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Feb. 7, 2022 - The Benny Show - Benny Johnson
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I’m LIVE With A Reporter On The Ground at Trucker Protests in Ottawa RIGHT NOW
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unidentified
This is a war on tradition.
This is a war on religion.
This is a war on the children.
They're giving it to go with the sickness.
This is a war.
This is a war that we living through.
Never reveal to you that they are still even killing you.
They don't tell you what the hell you agreeing to.
Sheep in a herding.
You don't know who leading you.
Keep on proceeding to follow.
Your mind is so hollow.
Are you being coddled by government swallowing up everything that the media tell you without a question or a problem?
All of the sheep being slaughtered.
They poison the water.
Removing the father.
Ignoring blue collar, keep printing the dollar, ain't watching your sons and your daughters, ain't got any honor if I'm being honest.
I just ain't picking the side, but I'm not a ride for my freedom, and die for my freedom, and question the government lies.
A lot on my mind, it's so little time, gotta think all of us needing a sign.
The devil, he hides, an ego and pride, they sell and they sell and they paying a price.
God won't give you more than you can handle.
Government should be dismantled.
Every politician gotta stand on, prepare for the war, we going to battle.
This is a war.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Oh, All right, ladies and gentlemen, here we go back again.
If you joined us for the first couple minutes of this broadcast, you'll notice that there was a glitch, and it froze up.
Now, we are going to blame the communists and Justin Trudeau on that glitch, but we're doing live on social media, and we are live once more from the Trucker Convoy Freedom Protest.
In Ottawa, thanks to Rebel News and Alexandra Lavoie.
Lavoie.
Alexandra Lavoie.
Lavoie.
Who is an incredible reporter for Rebel News who has been doing God's work?
Bringing us information from the Freedom Trucker Convoy.
It is cold up there, but people are happy, and the warmth of people's hearts is keeping them warm, even though the fascists are taking their fuel.
And we'll cover all of that in this live.
Without further ado, let's introduce our wonderful guest for this live, Alexandra.
Thank you so much for being with us.
unidentified
Thank you for receiving me.
Yeah, I know we have some issue with the connection since the beginning of the convoy.
He's cutting out a lot of time, so I think it's something normal now.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Yeah, that's okay.
Justin Trudeau is getting more and more desperate, so maybe it's him behind the scenes with a giant lock cutter going after this.
The ethernet cables.
Who knows?
Who knows?
We're gonna blame Justin Trudeau and maybe he's wearing blackface as a disguise.
No one knows.
unidentified
You never know.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
So the question is, as our viewers are watching and listening, they're gonna be very interested as to what's going on behind you, Alexandra.
What's happening around you?
unidentified
So you can see the police is standing there.
A couple of them.
A little bit further is the main place just in front of the parliament.
I can show you.
So the parliament and we have here a place where it's surrounded of trucks.
I'm going to get closer for you.
So you can see board, some board writing a lot of message on the fence.
And a flag that is just up there.
And you have a scene.
People are doing some speech.
And now they're playing music and people are gathered together and they dance.
And some people are cooking some food for everybody who needs to eat.
It's a little bit less present for the cooking food today because since the mayor has declared a state of emergency, we cannot bring some fuel, any supply.
It's like fuel, it's gas and food.
Right now, the police are more present to have a check if they can find anything that the people need.
Because if you bring gas or fuel, now you're considered to participate in an illegal movement, an illegal action.
So it's why now it's kind of another, I would say, atmosphere, more...
More police people are trying to get another option to bring them some fuel because some family, we talk about family and children live in this truck and so they need fuel to get warm at night.
Sometimes you get to minus 33 at night or you can warm up if you don't have fuel or gas.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
So you're telling me there are families with children living inside of these cabs, and they are now going to be freezing.
What is the temperature right now in Ottawa?
unidentified
Now it's not too bad.
It's about probably minus 10, minus 11. But the other day, the feeling weather was minus 33. We are Canadian.
It's not too bad.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
I'm here in Florida.
People would...
Never leave their homes.
If it got that cold, people wouldn't...
I mean, they would live inside of a cocoon and they would never leave.
We're so proud of you being outside and telling the story of the truckers.
And so what is the story of the truckers right now?
