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Canadian eyewitness CALLS OUT media’s trucker convoy SPIN

The mainstream media — especially in Canada — wants you to believe the truckers’ ‘Freedom Convoy’ has been dangerous. But one journalist, Rebel News’ Lincoln Jay, tells Glenn the scene he’s witnessed for weeks now has been anything but. He says the truckers created a ‘family atmosphere’ in Ottawa, provided food for the needy, and even shoveled snow on city sidewalks. In fact, the only chaos Lincoln saw during the three weeks he covered the protest occurred when police arrived to clear the scene: ‘I’ve never seen such police enforcement in MY LIFE.’

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GLENN: Lincoln Jay, he is a video journalist for Rebel News. He was with the trucker convoy in Canada, and he saw it firsthand. Lincoln, welcome.

LINCOLN: Hey, thanks so much for having me on. How is it going?

GLENN: It's good. So tell me what is there any -- was there any reported real violence protesters that were out of hand at all?

LINCOLN: Well, I can tell you that I was on the ground since the 28th of January. I've been here for quite a bit. I was here for the duration of the trucker's convoy in Ottawa, and I have described it previously, as a family environment. No exaggeration.

There were kids, bouncing on bouncy castles. There was -- they had food tents set up, across the city in the downtown core, where they were feeding anybody in need. Not just supporters. The truckers. But even if you were just a homeless person in the city, just simply someone in need.
They were feeding everybody. So it's really crazy to see, how the media is -- in Canada is trying to spin this, into something it's not.

GLENN: And is the -- the people seem to be okay with it. At first. The Canadian people. And then they got a little pissy because of the -- the bridges, et cetera. Then they seemed to get angry with Trudeau. For not doing anything. And now he's -- he's really done something.

What do the average Canadians, feel about this?

How is this playing to the average person in Canada?

LINCOLN: To be honest, it's really hard to judge, like you said. At first, it seemed like everyone was on board -- but then people -- a lot of people started to feel like it was time for them to leave.

What I can tell you, is that the locals in Ottawa, from what I've experienced on the ground, just walking around and being here. There's like -- I would say about half of the locals, I've talked to in Ottawa, are on board with it.

And half, we just wanted them out.

They just thought it was time to leave, after the first weekend.

So I can only tell you -- sorry, go ahead.

GLENN: But I was going to say, but out of those half.

Did they think that this was justified to get them out?

LINCOLN: You know what, I can't comment on that. Because since -- since the emergencies act. Since we sought police enforcement, that we saw over the past few days. The city is like completely blocked off.

They've been out -- it's a red zone. So there's police checkpoints all over. And you really can't come into the red zone. Which is a big chunk of the downtown core.

Unless you live and work in the area. So honestly, it's a ghost town in Ottawa. I haven't been able to assess the situation. Other than what I'm seeing on television. On mainstream media outlets. Honestly, it seems like a lot of people think it was justified.

The way they took the protesters on. And that's what I'm --

GLENN: Jeez. So tell me what you saw.

LINCOLN: Well, what I saw, like I said, was a peaceful, peaceful protest, with no acts of violence, that I saw with my own eyes. For almost three weeks.

And then everybody had a feeling, that there was going to be some heavy police enforcement.

And then all of a sudden, we got a phone call, and we said, there's about 200 cops outside of the Westin Hotel, which is a hotel not far from Parkland Hill.

And then it was basically like a flick of a switch. They just went all out. I've never seen such police enforcement in my life.

It was intense. Pepper spray. Tear gas cannisters. As I'm sure you heard, my colleague got shot point-blank in the leg, with the rifle that shoots out tear gas cannisters.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh.

LINCOLN: So it was nuts.

GLENN: And they were also stopping journalists from recording. I've seen some really nasty footage of the cops trying to shut journalists down.

LINCOLN: Yeah. So there's a gentleman, by the name of Andrew Louton, from True North. He got pepper sprayed in the face, and then there's countless independent journalists here, that just have their phone out, and they're livestreaming. And on the Saturday night, there was a block party.

