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June 18, 2022 - Bannon's War Room
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Episode 1,940 – Between Peace And War: A Film By Claire DooleyEpisode 1,940 – Between Peace And War: A Film By Claire Dooley
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I think they know that we're peaceful, but they're just afraid if they let too many of us in there, they won't be able to hide the fact that there's so many people willing to stand up for their freedom.
What's the government so afraid of, you know?
free people, I think.
I'm going to be doing a lot of research on the internet.
I'm going to be doing a lot of research on the internet.
I'm going to be doing a lot of research on the internet.
I'm going to be doing a lot of research on the internet.
I'm going to be doing a lot of research on the internet.
I'm going to be doing a lot of research on the internet.
I'm going to be doing a lot of research on the internet.
I'm going to be doing a lot of research on the internet.
I'm going to be doing a lot of research on the internet.
I'm going to be doing a lot of research on the internet.
I'm going to be doing a lot of Stuck between a rock and a hard place right now.
Bring everybody in and risk their safety.
Or keep them out and say mission accomplished and go home.
and never actually do anything.
music It's a Saturday.
We've got a Saturday special or something very special and we need it.
We need it more than ever.
We need something that's going to, I think, jack us up.
And I've got a young filmmaker here.
You've seen her on the show a couple of times.
Normally doing things with Children's Health Defense.
Claire Dooley.
Claire, thank you so much.
We love this film so much that we've decided to take an entire Saturday morning and break it down and really show it as a special.
Between Peace and War.
The title's very evocative.
Tell me, what can the audience expect out of the film?
Why should they take part of the Saturday morning to watch it?
And what does the title mean?
Thank you so much for having me.
Yeah, so the convoy, I think a lot of people had expectations for it.
Just the trucker convoy.
The trucker convoy in America.
So in Canada we saw this, you know, the police came out and they acted in full force with brutality and so we didn't really know what to expect in America.
And so there was a lot of hype up, you know, the entire country came out to support the convoy coming across the country.
And as they came across, They landed in D.C.
and their main goal was to get the emergency orders lifted, but they, in the end, were not able to accomplish that.
So a lot of people were left feeling and wondering, you know, what exactly happened?
How did things end?
And for me, as a filmmaker, what I want to do is bring clarity to that and show what was accomplished and what actually happened in the end.
You kind of started off in this and never thought at the time you'd end up going the whole journey across America to Washington D.C.
and actually end up making a film about it.
Yeah, I mean, I think I decided on day, like, seven that I was actually going to make a film about it.
Before that, it was just a job to me.
And I discussed that in the film as well.
I just thought it was a job.
And then I started getting to know these people and connecting with them, and their stories were incredible.
And I just thought to myself, there's no way I can travel with these people for 30 days and not make a film about them.
Like, you know, it was a gut feeling.
It was like, I have to tell these stories.
Okay, this is very special.
It's Saturday, the 18th of June, the year of our Lord, 2022.
We've got a very special program.
We're going to take a short commercial break.
After the commercial break, we're going to show the film in its entirety.
We come back, I'm going to break it down with Claire Dooley, the filmmaker.
Here's the thing.
This is about the truckers.
steve bannon ▲ ● ▼
And we know from Sparopolis and other people that travel with them, it actually got everything, I think, America pumped up.
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And I think people really got jacked.
We need this spirit now more than any.
You know, we're going through this primary season.
We're going through a very tough time with inflation.
We're going through with everything.
But you're going to see really from the ground view of this entire convoy situation.
So let's take a short commercial break.
We're going to take a short commercial break.
And then we're going to come back.
When we come back, you're going to go directly into the film.
You're going to see this film in its absolute entirety.
And then we'll come back with Claire Billy.
Think you can hang it?
This is kind of like Turner Classic Movies.
I like this.
I get to introduce the filmmaker and then I'm like Mankiewicz, right?
So we'll come back and I'll be able to ask you questions.
Short commercial break.
We'll return between peace and war.
The filmmaker is Claire Dooley.
We're going to be back at the end of this short commercial break.
Go right into the film.
We'll see you on the other side.
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The small fringe minority holding unacceptable views do not represent the views of Canadians.
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18 wheelers jammed the streets of Ottawa, disrupting life for three weeks to protest vaccine requirements.
Restricting travel between Canada and the United States for weeks.
We learned from federal authorities that they froze 76 bank accounts.
Mounted police were moving into this area.
A woman was allegedly seriously hurt.
Tear gas canisters as well as rubber bullets.
Meanwhile, in California.
We got 20, 30 trucks here right now.
Maureen Steele is an organizer with the People's Convoy that's getting ready to head out Wednesday.
The Pentagon approved a request for 700 National Guard members to help both DC Police and Capitol Police.
Dana may be a sign they're taking no chances.
We have some very famous examples of shutting down roads and bridges that I think most Americans would agree with.
Where does the line between protest and insurrection actually lie?
In the aftermath of Canada's trucker protest, American truckers formed the People's Convoy, starting in Adelanto, California and heading east to Washington, D.C.
I'm a truck driver.
It's about letting our government know that you work for us!
Thank you.
This is Dr. Paul Alexander.
Hey, how are you guys?
Dr. Paul Alexander and Dr. Pierre Khoury stood behind the convoy proudly.
Hi, I'm Dr. Pierre Khoury.
I'm a lung and ICU specialist and I'm also the president and chief medical officer of the frontline COVID-19 critical care lines.
I'm Dr. Paul Alexander.
I'm an evidence-based medicine specialist, clinical epidemiologist.
The Canadian government institute a policy where Canadian truckers who went across into America as Canadian, they couldn't get back into the country unless they were vaccinated.
But right now we're in America and we're in California here as the trucks right now roll out across America on their people's convoy.
And the reality is they're asking for freedom to be given back.
As a physician, as a researcher, and as a COVID expert, we know the science, we know the data.
The truckers need that support.
And I'm speaking here on behalf of physicians everywhere.
Many physicians aren't speaking out, but they know.
They know their rights and their freedom to practice has been taken from them.
And who suffers?
The people suffer.