There has been a major development where the police that you just showed are stealing the fuel of the trucker convoy, yes?
unidentified
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
So last night, it started last night, and I went on scene when, I don't know, I think 40 police cars show up in a supply place, and they took away 30 liters of fuel.
That was a donation from farmer, and they came, and they just take everything from them, and that's it.
At least they didn't give fines because they were tolerated until midnight.
So today, if you've been caught with fuel and gas, you can not only save yourself, but you will receive a fine as well and you can be arrested as well.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
You need to be arrested for having gasoline.
unidentified
Yeah, so since today, some people are walking with empty jerry can just for bother the police and for being in support with the trucker.
So everybody have empty jerry can walk in the street and the police stop them and just like, no, it's empty.
Or some people put water on that and just drink it.
So, yeah.
Kind of funny.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Fill it with some...
Phil, it was a Molson.
Yeah.
Some beer.
Yeah, a beer can.
unidentified
Yeah, so it's just incredible.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
What is keeping people going?
I mean, it is remarkable.
We've been covering this all week, of course.
We've been doing our best to support it, telling our audience what is happening.
But it seems like the fascist state is coming down on top of the truckers and this movement.
But there still seems to be joy, happiness, spree de corps.
unidentified
So far, this protest, I don't know if we can call it a protest or a movement or something else, but it was peaceful.
Everybody was so human and helpful to each other, free food for everybody.
When I see Justin Trudeau did the statement about people in Ottawa, the people here are stealing food from homeless in a press conference.
That is not the reality here.
It's completely the opposite.
We have, like, people who volunteer, making food for everybody, and everybody is welcome to eat and warm up.
And it's just incredible.
Where you come from in Canada, you're all welcome.
Whatever your culture, whatever, if you're vaxxed, unvaxxed, none, everybody is welcome.
It's really a peaceful, peaceful protest.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Can you explain to me, because I was educated this weekend about the Freedom Charter in Canada, it seems as though the person breaking the law is Justin Trudeau and the city of Ottawa, as without warrants they are trying to impede Canadians' freedom and freedom to assemble.
unidentified
Yeah, so, but the charter of rights is not really applicable anymore.
They have been writing this chart like hundreds of times.
Right now, sorry, can you repeat the question?
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Sure, so it seems like there is no warrant.
There doesn't seem to be.
What are the laws that says you can confiscate someone's fuel and cause their children to freeze?
unidentified
Yeah, so the thing is...
They declare the state of emergency.
So the state of emergency gives all the power to them to do whatever they want for a situation.
It's why they declare it before saying that now it's illegal to bring supply of gas and fuel.
So you need to have this state of emergency.
And it's the same here in Quebec, where I come from.
We are in a state of emergency since almost a year.
So they have the full power.
They can do whatever they want.
They can put the bill that they want, the decree that they want.
And nobody has no word to say or to do anything.
They have the full power to decide.
And it's only the decision of one man, the premier of every province, or the mayor, or is Justin Trudeau their prime minister.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Are the people of Canada sick of this?
This sounds like totalitarian dictatorship.
unidentified
I would say I never saw my country as polarized as that.
Some people are so for all these measures and all what is going on and what they put in place because they are afraid.
It's kind of psychotic.
At one level.
And some, it's completely the opposite.
Really against it.
So we see two kinds of citizens.
And it's so polarized that I don't understand.
Like, my premier in Quebec still be 40% in the poll.
And you see, Justin Trudeau has been re-elected this year.
So at one level, people like it.
And some people hate it.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Seems like a similar story in America, but the people who actually make society work hate it because it's intervening in their way to do business, to provide for their children, to put a roof over their heads.
It's really remarkable how this is a worker uprising, it seems, and the left is against it.
The communist left who wants the workers of the world to unite, they are against the greatest worker uprising in perhaps Western history.
Am I wrong?
unidentified
I think you're actually right.
Right now, what we saw, yes, the left is against it, but the left is not there anymore.
We don't have...
Sorry, right.
We used to have some right and left and center.
I'm not really a political person, but what I can see...
It's like everybody believes on the same and they have the same narrative and they have no debate.
And I have the impression that nobody wants to debate.
They are all in the same boat and they reinforce and they agree and they decide all together for the same narrative.
It's just sad because usually in a democracy you always have debate if it's good or not.
Debate about it.