And so basically, the protesters the bottom pushed out of the street. Wellington Street. That runs right in front of parallel not hill. So they kind of regrouped.

And it was basically like a dance party. They were just playing music. And the police -- we saw the same strategies. The police formed a line. And they tried to oppressively push this whole crowd out. And in the process, they were literally shooting people's phones.

I talked to two people, who had their phones shot out of their hands. With rubber bullets.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh.

The -- the fact that these people, the police say now, that they are going to continue this investigation.

And anyone involved, is going to be debanked.

What are people saying in the -- in the protests?

Are they worried about these things?

LINCOLN: Well, I can tell you, firsthand, I spoke to a gentleman who traveled here from Winnipeg, to Ottawa, in support of the truckers. And I am assuming that he just donated some money, et cetera. And his bank account was frozen. I've done a full report on him. And he has no access to his funds. He can't make the debit purchase. He can't use his credit card. Can't take out money.

Can't send any sort of wire transfers. It's -- it's completely frozen. And the bank, there's just no transparency with how long it's going to be frozen for or anything.

So he's just left in the dark, with no access to his funds. He has bills to pay. He's got a mortgage. He's got a daughter. And ultimately, he has to get back home to Winnipeg. So he tells me, he's all right. But it's not that I can confirm, that's happening.

GLENN: How is he -- how is he going to get home?

LINCOLN: That's the question, you know, and that was the question too. Is they seize all these truckers trucks. Right?

If they seize their bank accounts, these -- a lot of the truckers. The gentlemen driving the trucks, the women driving the trucks, you know, they've driven three, four, days to get here.

So if they're freezing their bank accounts, they're taking their rigs. They have basically nothing. How are they supposed to get home?

GLENN: I don't know. But I think we should -- I watch these guys, and they were peaceful. They were rational.

They were creating a family atmosphere.

Everything that I've seen and heard about these guys. You know, this nonsense of the Nazi flags. There was one. And the protesters kicked that guy out.

And he was the only one, with his face fully covered. Why? Why? Why is that?

And we haven't found that guy.

This was not a Nazi rally. This was a freedom rally. And I think we should -- we should offer them a -- a sanctuary here in the United States, quite honestly.

LINCOLN: Yeah. And I can't reiterate enough. I cannot express enough, how -- how peaceful the environment was here. I've honestly never seen anything like it.

It was three weeks of straight protest every day. And the streets of Ottawa were completely clean.

Like just -- just completely clean. You had -- the temperatures are freezing here. It's a lot of snow.

Countless supporters, protesters. Shoveling snow in the streets of Ottawa. Like I said earlier, they were literally handing out food to anybody. Anybody. It did not matter.

So the fact in a Justin Trudeau has literally stated that the people involved in the condition invoice in Ottawa, were stealing food from the homeless. Could not be any further from the truth.

I simply don't know where he's getting this information from.

GLENN: Lincoln, how does this end? Does parliament meet today?

LINCOLN: Well, what I can tell you, is that Justin Trudeau is having a press conference, where I assume he's going to address the events that took place over the weekend.

And ultimately, the clearing out of the convoy. So honestly, it's over right now. Four days ago, it was filled with trucks. Filled with trucks. Wellington Street, Edmonton Street, right in front of Canada. Just filled with trucks.

Today, it is completely empty.

So my honest opinion, on where this goes, is I think Trudeau is probably just going to continue on, with how he's been acting. And what he's been doing. He seems to take no responsibility.

He doesn't want to -- he didn't want to negotiate, talk to the truckers, meet them halfway, in any way. He just stuck to his principles. He stuck to his agenda. Whatever that is. And he keeps moving forward. So it's tough to predict, where this is going to go.

GLENN: Lincoln, thank you very much. Stay safe. And tell all the truckers, and anybody you meet. To keep their chin up.

They've done a great job, keeping it peaceful. And letting the world see who the real fascists are. Thank you so much, Lincoln. I appreciate it.