If you don't have a doctor in your corner, a doctor who can do the right thing and do the best they can for you, then what happens to you?
You get sick and you die.
The truckers are saying, look, with a gut feeling and common sense, this pandemic is done.
Omicron is very mild.
Why must I be constrained if I'm not vaccinated from earning a living, et cetera?
And the government did this.
So the truckers are trying to educate the public in a peaceful, peaceful, inclusive, blacks, whites, every possible ethnicity, religion, conjoined.
It's going to be a hell of a convoy.
It's going to educate the nation and bring them out as to why the mandates and the emergency declaration must end.
With around 25 trucks and various other vehicles, the convoy made their way to their first stop in Kingman, Arizona.
Great American Pizza and Subs hosted the convoy.
All convoy participants were given free pizza and supplies.
This ain't a right issue or a left issue, this is an American issue.
This is an issue as a person that lives on planet Earth.
This is a human issue that crosses all countries, not just the United States.
Alright, thank you everybody!
Though the convoy was already grown, what was more shocking was the people on the overpasses.
It was only day two, but the convoy had already grown.
And we quickly noticed that the people's convoy's words ring true.
This was a movement full of people of all walks of life.
♪♪ One of the things that I value is sovereignty.
There's no greater gift than the gift of having a soul, a spirit.
And moving, you know, in rhythm with God's wisdom, God's love, God's power, God's vision of who we are as a species.
So I think this movement is an aspect of that.
Young people have cameras and they're producing, directing, and pointing the cameras at some things that mainstream media doesn't point the camera at.
The other wave that's coming has a fresh new eye, fresh new heart, and a strong, strong spirit.
There is that old song from the 70s that the revolution will not be televised, and this is why I'm so happy that this is being recorded by all of these alternative media that are coming, because this needs to be seen.
That night, the convoy landed in Lupton, Arizona.
The next morning, the vice president of the Navajo Nation sent off the convoy.
Hello, my name is Myron Leiser.
I'm the Vice President of the Navajo Nation.
I'm here just to support.
We are the largest tribe here in North America and largest membership as well, over 400,000 of our people.
We don't know what revival looks like and I'm here to tell you all that revival starts in our own hearts.
And it catches fire and then God just puts a love in us for all the other people groups that you know people will know they're gonna look at this and what's happening and say I want some of that I don't even watch news anymore all I do is I pray and I discern the moment in the time so again It's just one of those things that if people, if a country is getting only one side of the story, then you know, they're being deceived.
So really, those of you who are worried about being deceived, you probably are already.
I know, you know, a lot of these people, they're truth seekers.
You know, be a truth seeker.
We're going to get ready to roll here, so I want everybody to get ready.
I'm excited for today.
It's going to be a beautiful drive.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you from the organizers.
Thank you to the organizers.
Thank you to the Navajo Nation for welcoming us in such a beautiful location and such a beautiful drive across this wonderful state today.
This is Brian Brause, one of the lead organizers.
The burden of being a leader was kind of just heaped onto you.
You didn't really say, hey, everybody, I want to be the leader of the People's Convoy.
I was making sure everybody was lined up for fuel and getting through the fuel pumps and the fuel bill was paid.
You know, I was doing all those things.
Basically, convoy operations is what you would call it, convoy ops, and wasn't focused on talking or any of that stuff.
I never set out to be the leader of the people's convoy by any means, but I guess being the person that's up there doing all the talking, it kind of just happens.
Seeing all the people in the overpasses had me thinking, was this really a fringe minority?
So I guess I'm just a minority.
The convoy rolled into Glen Rio, New Mexico.
Once I saw other people finally standing up, I was like, I have to go.
I'm scared, obviously, but I feel like I have to go.
When people start getting fired from their job, I say, you know what?
This is the fight that we need to stand on.
This is the last stand that America needs to really fight on because we don't want to be forced to put something into our body.
Instead, we have that choice, our constitutional rights that God gave us.
How long have you been trucking?
Counting today, probably 25 years.
What was your opinion on truck drivers, like before you came into this organization, to our convoy?
I think growing up, like in the media, the movies kind of portrayed truckers as like these kind of scary guys that are dirty, lone wolf, you know, probably addicted to drugs, and that was kind of my entire view of truck drivers before this, and now my views have Flipped around I would say.
So do you feel safe?
Yeah I feel more safe than I ever have with any other group.
Group of people.
Like last night when we were all hanging out, I felt safe and it felt like family.
I was the niece, you know, and everyone was taking care of me and asking me how I was and if I needed anything.
See, I'm glad you felt like that because it's going to take people like you, and America's seeing that right now.
See, this stigmatism has been portrayed for a long time with truckers.
We're learning now that for the first time in a very, very long time that America is on our side.
I look for a lot of other things other than people.
Do you notice anything else about those people?
They were black.
They were white.
They were Hispanic.
Do you notice anything else? I look for a lot of other things other than people.
Do you notice anything else about those people?
They were black. They were white. They were Hispanic.
They were everything that government tries to tell us that we're against.
But you couldn't prove that to me today.
You've seen people from all walks of life out there supporting, holding signs up.
You know, each one of them had something different to say.
And we were listening and we were watching, you know.
That is my America right there.
That is awesome.
Holy moly.
Oh, I have no...
Wow.
I'm not sure if I can do it.
I have absolute chills.
What?
You can't hide it like you can hide it on Facebook and Instagram and Twitter.
They can't hide this.
That's like why it's so powerful.
I'm literally looking at this with my own two eyes, and I'm seeing these people, and I'm hugging these people, and I'm talking to these people, and they're everywhere.
through the whole COVID thing, like I felt so alone every time I was posting.
My things were shadow banned and then the only people that were commenting on it were people who are looking for trouble and were like attacking me for my beliefs. Oh yeah, like now we have so many people that are standing up. Because Texas, you literally made me cry.
Our entire team was crying.
I saw these drivers tearing up.
It has been absolutely amazing.
And I always wanted to say this, so I'm going to say it.
God bless Texas!
Hundreds of thousands of people in each state that would be lined up along the interstate on every single overpass.
I've never seen anything like that before in my life.
It makes me speechless to be a part of something like this because this is what I've been waiting for my entire life.