And now we don't see anything of it.
Not in Canada.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
So that goes to the point that there is no liberal anymore because a liberal would want the workers, they'd want the blue-collar people to be heard, they'd want people to hear differing opinions, and they'd be okay with that.
but it seems like what you're dealing with in Canada is a fascistic censorship regime that is going to use the authority of the state and the monopoly they have on violence to shut down dissent.
unidentified
Yeah.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
And you're seeing that accelerate over, and pardon me, accelerate over the last 24 hours when the police are getting involved and when Justin Trudeau is talking about potential military involvement.
unidentified
Yeah.
So I heard about the military involvement.
We don't know when that will happen.
Probably thought that cutting the fuel and the gas and the food would make people leave.
But that's...
I talked with a lot of truck drivers.
That will not make them leave.
The same.
It's the opposite.
They want to stay more because they say, like, that's not okay.
Like, what are you doing?
It's actually controlling the people again.
So we see that that movement is disturbing the Prime Minister, disturbing all the politicians.
We can see it because since the beginning, Mr. Trudeau tests positive to COVID and he actually is working from home.
We don't see really him anywhere.
We did one statement.
We need to know.
He's triple vax and he tests positive to COVID and he still says to people, go and get your shot.
Yeah, so it's all about controlling the population.
And I don't know if you saw, but Quebec has been the province the most affected with the curfew.
And now it's showing you paper everywhere that you want to go.
You need to show your paper.
Or you refuse to...
To go to any big store, cinema, bar, restaurant, everywhere.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Yeah, Canada fought against the Nazis alongside Americans and they did it shoulder to shoulder and they landed on D-Day beaches alongside with my grandfather and I believe our grandfather's mine have passed and so they would be rolling in their graves.
The generation that fought the Nazis finding out that their children have to provide their papers in order to provide lives for their children and buy food and to eat.
It does seem like what they fought against has come here.
So you have been on the ground covering this and what are some of the more fascinating things that you have seen in your time there?
It has now been going on for one week.
unidentified
Yeah, so it's been one week that we are here.
I think the most fascinating thing is how many people are present.
They keep trying that there's a fringe minority that is here.
That's not true.
I can tell that we saw a lot of people.
And just sometimes we can see some, I would say, Antifa or some people who are completely in the...
Extreme opposite that show up here with like some flag and some like kind of violence stuff.
And I just saw, okay, the most shocking one was this woman.
I think she's called Queen Romana.
She's known in the media.
She came here to burn a Canadian flag in front of the Parliament of Ottawa.
I was like, you came here just for burning the flag, and you left afterwards.
Of course, the mainstream media were really happy to see that, to show how this movement is violent, but I never saw her all week.
Came here, burn it, and left.
I was like...
And I tried to ask questions to her.
She refused to answer to me.
And that was the most, like...
Kind of weird thing that I saw.
But as well, last night when I see the number of police showing up to take away 30 liters of fuel from the truck driver, I was like, okay, the police have been so nice since the beginning.
Thumbs up, helping.
I saw them giving food to other people.
I don't know, but since yesterday, their mindset changed.
They tried to avoid talking to citizens.
We see that probably they are uncomfortable with the decision, but they have order to respect and we can see it.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
So we have heard, of course, our audience doesn't believe this, but what they are trying to do is paint these truckers and this movement as violent or hateful or racist.
Have you seen any of that?
unidentified
No.
Actually, the truck drivers are so nice and they are really happy.
And, you know, they come and they...
Really offer a lot.
They talk to each other.
They let people do some honk on their truck.
People are bringing them food and people are offering them their hotel for taking a shower.
The same offer to wash their clothes.
Because some of the truck drivers say that the city doesn't open the toilet for them at all.
So they try to find another way, but here, it's like a big family.
Everybody open their door, and it's like, you're welcome.
You can come here anytime.
And some people open their trucks that we can warm up inside.
It's just nice to see.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Alexandra, we have been talking for about 20 minutes, and I want to see if you could give us a bit of a tour.
Alexandra is with Rebel News.
Rebel News is a fantastic and, in my personal opinion, the best news outlet in Canada.
And she has been covering the Freedom Trucker movement.
And she is right now in Parliament Square.
And she is in the midst of the trucker convoy in Ottawa.
