Former U.S. president Donald Trump has issued an announcement criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over vaccine mandates and expressing assist for the trucker convoy protests occurring throughout Canada.
In an announcement issued Friday, Trump backed the demonstration, now getting into its second week in Ottawa.
"The Freedom Convoy is peacefully protesting the tough insurance policies of far left lunatic Justin Trudeau who has destroyed Canada with insane Covid mandates," Trump stated.
The previous U.S. president additionally had harsh phrases for Huge Tech over the protests, claiming Fb and different social media firms are "searching for to destroy" the so-called freedom convoy.
"Fb is canceling the accounts of Freedom Convoy USA, and GoFundMe is denying entry to funds that belong to the Freedom Convoy. That is unacceptable and very harmful in any nation that values free expression," the assertion learn.
A web-based fundraiser for the trucker convoy protests was eliminated by GoFundMe on Friday after elevating greater than $10 million.
In an announcement, GoFundMe stated it had decided the "Freedom Convoy 2022" fundraiser violated its phrases of service, "which prohibits the promotion of violence and harassment."
"GoFundMe helps peaceable protests and we imagine that was the intention of the Freedom Convoy 2022 fundraiser when it was first created," the corporate stated within the assertion. "We now have proof from regulation enforcement that the beforehand peaceable demonstration has grow to be an occupation, with police stories of violence and different illegal exercise."
In response, Trump introduced that members of the liberty convoy are welcome "with open arms" to speak "freely" on Reality Social, Trump's proposed social media platform, which is predicted to launch on the finish of the month.
This is not the primary time Trump has voiced assist for the trucker convoy.
At a rally in Texas final weekend, Trump endorsed the convoy of truckers and supporters in Ottawa, praising the members for "doing extra to defend American freedom than our personal leaders by far."
"We wish these nice Canadian truckers to know that we're with all of them the way in which," he advised a crowd of supporters in Conroe, Texas.
Hundreds of individuals descended on Ottawa final weekend in vehicles and different autos for the convoy, with mass gatherings staged on Parliament Hill which have continued at a comparatively smaller scale since then.
Extra rallies protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates and different pandemic restrictions will get underway Saturday in Ottawa with as many as 300 to 400 vehicles anticipated to attempt to enter the downtown core together with as much as 2,000 folks on foot and one other 1,000 counter-protesters.
Toronto, Quebec Metropolis, Winnipeg, Regina and Victoria predict protests of their very own close to their respective provincial legislatures, in the meantime a protest on the Canada-U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta. additionally stays ongoing.
An individual waves a "Let’s Go Brandon" flag, code for an expletive towards U.S. President Joe Biden utilized by supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump, throughout a rally towards COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa, on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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