Yeah, right?
Like, this is literally what I've been waiting for my entire life, like, to drive through the country and see all these people on the bridges, and hundreds and hundreds of people everywhere we go, thousands of people, and more and more people joining the convoy every day.
They don't care about all these stupid labels.
They just want to fight for freedom.
We're not just bystanders anymore because we're friends with people that are facilitating it no matter how tired we get.
And no matter how many hours we have to drive and how much trouble we have uploading this footage, like, we're gonna keep going because it's for them.
And that's where my bias began to come in.
So from this point on, it's no longer gonna be a documentary about numbers and technicalities and where we were and when we were there.
I fell in love with the people of the convoy, with their hearts.
I connected with them and felt everything just as deeply as they did.
To know why they were there That they were putting their livelihoods in the line for just a shot in the dark.
That they could change things.
That they could turn things around for the better of our country.
For the people that hated them.
That they were standing up for the rights of all.
I think if you were in my shoes, you would feel the same way.
So here's the journey from my point of view.
Because I realized at this point that it was no longer just a reporting job.
But it was time to tell their stories.
Who are you? Where are you from? When did you get into trucking?
My name is Mike Landis.
I'm from a little town out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania called Lidditz.
I got into trucking after I graduated high school in 2004.
I'm a third generation truck driver.
These two are my boys, Chase and Gavin.
And then I have fortune cookie quotes that actually have decent meaning to them, I feel, so I put them up there.
And this young lady right here, that's her graduation picture from high school.
Her name's Lauren and her dad is actually a fallen police officer.
She's a complete stranger's daughter that I met back in May of 2020 in Washington, D.C.
We spent three weeks on Constitution Avenue protesting certain things that were happening because of COVID and the trucking industry that we were kind of being taken advantage of and through that I ended up in the White House.
A lot of incredible experiences and I've met a lot of people that are, you know, across this whole country that have become People that I talk to, you know, even though I don't talk to them all the time, like they're still like an extended family.
I will be right back.
My name is Mike Landis.
I'm one of the organizers of the People's Convoy.
I need something special done.
So last night we were at the truck stop in Big Cabin and a friend of mine, Travis, that I met through doing the trucking advocacy stuff came to me and he's like, hey listen I got someone that you really need to talk to.
He starts telling me about how his grandfather ran a tank in World War II in Germany.
But as he's telling me this he starts pulling this flag out from behind his seat.
I immediately started tearing up because I know what this flag means.
Not only did his grandfather and this lady's dad serve in World War II, but he was actually killed in action in Germany in a tank in World War II.
This is the flag that came back over his casket.
Since World War II, this is the first thing she's seen that has represented freedom again.
And, uh...
To be able to be a part of that is pretty powerful so we appreciate your sacrifice and your family and we will fly this proudly and when it's done I'll personally deliver it back.
We came over here to Four States today because I wanted to make sure that it had a legit pole that will not give way under What this 6x10 flag will do with the wind drag.
Where are we?
We are in Cuba, Missouri at Dottie's truck stop with apparently most of Cuba.
It's...
Freedom! freedom! freedom! freedom! freedom! freedom!
freedom! freedom! freedom! freedom!
freedom! freedom! freedom! freedom! freedom!
yeah, yep, alright, thank you And I'm out.
Bye!
Alright, we just arrived in Indianapolis about 17 miles out at the Ted Everett Farm Equipment Shop.
Ted Everett Farm Equipment.
This is where we are sleeping.
It's our location for the night in Indianapolis.
Man, we've made it a long way.
We've done it!
All the way from California.
7 days!
7 whole days!
7 days!
So today is March 1st.
We are staying in Monrovia, close to Indianapolis.
We will stay today and tomorrow.
Tomorrow we will have a big rally over here.
And after tomorrow we will start heading east.
Right now we have open mic, so everybody can say what should say.
And there is a lot of people, a lot of voices.
And so the people told their stories one by one.
They stood on stage and shared that they had lost family and friends because their differences in views.
That because of the color of their skin they were told what they should think and what opinions they can and can't have.
That loved ones had died because of a failed vaccine or a medical system that put profits over people in a time of need.
That they'd lost their jobs, their livelihoods, and they were afraid.
One story in particular left a lot of us crying and wondering.
What exactly was going on here?
How can people be suffering so much yet still have so much hope?
My dad and now my little brother slumped over.
Non-responsive.
Could not breathe.
Had to give him CPR.
They rushed him to the hospital.
I spoke with the doctor and the doctor almost pretty much told me that he might be brain dead.
And so I was getting ready to leave Cuba.
And I went on, I don't know if all of you have seen me or not on my lives, but I'm an open book.
I share my life with all of you.
All of you are family to me.
If you're watching me, you're family.
And so I share everything with you.
I tell you what, everybody started praying when I told them the story.
30 minutes later, I get a phone call saying that my little brother is responsive.
Yeah!
Two hours later, my little brother's awake, wanting a cheeseburger.
Yeah!
I owe all of you guys a big thank you.
I appreciate all your prayers, I appreciate the fellowship, and I appreciate all of you.
There's no words to express my gratitude to each and every one of you.
I'm trying to speak without crying again because we've all shared tears.
We've all shed tears of joy, anger.
We shouldn't even have to be here if they would remember who they work for.
They work for us.
None of us should have to be here.
But thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
I can't express it enough.
Let God be with you.
Sincerely, Owen.
Didn't Bonnie and Alan read letters that families and children had sent them along the way?
Kelly's like their family to me.
Like, Alan and Bonnie are a mom and dad to me.
Alan keeps me straight.
Like, he puts me in check when I need it.
Bonnie keeps me on that morally right path.
My name is Bonnie Kelly.
My grandfather was in World War II.
When they put the flag on the back of the trailer, on Mike's trailer, my pap was the first person I thought of.
And I think he would be very proud of the people in the country standing up to defend their freedom.
He'd be right here with you.
He's right, he is right here with me.
He is.
Our RV became a safe haven where different journalists, convo organizers, and convoy participants would just come and hang out.
It's a movement, it's a huge movement, but at this point I call it a mission.