And I would love to just sit back and maybe, Alexandra, you could take us around.
unidentified
Yeah, so...
Probably it would be a little bit loud for me to talk, but I will show you what is going on.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
This is some board that people have made.
When I mentioned to Ashley Chay about my resident who was against the vaccine, they said to me, She's great.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
This is amazing.
unidentified
Wow.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Look at those great trucks.
What beauties.
unidentified
No, no, I can't.
I can hug and I can hold something.
multicultural Wow.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
This is amazing.
I'm just watching right alongside with our audience here.
Thank you to the thousands of people watching right now.
unidentified
And we have some people who gather there.
I will show you.
Every day people can come in and get feed for free.
I will show you.
Some people have fire there.
I don't know.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
So this is like a kitchen?
unidentified
Yeah, it's like people can warm up with some fire.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
That's great.
unidentified
Hey, what's up?
And this is the food.
What's going on?
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Honk, honk.
unidentified
And do you have a small place that people cook?
Yeah, I'm starting to cook.
You're starting to cook?
Yeah.
What are you cooking?
Southwest Chicken Rice Bowl.
Mmm, nice.
Thank you.
This is incredible.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
That sounds delicious.
Southwest Chicken Rice Bowl.
unidentified
You saw on the news what happened with the Terry Fox statue because some people have put a Canadian flag on it.
And so for Erin O'Toole and...
Everybody was horrible to put the Canadian flag on Terry Fox statue and as well like a cap and a freedom mandate board.
But now people are putting some flower all around the statue of Terry Fox.
For just showing that what they say in the media is not true.
So I can show you like how many truck is maybe there.
It's like all the street of Wellington is closed.
Because it's a kilometer of truck, one after one.
And that's go all the way along.
Wow.
And on parallel street, we can see other trucks everywhere.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Incredible.
Faith over fear.
What do these signs say?
unidentified
Like, look.
That is how children write something to the truck driver.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Those are notes that they've received?
unidentified
Yeah, from children.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Amazing.
unidentified
You see?
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Amazing.
Look at all these beautiful signs.
unidentified
Yeah, it's incredible.
It's just sad because here we have the best bigger stand for food.
Everything was wiped off because of the state of emergency.
What?
Yeah, so because you cannot supply for food anymore, so most of the stands that have food have been wiped off and removed from the main place.
Some people continue to supply, but it's so sad because we have stands almost every...
100 meters for people and and now we cannot see much of it.
I don't know on this way it's because it's really a long sidewalk with like trucks that go really really far away and and all trucks some of the truck have like some house wood house on it.
So they actually stay inside.
I don't know if you have one, no?
You had one before, but I think you have been removed.
But people are living inside.
And on this big truck that you see there, I was talking with one of the truck driver here.
Oh, yeah.
And they have, what they say to me, they have gas and fuel for months.
Months.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Wow.
unidentified
And you see, that is the wood house.
So people are living inside.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
People are living inside that wooden house?
unidentified
Yeah.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Incredible.
Incredible.
Alexandra is with Rebel News.
You must follow Rebel News.
Another...
You have to...
We have to follow them.
They're the only people who have been reporting on this fairly.
unidentified
If I were to stand with them.
I'm just so sad.
I would love to show you people with empty jerry can walking.
Oh, yeah.
I will show you.
Personal responsibility is for our community, to protect our community.
Hello.
To protect our community.
Hello.
Protect Bozeman.
Can you explain why you have an anti-Jerrycan?
Thank you.
Yeah, you will see you have so much everywhere.
I will show you more.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
So, to people who are joining, Who weren't watching at the beginning, these are people carrying empty fuel cans because they're confiscating gasoline and they're doing it to troll the authorities.
Is that correct?
unidentified
Yeah, it's correct.
So people are bringing their jerry can with their drink inside and they just drink into the jerry can.
And I saw like a lot of children today with jerry can too.
We can see another one just right there.
So now the police doesn't know who to stop.
You see, just behind me, we have like lots of police.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Oh yeah, okay.
unidentified
And I'm with my colleague Lincoln J from Ruben News.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Hey Lincoln!
unidentified
How are you doing man?
It's doing fine.
How are you doing?
How's it going guys?
Just here on scene again.
I was just saying that...
Been on the ground here since the 28th of January.
