The Smear on the Freedom Convoy—and a Concerning Question to Jen Psaki – Opinion

Now, I’ve been watching coverage of the Freedom Convoy protests across Canada, and I have to say I have a lot of admiration for what the truckers and other protesters are doing there, for the freedom of all. It’s been an inspiration to the United States and across the world, with other countries taking up the same thought as well. Facebook tried to block truckers from the U.S. trying to organise a convoy to D.C.

It’s all based upon a simple idea — one that liberals seem to think is very dangerous: Freedom. The belief that all human beings are endowed with specific rights, which should not be violated by government. That’s what the people are out protesting for.

It’s simple, but if you listen to some of the officials in Ottawa, you would think the truckers are smashing and destroying things like the BLM/Antifa, rather than giving out food to everyone including the homeless, as well as setting up bouncy houses for kids. It’s the “mostly peaceful” protest that the media claimed BLM was.

But some, like Ottawa city councilor Diane Deans — the chair of the police services board — are losing their minds over this. She’s termed it an “insurrection,” but she’s now also implying it’s an effort backed by the United States to overthrow their democracy. If you want to see a brain burning up on liberalism, that’s this lady right here.

Deans called it a “nationwide insurrection” last week because the truckers are “torturing residents with excessive honking.”

Ottawa city councillor Diane Deans calls the trucker protest a “nationwide insurrection”

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“This group is a threat to our democracy… This is a nationwide insurrection. It is insane. We need to put an end to this now,” she ranted.

She has an issue with honking… did she somehow miss the BLM protests?  “Preventing them from leading their lives”? Well, first, I don’t think that’s true. But doesn’t she see the irony in Canada depriving its citizens of the ability to do lead their lives and go to their jobs under the mandates, yet she’s objecting to having her life interrupted?

But now she’s gotten worse, going into completely nutty conspiracy theories. She claimed this week that this is was “an organized, professional, sophisticated organization.”

“This is not people from some small community in rural Alberta who came to Ottawa to air a grievance, about vaccine mandates or border policies. This goes beyond what is required. This is an international effort coming out of the – primarily, I believe, out of the United States of America – that is intended to disrupt our democracy locally. With their strategies, you can see how sophisticated and determined they are. These are brazen tactics, the likes of which we have not seen before in this country.”

The slide was then completely ignored by her. “This is not freedom – what they are fighting for – they are fighting to take away our democracy and overthrow our government.” I’m sure that this is going to come as a surprise to all the rural Canadians involved.

Deans even went further, accusing people of “sedition” and “treason.” It’s an “attack on our democracy, it’s an attack on our federal government,” and “it’s right out of the Trump playbook,” she claimed. It is possible to put people in power that are so deluded.

Diane Deans, Ottawa City Councillor and Chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board Diane Deans states the following: #TruckersforFreedom convoy is an act of “treason.”

She says the protest is an “insurrection” and is “right out of the Trump playbook.” pic.twitter.com/JgQqFXWpEC

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So now, if that wasn’t delusional enough, Reuters’ Andrea Shalal asked White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday if the Biden Administration was “investigating” whether the truckers were “getting support from conservative forces or right-wing forces in the U.S.”

Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary was interviewed Monday by the White House about protestors of COVID-19 and other coronavirus protocols. pic.twitter.com/1n9ZY3kY1j

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Psaki didn’t answer the question, talking about it not having too much of a CBP impact. Why would the Biden administration be looking into protests? Why would they want to investigate political views? This reporter’s direction is troubling. When they move in this direction, it should alarm everyone.

Psaki’s response should have been: we don’t investigate protests. Instead, she deflected and didn’t say that.

I do not doubt that there are Americans on the right — and frankly, on the left — who are supportive of the Freedom Convoy because they support the call to do away with the mandates. So? It is worth investigating them. Because we recognize how important freedom is around the globe, America supports it since inception. We also identify with truckers who defend it. Rather than being very delusional about it, maybe the proper response for Canadian officials is to listen to what they are saying and respond — stop disrupting and destroying their lives.