Because these people are literally depending on us to freaking save the day basically, right?
We're doing a candid talk.
You can come in.
See what happens when you hang around riffraff like truck drivers?
They just barge in like this.
Was that an awkward framing when I was like sitting like that?
How are you?
Good, how are you doing?
I've been eating Polish things and drinking Polish beer.
Did you have the Polish hot dogs?
Oh yeah.
We had Polish chocolates, Polish sausages.
The Polish guys are awesome.
And like the little thing is like swirling.
I'm gonna squish the idea of creating a short film with it.
Do you like it?
I think there's so much we could do with all this footage and stuff here.
But that's what I mean.
Like Jerry has come out of his shell.
I remember when I first met Jerry he was like, don't put me on camera.
Jerry don't trust too quick, right?
If I go to Jerry and I'm like, Jerry, they're legit.
Okay, if you say so.
He's like, let me show you how to blow O's.
He's like blowing O's.
He's like, I show you a V. We're in the hotel room last night and he's like, you see here, I have a piece of glass in my leg.
And he's like, feel it.
And he's like showing me this piece of glass he has embedded in his leg.
It's like the first day we met him, he was standing next to Trucker G. And I was like, would you like an interview?
And he was like, no, I don't think so.
And cue Jerry, just as if we'd wrote it into the script.
I was carrying this one from 2017.
And now I need you to sign it, please.
The feeling in my chest as I signed that flag was indescribable.
A feeling so strong that overcame any doubts I had about being too young to make a documentary about this.
Or not saying the right things.
All that fear melted away and I realized that all I could do was show the world how I saw this.
How I experienced the convoy.
And will you sign your name too?
To commit to it to the end.
And will you open your heart?
No matter what the outcome is.
Yeah, I told you guys this turns into a family.
We are the people!
Aim it at people!
Did you not learn from him?
We are the people!
You go down like that?
You gotta aim it at people! Did you not learn from him? Aim it at him!
So my mom always told me not to shoot fireworks at people and the one time I was persuaded to, I gave Jeremy Moser, a trucker from Pennsylvania, second and third degree burns.
Uh, we've smoothed it over, but, love you Jeremy, sorry about that.
And this is me realizing that it happened.
And these are the pictures of it afterwards.
That same night I spotted a trucker standing on top of his trailer with the camera, taking photos of the crowds, and I asked him if I could climb up there, and he told me that three other journalists had tried and failed.
I took it as a challenge, made it to the top, and met Art Tchaikovsky, a Polish-American trucker who owns a Facebook page called Big Rig Shots, with over 232,000 followers where he posts photos of big rigs.
He then introduced me to Robert Budzik, who ended up being one of the truckers that made it into downtown DC.
Art comes up to me and he's like, you have to meet Robert, you have to meet Robert.
And I'm like, okay, who is this guy?
He's like, you have to interview him.
And I'm like, okay, okay.
Like I will.
It's more of a Russian accent by the way.
We'll work on that.
I was taught different things and, and, and, you know, my parents were immigrants and they lived through communism, Poland and whatever.
The European people here or the immigrants here, um, at, you know, at this event, People are so passionate about it because they know the struggle.
They know, like, what's at stake.
I was born in 94.
I was probably in a truck since 96.
I would be, like, with my mom, for example, and we'd be coming back from California.
Well, Dad and my sister would be coming back from the East Coast, and we'd meet halfway.
you know, my sister would switch the sound of the engine and sleeping in the back and everything shaking and everything. I just as a little kid I just fell in love with it. They tried to talk me out of it my whole life. My whole life. They tried to like my mom, my grandma, dad, everyone like no no no you're gonna you're gonna go to school you're gonna be a lawyer you're gonna go Dude, you know, they tried so hard.
Tried so hard.
My mom got sick and my parents got divorced and then just kind of for seven years straight some people were dying and I was at a young age and just kind of so that put me in a weird place and then so I was separated from From trucking and basically normality, if that's even a word.
Normalcy.
Do you think that trucking, in a way, not saved you?
For sure.
100%.
I've met the best people in my entire life in this business and through these similar kinds of events.
Yeah, it's amazing.
It's amazing.
And a lot of people, I'm sure you know this by now, but who truckers are.
Do you consider them your family?
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
I mean, do you?
Yeah.
I mean, from this event, like it's... I do.
Like it's, you know, you've done this one event.
I've done several of these and just like, it's just the most amazing people that I've ever met in my life.
After seven days of travel, the convoy held a rest day in Monrovia.
I was finally able to have conversations with people without being rushed, which further built my confidence that these people had truly become like family to me.
And I know it sounds crazy and I know it's only eight days, but you ask anyone there and they felt it too.
Things were also really starting to change for Brian Brazee.
Early on, I barely was saying the whole lot up there.
I hate getting on stage.
I hate it.
I don't like to do that.
I felt weird and out of place doing it.
And then when we hit Indiana, it was pretty clear that if we don't start getting on stage and speaking, we're going to lose steam.
So that's when I kind of came out to the forefront and really talked and really started getting into it myself.
At this point, this is your It is the civic duty of all Americans and all citizens of the world to stand up!
I'll show everybody all the way out, like way out there.
Thank you all. We are the Choppers.
Thank you.
Thank you.
you Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, Let's sing it another time!
Amazing grace How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I'm found.
Was blind, but now I see.
Applause I'm a reporter for the Epoch Times.
The higher your degree, the more authority your word has, right?
PhD, whatever, in a certain subject.
And then just because they say it, right?
It's like a divine authority that you cannot question.
But I think people here can tell that there's a lot of questions, for example, about the vaccines.
A lot of doctors are being censored.
So is that scientific?
Is it scientific to censor the doctors that you don't agree with?
I don't think so, right?
Hi, this is Dr. Ryan Cole.
So, we supposedly have a free press.
They're not free.
They're corporate bought.
If you look at the dollars that have gone into these agencies, if you look at the fact that Bill Gates gave over $390 million to media companies, And his corrupt interest and his bragging of a 20 to 1 return on investment when he invests in vaccines as a trust in his agencies.