I don't think I've heard any honking all day today.
And for the days prior, it was just non-stop all day.
If we just pan the camera here, there's a lot more police here.
A lot more police on scene.
We never saw this many police on scene in front of the hill until today.
Yeah.
A lot of them are a little camera shy, but there's just a little something in the air, something that's different, as you guys probably know, it's a state of emergency.
We can feel the tension of the people who want to bring some fuel to the truck, but we have surveillance everywhere.
And we can see that the behavior as well has changed, as I said just before, of the police officers.
They don't really talk anymore, they just walk by.
And it's now the reality here.
And every corner of the street you have police who are looking at what people are bringing inside.
And it's why everybody is walking with an empty jerry can, because it's a way to, if someone brings one that is full, you have less chance to be caught by the police.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
So what you're telling me is that the capital of Ottawa has descended into a fascist police state?
unidentified
Kind of.
Right now, Ottawa, yeah, of course, because now they have order and they are in a state of emergency.
So right now, all the power is given to the police officer to respect the order and maintain the order of the place.
So I don't know if you can see it.
Just far away.
The road is completely blocked.
Many, many other roads.
So the police is blocking a little bit further away for that not more trucks coming closer to the parliament.
So some of the...
Sorry, I didn't expect that.
But some of the trucks are blocked outside of the city because they don't have space to park the car or park the truck.
So I know that some of the parking lot are full of trucks.
And so they come by walk here into the apartment.
And some of them, what I heard so far...
Their truck is a company truck, so they were not allowed to bring the truck here, so they came by car.
So a lot of trucker is actually here, but with a car instead of their truck.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Got it.
So your update today is that the change has been marked.
Created a state of emergency.
They have brought in a ton of police and now they are banning honking.
That is the report that we got that they have now banned the honking.
unidentified
They do always a show of truck.
I will show you.
It's really beautiful.
The ambience is really amazing.
I actually recommend everybody who can come here to come because it's something that is historical that we will never see that before again.
In Quebec, it happened last weekend too.
A lot of trucks have blocked the streets of Quebec.
So you see here.
And these people all across Canada, West Coast, East Coast.
Every province.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
I just, again, want to thank Alexandra of Rebel News.
Thousands and thousands of people watching right now.
And thank you all across social media.
Look at this.
These are live shots directly from...
The freedom protest, the freedom convoy, perhaps the largest convoy in human history.
We are at the epicenter of it.
You are seeing these shots live.
No fake news.
No lies from the corporate media.
A direct shot from one of our friends and one of the best reporters out there.
Alexandra with Rebel News.
unidentified
Yeshua, the driver of the truth, son number one in Canada.
This is not the case.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
So, are these people who give speeches just during the day?
These are people who are talking and speaking in support of the convoy?
unidentified
You have always some speech.
Sometimes we have some politicians, some doctors, some scientists who came to talk, some big influencers, some freedom fighters.
So it's always changing every day.
Some people are coming here and doing some speech.
So you see now we have one free food.
Wow.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Is this where some of the donation items are sent?
Oh, donation!
So when there are millions of dollars raised, does it go to this food bank?
unidentified
Yeah.
Oh, you see people arriving on the truck?
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Wow.
Oh, so these are signatures and messages of support?
unidentified
Yeah.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Wow.
unidentified
We have a barbecue.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
That's great.
Some Bud Lights?
unidentified
Yeah.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Let's go.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you're watching right now and again, Alexandra, we have thousands and thousands of people right now watching across platforms.
Rumble and YouTube and Facebook.
And thank you all for watching.
We are live right now.
Live.
Rebel News is walking us through the current state of the Trucker Convoy.
You're seeing it live right now.
So what we are watching is directly in front of the parliament.
And you're seeing how people are living and the happy, joyous, largest freedom convoy in the world.
And it's remarkable how many trucks there are.
So these trucks head all the way down the horizon.
I can see the sunset right now.
And you, it's just trucks as far as the eye can see.
unidentified
Can we walk you up, what's wrong to do?
Incredible.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Alexandra, a question for you.
unidentified
Pardon?
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Oh.
I...
I have here in your byline an update about how long the truckers are willing to stay.
Can you tell our audience...
How long are they going to be there?
unidentified
Some of them, they say until the end, if they need to stay months, they will be there for months.