LINCOLN: Absolutely. Thanks for having me on, Glenn. If you want to check out our coverage on the ground in Ottawa, we have a website called convoyreports.com. There you can see what actually took place hear in Ottawa.

GLENN: Thanks a lot. Convoyreports.com.

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Meet the pro-Intifada candidate NYC Democrats just elected

New York City Democrats just elected 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a "socialist Muslim", as the Party's candidate for mayor. But Glenn Beck argues that his radical beliefs are actually communist and Islamist.

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VOICE: Z10852. Something weird is going on. The World Trade Center is on fire.

VOICE: Seriously the top of the building. We're trying to get information.

VOICE: Top level of one of the --

VOICE: To unfold from New York City.

VOICE: A plane crashed just --

VOICE: My sister is in that believe. I hope she's okay. I have to come to New York.

VOICE: It's pandemonium.

VOICE: It's raining papers.

VOICE: Wait a minute! Stop just a second. Why are we -- why are we -- I've got breaking news. Breaking news, yesterday. New York City just elected as their mayoral candidate for the left. And the Democrats, a -- a Muslim radical, who is also a communist!

So, you know, it only took you 25 years. It only took you 25 years, New York, to go completely insane.

Somebody who is -- well, I mean, if I might quote Michael malice today. I am old enough to remember when New Yorkers endured 9/11 instead of voting for it.

But you've got a -- you've got a communist jihadist apologist now.

Who was -- you know, well, CAIR put $100,000 behind his bid for New York City mayor.

So you have somebody who is endorsed by CAIR. That's really good.

He also was somebody who said, you know, he was -- he was for the shooting of the United Health Care CEO.

Said he was looking forward to driving down magnum Joan avenue. I don't know. Sounds like supporting people in the streets. Maybe it's just me.

Then he also said that he was going to globalize the intifada, which I think that's -- maybe -- maybe that's just me.

I mean, what do I know?

Tim Miller who is a podcaster. Asked him a few weeks ago. Asked him about his pro Palestinian slogan. Globalized the intifada. And he said, for me, ultimately, what I hear in so many, is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights, in standing up for Palistinian human rights. Oh, is that what you hear, Mr. CAIR?

Really? Huh, that's interesting.

Right. So globalize the intifada.

I mean, I mean, sure, that's -- I mean well, let me go on.

Because I don't want to take him out of context.

He then delved into the semantics of the intifada, citing the United States Holocaust memorial museum's use of a word for a translation for uprising, in an Arabic version of an article, a museum published about the Warsaw ghetto.

Oh!

So this is just a comparison, about the -- the armed rebellion against the Nazis!

I don't know if that makes me feel better!

I mean, if we're globalizing that.

We're the Nazis in this scenario.

Because I don't think it's the Palestinians.

I certainly don't think it's anybody who is like, hey.

Global jihad. I don't think it's those guys.

Or the Nazis. Who are the Nazis in that?

And it seems, if that's what you mean, then it's not just a harmless kind of slogan about human rights. It is a call for violence on the streets.

Because I don't know if you know, that's what happened when the Jews had their uprising against the Nazis.

I'm just saying!

But, hey, hey, free Palestine.

Oh, that's not what that means, gang. That is not what that means, but don't worry about it. He's just going to be possibly the new mayor.

And that's great. By the way, the Columbia faculty members signed a letter defending Hamas.

They were also among the donors to his mayoral campaign.

So, you know, you don't have anything to worry about.

And his father, who used to work at Columbia. Do you know, Stu?

Is his Dad -- is he still a professor at Columbia University?

He said that -- this violent terror thing of Islam, is not a part of Islam. Now, I've read the Koran, and much of the hadith.

And I'm pretty sure the violence is a part of that. But no.

No. This is something entirely new.

And his father while at Columbia university, wanted everybody to know, that this is actually -- this is something that came out of America!

America is really responsible for this.

And, you know, it really started with the Reagan administration, you know, when he started -- when he started with his very religious terms, to finish the war against the evil empire.

So, you know, that's where -- that's where 9/11 came from.

Is what -- don't worry about it! Don't worry about it!