We look at all these collusionary groups coming together for one thing and that's money and not the health and well-being of humankind.
dr ryan cole ▲ ● ▼
Almost everybody I talked to here today has a family member that after the shots either had heart disease, myocarditis, heart attack, stroke, died, it is becoming a common, common story to find wherever I go, be it truckers, be it people of other walks of life, people are seeing the harm that these experimental gene shots are causing left and right.
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These truckers are not blind.
These are smart men and women that do their homework.
There are many organizations out there that can help you learn more about science and vaccines and censorship, but undoubtedly there was something deeper going on here spiritually.
Art told us that we needed to meet, in air quotes, a Jesus woman who had wrecked her car towards the beginning of the convoy and ended up riding with him all the way.
God has his hand on this convoy like you can't believe.
I've talked about it to others who are already.
And I've heard you say it before.
Oh, it's amazing what's going on in this place.
I can feel it.
It is.
And those who can feel it, those who know Christ, know it.
Even those who don't really know.
There's something going on here.
I don't know what it is, but there's something going on.
And there he is.
Because he's using this.
God planned this.
He put the ideas in men to do this.
I don't know how I'm so happy.
I mean, I'm, like, over here cheesing.
Is this really happy?
Yes, it is, because there's nothing so joyful as being in the place of Holy Spirit.
I saw your video.
Your girlfriend's flying somewhere today?
Yeah.
She's with the... She got up in the plane with the pilots.
The Freedom Flyers.
I was approached by two pilots who were offering to bring up a journalist in their Cessna to film the convoy.
My dad's a pilot, so of course I said yes.
So today we are going to find the convoy on the interstate and see if we can capture just the enormity of it, the length of it.
You know, we're here at 60 miles long.
You can't capture that in a drone, but you can capture it in a light aircraft like this.
Can you wee the fringe?
Yeah.
I love that.
Yep.
I'm very proud of my unacceptable views.
So, like, what would you say to people who feel like they're alone or feel like, you know, that they have to hide?
Right.
Well, that's normal.
That's natural to feel that way.
I felt like that.
I thought it was absolutely crazy.
Like, I always ask myself, am I crazy for not wanting to get the shot or not wanting to comply with this mandate?
But then Once you started seeing people get together, you realize that, in fact, you're not alone at all.
Fear is contagious, but courage is far more contagious and far more freeing.
And I believe the Lord is over this whole movement because He's the one that gives us our freedom.
Man can try to suppress it, but they cannot take that away.
It can only be amassed over.
It's so, so refreshing to come here and see that Christian sentiment and that Christian faith professed boldly and without reserve here.
And God will look down from heaven.
He will see that and He will bless it.
I know he will.
I'm sorry.
Don't worry.
There's a lot of these kind of restrictions and stuff that are encroaching.
There are some things that we can't do that are still as free as can be, and this is one of them.
Oh yeah!
It's a beautiful sight!
Yeah!
Alright!
There it is already!
That's crazy!
Freedom!
Yeah!
Yeah!
All these other people on the interstate are like, this is Nowhereville, Ohio.
Why is there so much traffic?
It's the human rights issue of our time.
It is an honor to be a part of it.
To support it.
They're not here for gain.
They're not here to make a name for themselves.
I mean, if not for power or money, they're here to have their lives back.
I think it takes a certain degree of bravery and curiosity and effort to do it by yourself, even though you know no one else is coming with you.
you. Yep. Yep. There's another bravery and curiosity to get everybody to come with you.
So. And to get on an airplane with two strangers.
And just like that we made it to Hagerstown, Maryland, the base camp outside of DC.
Though we expected a grand entrance, what we found was just as astonishing.
Miles and miles of standstill traffic from the masses of people coming to see the convoy.
We're just short and sweet, rigging pump up the ground.
Right, right, right.
Stick to the blue collar and all that.
Go!
DC, the government, whomever, can claim that they have all this opposition for us waiting in DC, but that flag on the back of my truck will go down Constitution Avenue between the White House and the Washington Monument. People from all across the country have showed their support.
They have donated so many goods to support us.
They have helped us with locations to park overnight.
They have lined the highways and they have crossed the bridges that politicians from all over the place have wanted to meet with drivers.
That means we're doing something right.
Along with apprehension came excitement.
People from all the surrounding states had flooded into Hagerstown.
There were more people and more fireworks and more flags than we'd ever seen before.
We'd finally made it to the backyard of D.C.
But with the media hyping up D.C.' 's preparations for the convoy, Brian decided to go in and check it out.
Going down to Washington D.C.
Incognito-like.
Take a look at all the Preparations that they've done.
Basically a recon team.
Going down to look.
See if they really got the vehicles on the off ramps to block it.
That's why I can't believe that I'm like scared to be down here.
I'm told there's people from up above high up that are saying do not go to DC proper.
Like they are seriously advising that we do not do it.
Like they're pleading and begging that we do not come downtown DC.
I'm gonna find it hard to believe that they would like seriously lock down the city to a I can't help but feel like my decisions are going to affect these people for the rest of their life.
You pray about it?
Are you religious?
is the one place that you should be able to have a peaceful protest.
I can't help but feel like my decisions are going to affect these people for the rest of their life.
You pray about it?
Are you religious?
Everybody prays with me every day.
I truly love all these people.
you And I don't want to see anything bad happen to anybody for standing up for their rights.
But, I'm with them.
Like, I want to go downtown too.
I want to go there.
I want to bring that whole freaking convoy right downtown and shut it down.
You have doctors.
Doctors.
That.
You.
What it took to cure COVID and didn't do it because they were worried about their job.
So they would rather let their patients die.
It's murder.
This murder.
It's murder.
And all of the politicians that stopped The use of these medicines.
That advocated against the use of these medicines.
Are you not like... It's murder.
It's literally murder.
I want to shut it down.
And I don't want to leave until they hear this.
Personally, that's what I want to do.
But it ain't just me.
We're talking, there's kids here.
There's families that have driven all the way from California with their kids even.
People have been sleeping in their cars.
People have been sacrificing their jobs, their income.
Everything to come out here.
And it's like, I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place right now.
Bring everybody in and risk their safety.