And they are not going to change their thinking.
Some of them have so much good in their truck to stay for months and months.
Nobody is going anywhere.
I saw one of the truck, they removed the wheel and they attached to the car just to see I'm not leaving.
I'm not leaving at all.
So I think the fact that they are putting more and more pressure to make them live, that make them more and more want to stay.
And right now...
I swear to God, I talked with almost like 10 or 15 of them today.
And I say, "Do that will discourage you to stay because you will not be able to warm up.
You will not have fuel and gas." They say, "We are not leaving.
We are staying and we will find another way to warm up." We have always a solution and we will find it.
And we are working all together to find a way to stay.
So they all work together.
All the truck drivers work together to find solutions.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Incredible.
So you're saying that these totalitarian tactics that Trudeau and the city of Ottawa are putting on these truckers is simply strengthening their resolve?
unidentified
Exactly.
So their tactic is not working.
It's actually create the opposite of what they wanted.
They wanted them to live and now they got the opposite.
But in the same time, I'm just a little bit worried about what they want to install afterwards.
Do they will arrest them?
So it's why we will keep reporting on what is going on.
From being sure that we show really what is happening right now.
Because, as you know, so many fake flags and so many fake news was all around this movement.
Especially like one night, they say like a car, like truck car had been crashed into a checkpoint.
And when Ruben News arrived on scene, the police say, no, that's all made up.
No truck has crashed in the checkpoint, but this news was spread everywhere in social media.
So it's why it's really important that at least Ribbon News is there for showing that it's not true.
And as well, in Ribbon News, we did create truckerlawyer.ca.
So we are a lawyer.
To defend them, because I don't know if you saw as well, you have convoy here in Ottawa, but we have some in Alberta and at the border and other places in Canada, and they are facing some really big fines, and so we want to fight along them for their legal action.
So it's why we started truckerlawyer.ca so people can donate and so we go with them to defend them on court.
So I think it's something that they need because right now with the GoFundMe that have been cancelled, we talk about 9 million of dollars that have been cancelled but it would be refunded to people.
But now they try to get another way to gain money for them.
Because it was the money rising for the trucker.
And so the first million was released, but all the other million was completely canceled.
Another way to make them leave.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
That's right.
That's right.
Since we're on this topic, what is the best way that you can see for people to help these freedom fighters, these truckers, the Freedom Convoy?
unidentified
I think it's for them it's of course supplying them but in the same way now it's not legal to supplying them.
Of course it would be really soon it would be the legal action because I think the police and the city would try to probably find them or giving them like pretty AV ticket or maybe they will...
I don't know, maybe they will begin to arrest them to just being like in the street.
So I know that that is coming.
They will need the help.
So if you want to, you can help them for the legal action.
But for now, the people are so generous.
So what I heard so far, they don't need anything as food or other things because all these donations, they have been supplied for donations.
I think I asked them what is the biggest challenge for them right now.
It's mostly some of them is missing their family.
They are far away.
It's kind of hard, but they are not going to live.
So you can help them as much as you can.
I think on the Trucker Convoy website, you can as well find another.
Wait to send some money if you want.
I'm not really...
I don't know a lot about their raising money.
But us, what we can do for them is fighting along them for the legal action.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
That's right.
And Rebel News is helping out with this.
unidentified
Yeah.
So, as always we did, during all the pandemic, we did fight for the ticket.
Like, fight the fine, like, for the Canadian to receive NJS tickets with the COVID.
And we did the same for fight vaccine passport.
Because, as you know, like, in Canada, we have the vaccine passport that you need to show everywhere that you want to go.
So, that killed so much businesses here.
So many businesses are shut down.
It's really sad to see, especially like now it's all the big, big, big chains that survive, but all the small shops, not really going well.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Unbelievable.
It's the same thing that happened in America, and it's the same thing that happens everywhere.
They enforce the vax mandates, the vaccine passports.
Their intention is to choke off and to kill off the middle class and to create a biosecurity authoritarian state.
Every single time you give them a right, they turn it into a privilege that they can rescind from you at any time they want to.
So we want to close out our live here with just a couple new questions.
One, what is the most inspiring thing you have seen in a week of the Freedom Trucker Convoy?
unidentified
Inspiring?
