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Right-Wing Americans Want In on Canada's Anti-Vax 'Freedom Convoy'
The anti-vaccine mandate trucker convoy is becoming an anti-globalist globalist affair.
Some of the United States’ most-right wing politicians and commentators are doing their damnedest to get into the middle of Canada’s No. 1 domestic issue: the anti-vax-mandate protest known as the “freedom convoy.”
Many non-Canadian figures started piping up in support of the protest after GoFundMe pulled the fundraiser for it, which had raised over $10 million, because of “police reports of violence and other unlawful activity” from protesters.
“It is a fraud for GoFundMe to commandeer $9M in donations sent to support truckers and give it to causes of their own choosing,” tweeted Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tweeted out that he “assembled a team to investigate their potential fraud & deception.” The West Virginia attorney general urged his followers to contact him if they were “victimized.” Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said that his office will be looking into whether “GoFundMe violated our state law.” Georgia Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene repeatedly called the company a “communist corporation.” Fox host Tucker Carlson is hawking “I Heart Truckers” merchandise, and Ted Cruz sent a strongly worded letter.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7n49w/right-wing-americans-want-in-on-canadas-anti-vax-freedom-convoy
Some of the United States’ most-right wing politicians and commentators are doing their damnedest to get into the middle of Canada’s No. 1 domestic issue: the anti-vax-mandate protest known as the “freedom convoy.”
Many non-Canadian figures started piping up in support of the protest after GoFundMe pulled the fundraiser for it, which had raised over $10 million, because of “police reports of violence and other unlawful activity” from protesters.
“It is a fraud for GoFundMe to commandeer $9M in donations sent to support truckers and give it to causes of their own choosing,” tweeted Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tweeted out that he “assembled a team to investigate their potential fraud & deception.” The West Virginia attorney general urged his followers to contact him if they were “victimized.” Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said that his office will be looking into whether “GoFundMe violated our state law.” Georgia Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene repeatedly called the company a “communist corporation.” Fox host Tucker Carlson is hawking “I Heart Truckers” merchandise, and Ted Cruz sent a strongly worded letter.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7n49w/right-wing-americans-want-in-on-canadas-anti-vax-freedom-convoy
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