Or keep them out and say mission accomplished and go home.
I never actually do anything.
Maybe just do the beltway.
But even the Beltway, I feel like... I think it's a safer option, the Beltway, than going down.
But even the beltway, I don't know if it's...
I don't know.
If it accomplishes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Too easy to ignore?
Yes.
Yeah.
And so the convoy started looping the Beltway, the highway that surrounds D.C.
proper.
And at the same time, leadership began meeting with lawmakers.
And then Ted Cruz offered to ride in one of the trucks and hold a press release in downtown DC.
This shouldn't be a partisan issue.
This should be leave me the hell alone.
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And you know it was striking last week behind us I sat on the floor of the house 535 members of Congress there weren't five of them wearing masks in the entire thing.
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This is theater from politicians who are playing games.
I want to add something to what he's saying.
I kind of stepped in and just started talking if I remember.
I want to add something to what he's saying.
First and foremost, the people's convoy is not representative of the right or the left.
It's representative of the people of the United States.
And now is the time for the American people around the country, for the people around the world, to stand up for your personal freedoms, for what some would call your God-given rights.
Now is the time.
And I encourage truck drivers from around the world to stand up.
Senator, do you think the truckers should come into D.C.
like they did in Ottawa?
Look, I think that's a choice for them to make.
I understand there's some truckers that are concerned that they would face persecution.
I don't know if that would happen or not from the D.C.
government.
The Constitution protects free speech and it protects the right to peaceful protest.
It's crazy to think that I have my truck parked in front of the Capitol building in Peace Circle in Washington.
I don't know where this leads.
This is just the beginning in my opinion.
The Democrats wouldn't even meet with us, so that's your first sign there for them.
The Republicans will play nice on camera, but yet they don't actually do anything.
Every single one of them needs to be replaced, needs voted out.
I don't care how good you think they are, they're not.
And it's all about how they can get elected again without actually representing the people, but make it look like they're representing the people.
The Democrats do it by making it look like the country's racist, and hateful, and divided, and we need to make a change.
And the Republicans do it by pretending that they believe in the Constitution, and they represent you, and you could keep your guns.
Like, they do all of that stuff.
To get their base to vote for them, they are dividing us on purpose.
They are the ones that are ruining, single-handedly ruining this country.
It's not the corporations, it's the politicians that are ruining this country.
Period.
Because the politicians let the corporations do the crap that they're doing, and the corporations make sure they get plenty of money.
The idea was that at least the people would see firsthand that we met with these people and they still do nothing, even though in the meeting they said they would do something.
Day by day, people began to get more and more frustrated.
Wasting their gas, wasting donations, driving around a highway when really you couldn't even tell that you were in a convoy.
It seemed that a gap between leadership and the members of the convoy began to grow.
We're all going through a hard time and we're confused and it seems like, you know, the progress is taking very long.
But we're trying to do it right here, so it's like, it's kind of confusing because in a way, like, everyone probably feels like, hey, we should be doing something and we're out here kind of feeling like we're not doing anything.
But, you know, patience is the key, I guess, you know?
But I think it needs to be shared that I'm positive that everyone is feeling the same way and they have their ups and downs and we're riding like an emotional roller coaster.
So with over a week of caution, it was time to shake things up.
I know some people were thinking of leaving, they were getting discouraged because as I said yesterday, this is going to be a long process.
Today we're going to change up the route for the convoy just a little bit so you guys get a better glimpse of what the swamp looks like.
We're going to continue on our normal way down 495 and then we're going to exit on the 395 and go straight past the Pentagon and the Washington Monument.
A couple other journalists and I went to downtown D.C.
to get a better view.
And then, Chucker G called us with some surprising news.
Are you guys going to come through?
They're not going to be able to.
They won't be able to.
Yeah, they got every exit shut down.
Every exit?
6th Street, 11th Street is shut down.
They're going to have to find somewhere else, you know what I mean?
Okay.
So, are you saying the police have it shut down?
Yes.
Oh, damn.
That's confirmed?
You saw it?
Freeway and all the DC PD had all the ramps blocked.
Causing backups just like yesterday.
Like a bunch of goofballs.
Their cars, their vans, their dump trucks, freakin' baby carriages, whatever they could find.
It didn't matter.
Whatever they could find.
So when we saw law enforcement block off every exit into our nation's capital by trying to prevent us from causing traffic, they caused traffic that stopped the entire D.C.
area while we drove by in a perfect formation.
The core group of truckers that I hold dearest to my heart formed the Special Unit, which consisted of 13 highly skilled, communicative, and passionate drivers.
Alan, he pretty much let me know that the Special Unit was going to do some Special Unit stuff.
And I looked at him and said, yes, please.
Thank you.
Do it.
Do it.
And he went, I mean, they were doing it whether I said yes or no.
I rode along with Robert as the special unit attempted to communicate with law enforcement.
What are they doing?
They got a friggin... There's like a tractor or something up front over there.
Yeah, we have every right to go that way, so let's talk through this.
I just want to make something clear.
I'm Robert Butler.
Hey, how are you?
Matt Maul.
Hey, so I don't know what you think of this, but the group is here and we parked over here because we wanted to talk to you.
We didn't come here to block anything.
We just wanted to introduce ourselves so you see who these people are and who we are and that we're not dangerous.
We don't want trouble.
We don't want to eat traffic.
We don't want to do anything wrong.
So I just want to make that clear.
Again, I wouldn't be here just to meet you.
If I was afraid of you guys, I wouldn't be standing in the group.
I appreciate it.
I keep hearing you.
I know one legal ground.
The highway is closed.
We've closed the highway.
We do it all the time.
We do it all the time for different demonstrations that go on in the city.
We absolutely do it all the time.
So you just said it's you blocking the highway, not the trucks.
Is that correct?
So yeah, we have a portion of the highway blocked.
The trucks that are behind me are now in violation because they are parked on a highway and we're ordering them to move.
They blatantly were violating the U.S.
Constitution by blocking those off ramps.
We were protesting.
That was a peaceful protest, which we are allowed to do under our First Amendment rights.
I respect the badge wholeheartedly, I do.