I think it's all...
I know that I'm repeating myself, but it's all the help that I saw.
Like, they all help each other, they bring some food, and they share everything that they have.
It's giving.
It's always giving to the following person.
And it's so inspiring.
And nobody's judging nobody.
And that is actually Canada.
Freedom of...
Your culture, who you are, whatever you are, you're supposed to be free and accepted by everybody.
And it's what I'm seeing now.
Whatever the province you come from, or if you speak French or English, because we have the both language here in Canada, it doesn't matter.
I saw some people not able to communicate because they didn't have the same language, but they were giving to each other food and just laughing and smiling at each other.
So that is what Canada should be.
But it's not what Canada will be if we still like keeping this anger and territorial measure Yes.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Yes.
Authoritarian measures in every...
Aspect of life and when you have the government that takes your ability to travel and freely assemble, to speak, to have gasoline, to have food, to heat a cab for your children, then you truly do live inside of fascism.
It can happen.
You best start believing in fascist ghost stories because we're living in one right now.
So what is the mood of regular Canadians?
So let's say the Canadians who are watching this happening from their living rooms on one coast or the other.
Do Canadians empathize with the truckers?
unidentified
Oh, yeah.
I don't know if you saw some video, but a trucker was coming to Ottawa, starting to British Columbia or...
Other provinces like Alberta, you were able to see on the bridge people with signs and really supporting all the truckers.
And now truckers have always been a normal job.
And now they are considered as heroes.
And everybody is shouting to them and saying yes, thanks.
Because it's because of you that we're doing that.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Wow.
So you don't believe that the tyrants are winning?
Do you think this is going to backfire?
unidentified
I don't think so.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
For Trudeau and for everyone?
unidentified
They will need to comply at one point because the more you put pressure that everything stops, more people will take over and say no.
And so because they put more measures on them, other people wake up and say, that's not okay.
That's really weird.
Why they are doing that?
And so that wake up other people that were not there before.
It's...
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Do you think, and this is my final question, do you think that this protest is going to work?
Obviously, we've been covering it.
We support it on this channel.
We've been giving you as much love and support as we can from here in the States.
Do you think that it's going to collapse the unconstitutional And quite frankly, inhumane vaccine mandates in Canada.
Do you think they're going to win?
unidentified
That is my personal opinion.
I would say in my heart, I think, yes, it will win.
I think, yes, everything is...
I think the narrative is changing really, really much since the last two weeks.
It's been really different.
Some of the provinces have...
We've already lifted some measures in Saskatchewan.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Yes.
unidentified
And some people are talking to change it.
As Ontario are saying that they need to talk and to rethink about the vaccine passport and all the measures.
So I think, yeah, it's doing a difference.
It's doing a difference.
You see, just behind me, people are just coming here and eat.
Wow.
So yeah, I think everything will change, I think.
I'm open so much, yeah.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Alexander, you have been so wonderful.
Thank you so much.
We've been going for almost an hour here, and you've been wonderful.
It's negative.
How cold is it again?
unidentified
Negative about 10. Negative 11. Everybody, please.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Follow Alexandra on social media.
Follow Rebel News.
She's been absolutely incredible.
Thank you so much.
Thousands and thousands of people have watched, and now they know the truth.
They're not listening to the corporate media and the lies about these truckers.
Thanks to you.
unidentified
Thank you.
And thank you for your patience.
I know that my English is not perfect, but at least that proved that you don't need to be perfect to do the job.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
None of us are.
None of us are.
But I'll tell you what, there's nothing closer to perfect than this moment because what you're watching is the weakness of fascists, the weakness of the authoritarians, the ones who want to control our lives.
They're getting broken.
They are having their backs broke by a beautiful freedom movement.
And you have helped us see it with clear eyes today.
It's really inspiring.
unidentified
Yeah, and thank you for supporting and following Canadians because we need every help.
I think every country needs help at the moment.
But right now, you can see other convoy is starting a little bit everywhere around the world.
So I think this trucker convoy will be a thing that will maybe change everything that's what is going on all around the world.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
That's right.
It's incredible how when one person stands up and they're joined by another and joined by another and joined by another, that creates a chain that is a domino reaction.
And there's more of us than there are of them.
There are so many people that just want to live free.
We are the majority.
