defaced national monuments and waved swastikas on Parliament Hill.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had earlier dismissed the movement as a “small fringe minority” with “unacceptable views,” but as tens of thousands of trucks slow-rolled across the country, a conveniently timed COVID exposure forced him into hiding, where he remained for “security reasons,” according to his office. Meanwhile, thousands of Canadians braved bitter cold temperatures to line highways and overpasses along the convoy path, cheering the truckers and supplying them with food and fuel.
More than 100,000 people donated $10-plus million to the convoy’s GoFundMe appeal before the crowdfunding site stripped the movement of most funds, claiming it had devolved from a peaceful protest into a violent and unlawful occupation. The attorneys general of Florida, Louisiana, and West Virginia launched fraud investigations against GoFundMe, while Donald Trump, Jr. tweeted an appeal for all Republican attorneys general to do likewise. Also on Twitter, Elon Musk shared a screen shot of GoFundMe’s June 2020 post supporting Seattle’s riotous protests and remarked, “Double-standard?” Within a week Freedom Convoy 2022 recouped the purloined money through a new campaign on the Christian crowd-funder GiveSendGo, only to have an Ontario judge freeze private bank accounts, preventing truckers from accessing any funds.
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