Because who am I? I'm clearly just -- am I an anti-Semite today, or am I an Islamophobic? I can't remember which one.

Oh, it's probably both. Anyway, Islamophobia. Let me just explain Islamophobia. I haven't even gotten to the Communist part of it. Which is really, really -- New York, you're in one for hell of a ride. Buckle up.

It will be a fun rollercoaster for you. My gosh, I've never been happier that I've been away are if New York.

Anyway, I just want I to know, there is Islam. And then there is Islamists. Now, an Islamist is somebody who really wants Sharia law.

That's political Islam!

That's not a faith. That's political Islam.

Now, let me make really -- something really clear. Criticizing Islamism, is not Islamophobia. Pointing out the dangers of, oh. I don't know.

Political Islam. The ideology that seeks to use the tools of democracy, ultimately to destroy democracy, is not an attack on Muslims.

No. Uh-uh.

You know why?

Because Muslims are often the first people in line.

The first victims of the ideology.

So let's draw a bright, bright line between Islam as a faith, millions of people can practice that faithfully and peacefully.

It's mostly peaceful, okay?

Then there's the Islamism.

Islamism is something entirely -- that's a political project.

A theocratic political -- oh. Left loves theocracies. They love it.

Of course, you never see a problem with it.

See it when an Islamist is touting it. Anyway, it's not about prayer. It's not about fasting. It's not about spiritual life.

It's all about power. It's about merging of mosque and state. It's about implementing Sharia, not as a personal code of conduct. But as a governing legal system.

And it's -- it's supremacy.

Absolutely. Faith.

Religion.

It's -- there's one thing that's supreme.

It's misogynistic.

Deeply intolerant of all kinds of things.

Descent. Secularism. Other faiths. Even competing interpretations from inside the faith itself.

It will behead them too.

So let's -- let's be honest here for a second.

You know, CAIR should be labeled an international terror organization.

In my opinion. In my opinion.

Oh, does that make me -- that makes me an Islamophobe. I'm sure. I'm sure they will start a campaign against me on being an Islamophobe.

Stand in line, guys. You've been doing it since 2001, okay?

I don't really care. And I don't think the American people. I think that record, all the grooves are worn-out on that one, okay?

This is not a religion we're talking about. When we're talking about Sharia law. And we're talking about globalize the intifada. What does that mean, actually, to globalize it?

Does that mean we now want to do what is happening to Israel? All over the world?

Has the Palestinian plight become our plight you now, as Americans?

That there has to be an intifada here!

Because it's the kind of the same. You know. It's kind of the same over, you know, with what the Palestinians are going through.

Well, it's very much like what the Jews went through with the Nazis.

That's a weird one. That one makes my head hurt. It's very much the same as that. And very much the same as the fight against Donald Trump.

Oh, this is going to be fun. It's fun!

Really fun. You know, the irony here is, the ones that will scream Islamophobia the most, are the ones in the progressive left, the champions of feminism, LGBTQ rights. And secularism.

They're going to -- no. You want -- they're going to stand with the people, who want to kill them first.

See, this is how smart they are!

This is why it's going to work out well, in New York City.

Let me just say. If you have an ounce of common sense, you run a business, you have an ounce of wealth. And I don't mean wealth like, you know, hey, Lovey.

Let's get on the boat for a three-hour tour with a suitcase full of cash. I mean you saved anything, anything, get the hell out of New York City.

I mean, this is about survival. This is about free speech. This is about women's rights.
Religious pluralism. Secular legal systems. Liberal democracy.

But it's also about failed principles of Communism. Okay?

First, you have to call out political Islam for what it is. Okay?

And we have to do it with the clarity that we call out white nationalism.

Got to do it with that. Got to -- you know, the Klan. Really bad people.

Really bad people.

Anybody who is shouting for globalized intifada?

Pretty bad. Pretty bad people.

Okay?

Now, let's get to communism.

Because that's another cool, cool angle of the new Democratic candidate for -- for mayor of New York City.

That I just -- I think is cuddly and cute. Sure, it led to 100 million deaths. But this time, New York is going to be radically different. Oh, did I use the word radical?

