Reaction & Commentary
ON FREEDOM CONVOY PROTESTERS. UNDER THE EMERGENCIES ACT, THE GOVERNMENT IS INTRODUCING MEASURES AIMED TO CUT OFF THE PROTESTERS, CUT THEM OFF FROM THEIR MONEY. ALL THE FUNDING. THAT WOULD INCLUDE CROWDFUNDING PLATFORM, BEING USED TO SUPPORT THE BLOCKADE. HOWEVER THE CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, ASSOCIATION SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT MET
THE STANDARD FOR INVOKING THE EMERGENCY ACT AND AT LEAST FOR A COCANADIAN PREMIERS, THE EQUIVALENT OF STATE GOVERNORS, YOU COULD SAY, CALLS IT OVERREACH. THE CANADA PUBLIC SAFETY IS DEPENDENT THIS EXTRAORDINARY MEASURE. >> IT IS NOT JUST INCONVENIENCE AND NOT JUST SIMPLY A MATTER OF A TRIVIAL INTERRUPTION. WE HAVE SEEN INTIMIDATION,
HARASSMENT, AND EXPRESSIONS OF HATE. AND AT TIMES, IT SEEMS ON THE STREETS OF WELLINGTON, HAVE SEEMED COMPLETELY LAWLESS. >> Harris: ALL RIGHT COME I TO START WITH BREAKING NEWS. KAYLEIGH IT IS SIGNIFICANT OTTAWA POLICE CHIEF WILL NOT TAKE ACTION ABOUT BREAKING UP THE BLOCKADE. LOOK, THE PRIME MINISTER HAS THE
OPENING AND YOU WANT TO TALK BIG AND BAD AND SAY, I’M NOT BRINGING IN THE MILITARY YET. YOU WANT TO DO THAT, LET ALL YOUR PEOPLE, LET THEM SIT DOWN AND YOU TAKE OVER AND SEE HOW POPULAR THAT MAKES YOU AROUND AD THE WORLD. >> Kayleigh: THAT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENT THE
LAST HOUR OF YOUR SHOW. YOU HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYING ESSENTIALLY THIS IS GOVERNMENT OVERREACH, I AM RESIGNING THE PROTEST. THE EMERGENCY ACT IS ONLY TO BE INVOKED IF A THREAT TO THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. SO YOU ARE TELLING ME, THESE PEACEFUL TRUCKERS, WHO ARE OPPOSED TO MIKE OPPOSING GOVERNMENT OVERREACH SURROUNDED
BY KIDS AND FAMILY ORIENTED AFFT IS A THREAT TO THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA? I DON’T THINK SO JUSTIN TRUDEAU! I DON’T THINK SO. WHAT IS AMAZING THEY ARE PROTESTING GOVERNMENT OVERREACH AND JUSTIN TRUDEAU, THE ANSWER MORE GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> Harris: I KNOW.
THAT IS IRONIC THAT YOU SAY THAT TOO, NOT ONLY ARE THEY PROTESTING GOVERNMENT OVERREACH, BUT HE’S NOT LISTENING TO WHAT THEY ARE SAYING AT ALL. HE THROWS IN A THE ONE LITTLE BIT OF STUFF THAT IT IS OVERREACH BUT IT DOESN’T MATCH THE SITUATION. WHAT IS HIS GOAL HERE, RIGHT?
90% OF THE TRUCKERS UNION IS VACCINATED. WHAT IS HIS GOAL? WHAT IS THE MANDATE ABOUT? I DON’T EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT. >> IT IS PART OF THE ONGOING ABOUT THE NATION HERE, THE WORKERS COMING TOGETHER, THE BLUE-COLLAR REASONABLE, RATIONAL EVERYDAY AMERICANS THAT WORK TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.