People who want to live free and have bodily autonomy.
And these truckers are showing it in such a beautiful way.
And without Rebel News and without your reporting, we wouldn't know it.
So we just want to say thank you.
And we just want to say that the job you're doing is inspiring around the world.
unidentified
Thank you so much.
I really appreciate it.
And if everybody wants to see all the reports on what we did here, you have convorereport.com.
And you can see all our reports on the convoy in Canada.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
It is remarkable how much the Freedom variant, how much it transmits, how easily it transmits between individuals.
There's now going to be a trucker convoy in the United States, and it is a...
Trucker convoy in Brazil and in Denmark and in Germany and you're watching it in Australia and New Zealand and now it's just popping up all over the world thanks to Canada.
Oh, Canada!
Man, I thought it was just light beer and maple syrup and hockey and then skiing and that's it and some nice cold weather gear.
You have given a birth of freedom to the world and so we are thankful.
unidentified
Thank you.
Well, not thank you to me, but thank you to them, because they make the difference.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
That's right.
It's amazing how thin-skinned these tyrants are when you stand up to them, and we are so proud to show it.
Alexandra, thank you for joining us today and for showing the people exactly what is going on.
I hope you are inspired.
unidentified
I hope so, too.
Thank you for having me today on your show.
Really appreciate it.
And I hope that everybody will watch the video and see by themselves the reality of what it is here to be on the ground.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Yeah, that's right.
Because there are so many lies out there.
Yeah.
All right.
Well, thank you again.
And we'll come back.
We would love to show more updates and thousands and thousands and thousands of people watched.
And so let's come back to this and do another report.
Alexandra, be safe out there.
Although it looks like people are ready to start grilling and drinking some beer.
unidentified
Yeah.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
Honk, honk to you.
unidentified
All right.
Thank you so much.
Have a very good evening.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
All right.
Bye-bye.
Thank you.
unidentified
Bye-bye.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼
All right, everyone.
So, hey, listen.
I'm going to take these out.
So, it was a little bit strange having the feedback loop.
So, I was talking a little bit slowly.
I was hearing myself in the ear.
And so, anyway, whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, guys, let me know if I can...
If you can hear me right now, are we good?
Sam and Alex?
We good?
Can you still hear me?
Okay, there we go.
Got it.
Alright, so, hey, ladies and gentlemen, that was our first live with a guest.
In our new studio and with our new software.
And so we're very, very excited about that.
We're going to be doing a lot more of that.
And my questions were very slow because one, I could hear everything I was saying like a minute, like a second afterwards.
And so it was tough.
And then two, I wanted to make sure that Alexandra from Rebel News understood and heard everything that we were saying.
It was obviously very loud there.
And she was wandering around in the middle of the protest.
Just a reminder, ladies and gentlemen, this is the power of what happens when you...
When you stand up to tyranny, when you stand up to the authoritarians, they fold like a cheap house of cards.
They are weak.
This is weakness they are showing.
By sending in the police and by utilizing their monopoly on violence, they are showing their weakness.
They are showing their hand.
This was a brutal moment for the tyrants in Canada.
And as you heard Alexandra say there from the ground, they're losing.
They're going to lose.
They're going to fold on this.
Justin Trudeau is going to lose and the people of Canada stand with the truckers.
Don't believe the fake news.
These truckers are peaceable, beautiful, wonderful people who just want freedom.
And that's what we all want.
We are born free.
Born free.
Men and women.
And we intend on staying that way.
And that is why I will be lending my channel to help.
These truckers fight for freedom, and all freedom fighters around the world, ladies and gentlemen, it's been our honor to bring you there, our first live interview, and it was an awesome one.
Please go follow Rebel News.
Thank you for following our channel.
Punch like, punch subscribe, ring that beautiful bell so that you get notifications when we're live with more...
Kick-ass interviews from around the world.
An international interview.
How cool was that?
Just want to thank the team for pulling that off.
Amazing, amazing stuff.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are winning.
They are losing.
And they're hysterical and stressed and freakish and totalitarian, fascistic.
Psychotic rules, lamentations, and lashing out is only going to strengthen our resolve.
Thank you for watching.
God bless you.
Have a wonderful evening, and say a prayer for the truckers, ladies and gentlemen.
God bless you.
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