But when you are taking orders that violate American citizens' constitutional rights, and you're executing those orders, that makes you just as bad as the people that are issuing those orders.
So, how are we supposed to know where we can go, where we can't go, when you guys randomly decide where you're... It's pretty clear.
Oh.
I understand, but then you're gonna go out... That's open.
I understand, but then you're gonna say...
You can refuse unlawful orders, and those orders were unlawful per the Constitution of the United States.
Those officers that were a part of closing down those off-ramps are in violation of our constitutional rights, and in my opinion, that's treasonous.
My name is Alvin Zook.
I'm from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and I drive Truck and haul livestock for a living.
We regrouped at a Walmart parking lot, had a good time there, you know, and just kind of came up with the plan this Saturday afternoon.
Alvin, Robert, Art, and Ryan decided to find a back way into D.C.
We're driving to the Capitol.
Just like nervous because we're so close and I'm like, just want to, just want to accomplish this.
You know?
It feels good, but I wish everybody else was with us.
The poor trucks that made it in parked next to the Washington Monument, but in minutes, they were met by DC police.
police.
So, I was just wondering if we could move those two trucks up, like, over here and just take a picture with the monument in the back.
Then we're out of the way.
Come on.
Please.
That's all we're asking.
This guy's got a gun.
All right.
Now, we're going to work with us at all?
She's got to move the car so I can get a gun.
Hey.
You don't ask, you don't know.
Their hope was to show DC police that they were respectful and peaceful.
They shook their hands in hopes to pave the way for the rest of the convoy to come in.
Well, goodbye.
I love chugging!
Hold the steering wheel.
No, seriously.
And so I held the steering wheel.
And then the next day, the full 13 made it into the city.
We're standing here and they're talking about what?
What you are free to do.
You are free to choose whether you're going to get the vaccine or not.
Everybody is free to make a choice.
But any other day, we might be swinging at each other over here.
But this right here?
It brings us together.
It's crazy, but that's the way it is.
Yes, sir.
We should probably get rolling.
Let's go.
Are you so mad?
Do you know why we're here?
Do you know why we're here?
Okay.
Okay.
Oh, seriously.
Oh my goodness.
That was so smart.
It's fine.
It's fine.
Hey, this is the perfect place.
If someone wants to give us some tickets and stuff, this is a good spot.
Everybody will see it.
Yeah.
I am honestly thinking about a veggie quesadilla or, well, or chicken shawarma.
Chicken shawarma.
Two seconds later.
How you doing?
Good.
I'm charging them all into my car, please.
We're going to do a quick DOT inspection.
Sure.
Good.
Take your four-way flashes.
Turn them off for me.
Sure.
Hey guys, they're doing a D.O.T.
inspection on me right here on the street, dude.
I mean, you're gonna get a ticket for parking abreast if you have an attack on the car.
I understand that.
I understand that.
I can't wait till the boys do another circle.
Right?
We should play the song, the boys are back in town.
The boys are back in town.
We bought the truck.
Yeah?
Thank you.
Thank you.
I appreciate the support.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah?
Awesome!
Well, hope to see you there, man!
Yeah. Robert barely pushed a line between peaceful and civil disobedience and all he walked away with was a ticket.
Everyone was ecstatic.
Dear Robert, happy birthday to you!
And many more!
Make a wish!
After hanging out and celebrating, everyone was really tired.
We were now on day 25.
But Robert, Art, and Alvin decided to go into D.C.
without the rest of the special unit.
This is the footage that they don't want.
They don't want us.
They don't want to see that other people are gone.
Look at that.
What?
Whoa!
Hey.
Hey, buddy.
Hey, my man.
You're about to be arrested.
Why?
You can't stop on a highway.
How am I gonna stop?
You can't be stopped on a highway.
You gotta keep moving.
So you gotta get back in the truck.
I understand.
So I gotta push it?
Yep, you gotta keep going northbound 295.
Stay on this road.
Okay, so how do I get into D.C.? ?
Can't get in D.C.
right now.
I've been in D.C.
for the past three days.
I got you.
Hold on a second.
Stop, stop, stop.
If you've been in D.C.
the past three days, you know how to get in D.C.
right now.
You can't come this way.
You gotta get back in the truck.
295.
Alright, let's go, sir.
What we need to do now, since we got that info, we need to go in through the back road.
Yeah, but why can't we take the main exits in there?
We can go in there... Well, this is just everything we need.
Yeah, we're going.
Why are you guys just closing it for us, though?
You're gonna lose your job.
Where's Jeremy?
He's outside.
Oh, he's getting the goods.
What is the department's confidence in the legality?
In the legality of the Roblox?
You're on a highway, you can be arrested.
For blocking the highway.
Right now you're blocking the truck from moving.
You're blocking the highway.
Right now, if you don't get back in the truck... Hey, what's your name?
Badge number?
What is it?
Captain Badge Shop.
What's your badge number?
C-140.
C-140?
Alright, what's your... Officer Blyer, 4810.
Officer Blyer?
What is your badge?
4810.
4810, you're with... Okay, thanks guys.
Metropolitan Police Department.
We're clearly allowed to drive in D.C.
You see, they're clearly blocking the exit ramps.
Officer, you want to get your hands off the car?
No.
I got another idea.
Just roll with me for now.
All right, I got your back, though.
You know that.
Oh, no way!
I'm spamming it.
They hold it close to the highway.
They have it all closed?
Right in front of us.
They keep going.
Right in front of us.
But Robert found another way in.
Like I said, we're not gonna be here that long, so... We just gotta let the dogs out to feed and stuff, so... I totally understand.
Alright.
Like I said, I'll be down there.
I'll be out as well.
Appreciate it.
Thank you.
Bye, brother.
What's happening?
We under inspection That was literally two seconds away from leaving I'm leaving.
Whatever.
He pulled up and I jumped out to help Eddie leave and then the other officer walks up to me and asked me why there's smoke coming out from under the truck and it's it's typical for this motor to have a little bit of blow by like compression a compression leak so it smokes a little bit because it burns a little bit of the oil And then it escalated from there.