THAT IS RISING UP BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS IN CHARGE AND BEING EVEN MORE BLOATED WITH CONTROL. THE SECOND IT IS QUESTIONED, PUSHED BACK, THEY RESPOND WITH MORE CONTROL, MORE MANDATES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, AS YOU SAID, CANADIAN HISTORY THIS IS INVOKED. AND WHEN IT IS THREATENING THE SOVEREIGNTY OF CANADA AND THE
ABILITY FOR THE PROMISES TO HANDLE IT. SO YOU ARE TELLING ME WORLD WAR II, ALL THE CALAMITIES CANADA HAS UNDERGONE AND ITS HISTORY, NONE OF IT ALL PALE IN COMPARISON TO TRUCKERS PROTESTING THEIR FREEDOMS. MEANWHILE, AS YOU POINTED OUT THE PRIME MINISTER REFUSED TO MEET WITH THEM. HE HAS NEVER HEARD FROM THEM
ONCE, BUT HE TOOK A KNEE AT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST TO THE STOPPING OF HIS COMMUNITY. THIS IS PERFORMATIVE. YOU HAVE NOT ENGAGED IN ONE POLICY SO ALL THIS GUY DOES IS TIGHTEN THE REINS ON THESE PEOPLE AND ENGAGE IN PERFORMATIVE ACTION. >> Harris: YOU KNOW WHAT
STANDS OUT TO ME, JASON, AND KAYLEIGH ANALYSIS OF THIS ALSO WILL SO THEY WANT TO HONK THEIR HORNS AND TRUCKERS DO THAT WHEN THEY GO DOWN THE ROAD AND KIND OF COOL IN THE SUMMERTIME. I WILL HONK AT A TRUCKER. WHATEVER! THEY DON’T EVEN WANT TO HEAR THAT. THEY ARE ARRESTING PEOPLE WHO
HONK THEIR HORNS BACK. REMEMBER THE GREAT GRANDFATHER, 78-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM A THEY ARRESTED HIM IN CANADA BECAUSE HE WAS HONKING HIS HORN BACK STATING I SUPPORT YOU GUYS. WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME, JASON, THERE IS NO RESPECT FOR DISSENT IN A DEMOCRACY. WHAT DO WE CALL THAT KIND OF GOVERNANCE?
>> Jason: YEAH, THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF MARTIAL LAW. HARRIS, TO YOUR POINT, WHY HASN’T JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAT DOWN WITH SOME OF THE TRUCKERS AND HEARD OUT THEIR GRIEVANCES? I THINK THEY ARE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT UP A LOT OF CANADIANS AND QUITE FRANKLY AMERICANS ARE FEELING ABOUT THE MANDATES.
THEY ARE NOT ABOUT AGAINST GETTING VACCINATED BUT DEMANDED TO GET THE VACCINATION. IT IS INTERESTING “THE NEW YORK TIMES” EDITORIAL BOARD HAS COME OUT AGAINST WHAT TRUDEAU IS DOING. THEY POINTED OUT A GOOD POINT THAT I DIDN’T KNOW, TRUDEAU SUPPORT OF THESE TYPES OF BLOCKADES IN INDIA.
HE WAS TOTALLY FINE WITH IT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. BUT NOW THAT IT IS HAPPENING IN HIS OWN BACKYARD, WHERE DOES THIS END FOR HIM? WHERE DOES THIS END FOR HIM? HE DOESN’T HAVE AN END POINT AND WILL LOSE THE SUPPORT OF THE CANADIANS. TO THE FRIENDS TO THE NORTH, YOU
PUT HIM IN POWER. IF YOU WANT TO SEE A CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF HIM. >> Harris: FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. LESLIE, YOUR THOUGHTS. >> Leslie: THANK YOU. I’M GLAD YOU GOT TO ME IN TIME. I’M SORRY, I HOPE THIS PRESIDENT — THIS IS WHY, JUSTIN TRUDEAU HAS THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE IN OTTAWA ARE AFRAID TO. THEIR SECURITY IS THREATENED AND THEIR ECONOMY IS THREATENED. OUR ECONOMY IS BEING AFFECTED BY THIS GUY AND SPEAKING OF ECONOMY, 50% OF THE FINANCING FROM THIS IS COMING FROM THE UNITED STATES. >> Kayleigh: WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE AFRAID? WHY ARE THEY AFRAID?
