HERE IN NEW YORK.
THANK YOU.
>> CONSERVATIVE PARTY MEMBERS
CAN STAND WITH PEOPLE WHO WAVE
SWASTIKAS AND WHO WAVE THE
CONFEDERATE FLAG.
WE WILL CHOOSE TO STAND WITH
CANADA YAND WHO DESERVE TO GET
TO THEIR JOBS AND GET THEIR
LIVES BACK.
>> Dana: CANADA’S HOUSE OF
COMMONS ERUPTED INTO CHAOS
AFTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU MAKES EX
CLOSEIVE ACCUSATIONS ABOUT
CONSERVATIVES SUPPORTING THE
CONVOY TRUCKERS AND COMES AS
OTTAWA POLICE SAY A CRACKDOWN
IS ON THE WAY.
LET’S BRING IN JONATHAN TURLEY.
YOU ARE FOLLOWING THIS.
IT HAS ESCALATED TO A POINT
WHERE YOU MIGHT SEE PEOPLE
FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THIS
PROTEST TODAY, JONATHAN.
>> YEAH, IT IS JUST AN
UNFORTUNATE TURN OF EVENTS.
THE TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT HAS
REALLY THROWN FUEL ON THIS FIRE.
THEY HAVE ESCALATED THE
RHETORIC AS YOU JUST SAW.
THEY’VE TRIED TO DEMONIZE ALL
THESE TRUCKERS AND IN THE
EFFORT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
ASSISTED BY THE MEDIA NOT JUST
IN CANADA BUT THE UNITED STATES.
IT IS FURTHER MARGINALIZING
THESE TRUCKERS BUT ADDING TO
THE ANGER AND THE LACK OF
DIALOGUE.
IT IS REALLY QUITE BAFFLING WHY
THE TRUMP GOVERNMENT WANTS TO
PUSH THIS TO AN EVEN GREATER
LEVEL OF CONFRONTATION.
>> Dana: THE TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT.
>> TRUDEAU, I’M SORRY,
GOVERNMENT.
USED TO BE THE EMERGENCY MOWERS
ARE DRACONIAN.
HE CLAIMED THE RIGHT TO FREEZE
THE ACCOUNTS OF TRUCKERS, THE
GOVERNMENT HAS FROZEN DONATIONS
OF OTHERS TO SUPPORT THE
TRUCKERS.
ALL OF THIS IS UNNECESSARY.
AND IT IS ONLY MAKING THE
SITUATION WORSE IN MY VIEW.
>> Bill: HERE IS THE POLICE
CHIEF.
HE IS PRETTY HELL BENT SHUTTING
IT DOWN.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.
>> THE ENTIRETY OF THE DOWNTOWN
CORE AND EVERY OCCUPIED SPACE.
WE’LL REMOVE THIS UNLAWFUL
PROTEST AND RETURN OUR CITY TO
A STATE OF NORMALCY.
>> Bill: IN THE MEANTIME YOU
HAVE THIS FUNDING PAGE THAT WAS
-- THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING
DOCKSED PUBLICLY.
>> IT IS REALLY SOMETHING TO
WATCH.
WHAT IS MOST DISTURBING IS HOW
MANY ON THE LEFT AND MANY IN
THE MEDIA HAVE SUPPORTED THESE
EFFORTS.
WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS DONE
IS QUITE AUTHORITARIAN.
IT IS BANNING ASSEMBLES,
LIMITING ACCOUNTS, FREEZING
DONATIONS.
ALL OF THAT HAS FREE SPEECH
IMPLICATIONS THAT SHOULD
CONCERN ALL OF US.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO AGREE WITH
THE TRUCKERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THIS IS A PROTEST.
IT IS A FORM OF CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE AND YET THEY CAN
BE ARRESTED FOR BLOCKING ROADS.
THAT’S HAPPENED FOR GENERATIONS.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAD
PEOPLE ARRESTED BECAUSE THEY
BLOCKED ROADS.
WE’VE HAD THESE TYPES OF
CONFRONTATIONS IN THE PAST.
BUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
THE EXERCISE OF FREE SPEECH AND
HOW IT IS ADDRESSED BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
SO THE GOVERNMENT HAS EVERY
RIGHT TO CLEAR THE STREETS,
CLEAR THE ROADS, AND THEY HAVE
DONE THAT.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE
POLICE CHIEF IS SO OVER THE TOP
OF TAKING CONTROL OF THE
DOWNTOWN AND EVERY INCH OF IT.
WHAT’S MISSING HERE IS ANY
SENSE OF DIALOGUE.
THERE IS A CLEAR PREFERENCE IN
THE GOVERNMENT TO PUSH THIS TO
THE FARTHEST EXTREME.
>> Dana: IT DOES MAKE YOU
THANKFUL FOR FIRST AMENDMENT IN
OUR COUNTRY.
>> IT DOES.
BUT WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THE
LACK OF SUPPORT FOR FREE SPEECH
IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE TRUCKERS ARE BEING
DEMONIZED IN THE MEDIA.
ANYONE WHO ACTUALLY EXPRESSES
CONCERNS OVER THEIR EXERCISE OF
FREE SPEECH IS BEING LABELED AS
A CONSPIRACY PERSON.
YOU SAW THAT WITH THE PRIME
MINISTER’S COMMENTS.
HE SAID ANYONE WHO WAS
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE
TRUCKERS IS SUPPORTING NAZIS.
AND WHITE SUPREMACISTS.
THAT’S OUTRAGEOUS.
THIS IS NOT A CONVOY COMPOSED
OF NAZIS.
THESE ARE CANADIAN CITIZENS WHO
ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT THE
MANDATES.
WE MAY DISAGREE WITH THEM.
I SUPPORT VACCINATIONS BUT THE
GOVERNMENT’S CONDUCT IS ADDING
A VERY REALLY DANGEROUS ELEMENT
TO THESE PROTESTS.
>> Bill: VERY GOOD.