And it's a problem too that you could fix quickly, right?
Yeah, yeah.
They're just tired of us.
They're trying to send a message, I'm pretty sure.
What do you feel today like the message is from the police given the way they've treated you guys?
They're tired of us trying to drive around on their streets and Trying to park places we're not allowed to park or take exits that they block just because they don't want us in here for no reason at all.
Blocking roads that we're allowed to go on.
We have every right to be on.
It's a public roadway.
The first couple days was fun for them, I think, but now they're tired of it.
Do you feel like even going through something like this is worth it?
I don't know.
I don't know.
Um... Yeah.
Why?
I don't know.
It's pointless.
They're just trying to, like, inconvenience you guys as much as possible, hoping that you'll never come back.
Right.
Right.
Or scare you, or... We're ready to go.
Questions?
Comments?
Concerns?
I've got a lot of questions, but you won't give me an answer.
You want to talk about it?
I probably can't give you an answer.
I apologize, but I probably can't.
How confident is the Metro PD in the legality of those roadblocks that are going in and out and constantly rolling?
See, that's one of those questions I can't answer.
The police waited with us until Alvin's tow truck arrived.
Within minutes, people from Facebook Live had paid for Alvin's tow bill and his tickets.
And don't worry, the towing company was convoy friendly.
Where's your tickets by the way?
And this is why I bought a studio speaker.
Just for this.
It's a tough life being an outlaw.
I never thought we'd have all six of us.
We need to put on some outlaw music is what we need to do.
Alright.
717.
Yeah!
Wait!
Woah!
Mama always said I was born on the wild side.
So we all sang at the top of our lungs, but I know deep down we all felt the same way.
Till the thunder, till the darkness pulls me under Gonna fly on wings of fire Breathing air, Lord, lift me higher And so we all sang at the top of our lungs, but I know deep down we all felt the same way.
Just confused.
I'm being a little negative Nancy right now.
I'm being a little... What time is it?
Sorry guys.
Midnight?
No, I like the negativity.
What time is it?
10.40.
Yeah, that's the negative time.
Every night is like that, Robert.
No, not every night.
We're making a change, you know, people thinking they will be more courageous to go after local authorities.
It's happening, buddy.
I'm wondering how it looks from like a house watching the video of what we're doing.
I might probably be that person that would be watching that and I would say What the **** are these guys doing?
They have two trucks and they're like, what are they trying to accomplish?
They have two trucks in D.C.
and they're starting... Why?
Why are these two people doing that?
And I don't know what the answer to that question is.
Or two, well, we rolled in with four.
But... Like, I guess... Like, we wanted... One, the situation with the roadblock and... That.
But...
Who am I doing that for anymore?
You know?
Like, am I doing that for someone to win a f***ing lawsuit?
You know?
Or am I doing, like, for the people?
Like, how's that gonna serve the people?
I don't know.
I just feel like we're, like, let down.
Like, in a sense.
Where's the people at?
Thank you.
Where's the people at?
There's two people?
I don't know.
There's an entire speedway full of people all here for the same reason and yet there's only three trucks in DC.
How's that?
That's our choice and stuff and whatever.
But maybe they're just smarter than us.
Alright.
How are you feeling Alvin right now?
Good.
Good.
Did we accomplish anything?
No.
But...
And the next day Alvin left.
And then, everyone else left.
The special unit.
And then I left.
I can't speak for what happened after I left.
But in my mind, People's convoys, we knew it, ended once they left D.C.
and headed for California.
I have nothing but respect for them, but it wasn't the same anymore after they left D.C.
And when I was home, I was just wrecked.
I mean, I was depressed.
I would replay everything that happened in my head over and over again.
They wanted us to forget everything that we had seen.
Everything we had felt.
All the people we had loved.
They wanted us to mark it off in our minds.
All the people sitting at home.
And all the people that were there.
They wanted to tear us down.
And then I started looking through the footage.
It seems like you have a positive view of the kind of work you want to accomplish.
Positive?
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Ha ha.
Bye.
This is the best thing I ever did.
Government is not what we're after.
We're here for God.
Those people who hesitate, or maybe have doubts.
We're not here for the people who know God.
They know God.
They're good.
But we're here for those who hesitate a little bit.
Do you think that you accomplished something right here in TBC?
I don't know.
I don't really know.
But I did what I was called for, I guess.
You see, the only explanation for all this, why it happened the way it happened, we got a call from higher power, and we answered it.
That's how we're fearless, we're smart, we're reckless, and we're good.
We never f*** up anything.
The last, the very last question.
What message do you have for me when I'm reading through this, listening through this?
For you?
For the month or whatever.
That's the problem with you, Clara.
You don't need any more messages.
You got it.
And we did not lose.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I love you.
I've never seen anything like that in my entire life.
And no one there had either.
Thousands of people.
Across one little line in the United States.
Stand with you.
That we're not alone.
That there was not a single city we didn't stop in.
There weren't hundreds of people.
And that every single overpass filled with crowds, and that when we landed in D.C.
filled with crowds, and even driving the Beltway, there were so many people that stood with us.
And I realize now that that was the whole point.
Was that through COVID, through the lockdowns, through the restrictions, through censorship and shadow banning, we were made to feel alone.
We were made to feel like a fringe minority, but we're not.
We're not at all.
If you took just half of the people that came up to show support as the convoy came across the country and showed up a second time, who knows what would happen?
The government wanted us to feel like we were losing because they were scared.
Fear is contagious, but hope is even more contagious.
♪♪ The next time I'm rolling into D.C. with a convoy, it ain't gonna be like the people's convoy was.
It's going down.
We are going downtown.
And if that's something you don't want to be a part of, and I'm asking you not to bring your kids.
I'm asking you do not bring your kids on the next one.
Because the next one's going down.
We're going downtown.
And we're going to shut down Constitution Avenue.
We're going to shut down First Street, Second Street, Third Street, Madison.
We're going to shut them down.
We're going to shut down Peace Circle.
We're going to shut these things down.
We're going to gridlock the National Mall area.
We're going to gridlock it.
And you should expect force being taken by the DC Metro Police Department.
Because that's who they are.
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