>> Harris: IT’S NOT LIKE THEY ARE BURNING DOWN CITIES. >> Leslie: THERE IS A SPECIAL HOT LINE FOR HATE CRIME RIGHT NOW AND THAT PROVINCE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THIS. >> Kayleigh: THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S BEING UTILIZED. THERE ACTUALLY ISN’T A WHITE NATIONALIST — >> Leslie: AND INDIVIDUALS — THEY ARE FIGHTING THESE
INDIVIDUALS AND IN ADDITION TO THAT THE MAJORITY, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY BACK WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE IN CANADA WITH REGARD TO COVID, THE MANDATES, THE VACCINATION SPIRIT HARRIS POINTED OUT RIGHTLY SO 90% OF THE TRUCKERS ARE RIGHTLY VACCINATED. AND IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THEM BUT ALSO BLOCKING BUSINESS TO THE
UNITED STATES AS WELL. AND THAT AFFECTS OUR SUPPLY CHAIN. >> Harris: FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS, I WANT EVERYONE TO HEAR WHAT EMILY SAID BECAUSE YOUR QUESTIONS WERE VERY IMPORTANT. LESLIE COME I DIDN’T KNOW IF YOU COULD HEAR THEM. >> Leslie: I CAN’T WHEN YOU ARE ALL TALKING.
>> Harris: TELL ME ABOUT THE HOTLINE? >> Emily: NUMBER ONE THE EXISTENCE OF THE HOTLINE IS NOT EVIDENCE IT IS BEING USED AND THE TRUCKERS REPORTED THERE WAS ACTUALLY AN ABSOLUTE ABSENCE OF ANY WHITE SUPREMACY OR NATIONALISM OCCURRING THERE. NUMBER THREE, THE FACT 90% OR VACCINATED HAS NO BEARING HOW
THEY FEEL ON THE MANDATE. YOU CAN BE VACCINATED AND PROTEST AND FEEL STRONGLY AGAINST A VACCINATION MANDATE. IT IS COMPLETELY PEACEFUL THERE. THE EXISTENCE OF FEAR ON THE PART OF SOME PEOPLE IS NOT EVIDENCE THAT LOGICALLY THEM IN FOR THERE IS A THREAT. PEOPLE BEING AFRAID ARE PROBABLY
BECAUSE OF OUTLETS LIKE CNN OR STOKING IT IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA BECAUSE OF REPORTERS — PEACEFUL IN THE U.S. I DIDN’T HEAR YOUR QUESTION. >> Leslie: WHAT ABOUT THE POLICE STATING THAT THE 911 CALLS HAVE SENT POLICE TO OTHER PLACES AND FALLS CUMMINGS TO THE UNITED STATES? >> Harris: WHAT DOES THAT HAVE
TO DO WITH A WHITE SUPREMACY HOTLINE? YOU ARE ALL OVER THE ROAD WITH THIS, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DECEMBER 2020 IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN PEOPLE WERE BURNING THINGS DOWN AMIDST THE PROTESTERS. THERE WERE — CAN YOU IMAGINE PEACEFULLY PROTESTING AND YOUR BABY AND THE STROLLER FIGHTING
FOR JUSTICE WITH YOUR WORDS IN YOUR HEART AND PEOPLE ARE TEARING YOUR CITY DOWN? WE DIDN’T HAVE ANY KIND OF A REACTION THE WAY THAT THEY ARE HAVING A REACTION, NOT EVEN LEGALLY. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATING THOSE CASES AND ARRESTING MORE PEOPLE WHO WERE TURNING