I didn't mean to use that. What's radical about this guy?

Nothing. He's just like you!

Well, not exactly.

But let's talk about communism, next!

Now, the new mayoral candidate that's running there in New York City. That so many young people rushed to defend and vote for. He's promising free buses.

That's going to work out.

Where are you going to get the money for free buses.

It's free!

City-run grocery stores.

Oh, rent freezes. And finally somebody has done it. A 30-dollar minimum wage.

So under the banner of equity. And, you know, we will tax the wealthy. And the corporations. You know, we're going to squeeze another $10 billion out of them.

Really?

Because they're going to call a U-Haul.

You know, they will call something like U-Haul. There will be a lot of -- there will be a lot of movers that are like, how do I get the truck back from Texas or Florida back up to New York? Nobody is moving up there.

But he's going to do it.

Now, his vision isn't really new. You know, just -- just tax people, so we could have city-run grocery stores. You know, I remember -- I'm old enough to remember those city-run grocery stores in Moscow.

They were great.

The shelves were empty.

But that's just Moscow.

It worked out completely different in Venezuela.

Where, oh, no.

It didn't. That's right. The grocery store.

They were eating the zoo animals.

But it will be different in New York.

Because they have rent controls too.

And that will just choke the housing supply, but don't worry. As a young family.

You know, you voted for it.

You know better.

It will work this time.

So, you know, I like building ideas, I just don't like usually building on the graves of 100 million people.

But, you know, why not? Why not?

You know, use this dogma.

And this time, it will be different. It's not like it was in China. Where the great leap forward, was a gross -- a gross parody of progress. Venezuela, which was oil rich. One of the richest nations in the hemisphere now sees 90 percent of its population in poverty!

Yeah. Darn it. You know what they did?

They decided to take state control of things.

You know, like grocery stores. And it worked out well. How is that free busing working out in Venezuela?

I just want to -- I just want to know.

Anyway, then you've got the globalize the intifada. Which is going to drop a little violence in, and anti-Semitism in with your communism.

Which is weird!

Because violence and anti-Semitism, always happen. When it -- when it comes to -- when it comes to communism.

This is weird!

I've got to play something for you. Because this has talked about on me earlier this morning.

Oh, wow.

Wait a minute. This is -- this is the whole coalition coming together here.

So this is going to be good. New York, this is going to be great.

It's going to be great for you.

No. He's going to uplift you. Then the social fabric of New York City is just going to be -- just one.

It's going to be fantastic. Don't worry about your 120 billion dollars in debt. Or your 10 billion-dollar deficit that you have right now.

You are going to charge the rich more taxes, and they will stay right there.

They will be like, you know what, that 46 percent in taxes that I'm paying, this is just not enough. It's just not enough.

I need to pay 60 or 70 percent to be able to pay my fair share. So that's good. That's good. That's good.

You know, they're not risking 100 million people. It's just 8 million people.

This time, it's just 8 million people.

But, hey. For those of you in upstate New York. That aren't going to be part of this experiment.

Don't worry, you get to pay for it. Because they'll kick it up to the state. The state will have to subsidize everything. And don't you love it?

Really, don't you want to subsidize the really crazy ideas of New York City?

I mean, why don't you have a -- why don't you have a democratic socialist. A/k/a communist mayor.

Why haven't you done that? Are you not progressive enough? Are you not looking into the future?

Are you stuck in the past?

I don't know. I don't know. The graveyard is pretty big. I have a hard time getting past that one. You know, yeah, so I'm stuck in the past. Because I can't seem to pass that graveyard, and get to be down the path with you. But it's going to be a paradise.

Forget arithmetic. You know, or human nature. This time, it's going to work. It's going to work. So all right!

Wish I lived in this morning.

No wait. Nope. I don't. Nope, I don't.

And Ted Cruz, stop it. Stop writing, hey, come to Texas. No. No. Don't come to Texas. Don't come to Florida. Go to California. It's beautiful this time of year. Go there. Go there.