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In GOP embrace of truckers, some see racist double standard
The Associated Press ^ | February 18, 2022 | By COREY WILLIAMS and SARA BURNETT

Posted on 02/18/2022 6:05:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Former President Donald Trump, who repeatedly called Black Lives Matter protesters “thugs” and “anarchists,” said there’s “a lot of respect” for the overwhelmingly white truckers who blocked streets in the Canadian capital and shut down border crossings with the U.S. to oppose COVID-19 restrictions.

To Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, the truckers who parked bumper to bumper are “heroes” fighting for a righteous cause. Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity sent “solidarity, love and support” to the drivers, who also defied police orders to clear Ottawa’s streets and ignored a court order forbidding them from blaring their horns. GOP Sen. Rand Paul encouraged them to head south and “clog” streets in the U.S.

The embrace of the truckers by some of the nation’s most prominent conservative voices has drawn new accusations of hypocrisy and allegations that GOP leaders apply a racist double standard to large protests, including the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol involving a mostly white crowd of Trump supporters.

“This shows again that there is just an unequal right to express dissent in the United States,” said Karen Pita Loor, a professor at Boston University’s School of Law. She called conservatives’ support “two-faced,” saying that conservatives appear to support a white, conservative rights movement, but “when you have Black Lives Matter protesters on the street that are ‘thugs,’ they scare you.”

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; blm; ccp; china; convoy; coreywilliams; democrats; freedom; journalism; media; mediawingofthednc; panicporn; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; press; racist; ronklain; saraburnett; virus; wuhan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

*screaming at phone*

IT ISN’T ABOUT YOUR #%€£ COLOR. SHUT UP ABOUT YOUR #%€£ COLOR.

*sorry*


21 posted on 02/18/2022 6:20:34 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

BLM protests were blocking roads, keeping people from getting to work and back, blocking business, blocking interstates. And looting and burning.
Since the truckers aren’t doing those things, there is no comparison.


22 posted on 02/18/2022 6:21:26 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clinton's )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well for starters, the truck drivers did not kill a retired black police officer like the BLM violence did in one instance. How come “D” was not put by the names of each of the authors of this article?


23 posted on 02/18/2022 6:23:31 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: CIB-173RDABN

Some things are not racist.

For example, a black BLM “activist” shooting a Jewish guy is NOT racist.

Excluding all races and sexes but black women for SCOTUS is not racist.

Excluding Whites and Asians from schools is not racist

Excluding Whites, Asians, Jews, and men from company board slots is not racist

Etc.


24 posted on 02/18/2022 6:23:40 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Black Lives Matter protesters “thugs” and “anarchists”

They are thugs and anarchists.

Are the truckers destroying property? Assaulting people? Looting?


25 posted on 02/18/2022 6:23:45 AM PST by boycott
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I have a friend who lives in Canada. Her MIL tried to visit, but couldn’t get through the police blockade of their street. The truckers’ protest may be the best thing that ever happened to my friend!


26 posted on 02/18/2022 6:24:00 AM PST by FormerFRLurker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Technically the Canadian Trucker Protesters are under achievers compared to the BLM protesters. Where are the burning buildings, the stealing of private property and the violence? Come on Canadians, you need to step it up!


27 posted on 02/18/2022 6:24:57 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty
That is the very first sensible thing I have seen you post!

And I look forward to eventually seeing one from you.

28 posted on 02/18/2022 6:26:01 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Speaker of the HoC
@HoCSpeaker

The #HoC will not sit today, Friday, February 18. A police operation is expected in the downtown core of Ottawa. Given these exceptional circumstances, and following discussion with all recognized party leadership, the sitting today is cancelled. http://ow.ly/wJg850HYvP6
7:14 AM · Feb 18, 2022


29 posted on 02/18/2022 6:26:31 AM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

BLM did 2 billion worth of damage, terrorized people, murdered around 30, stole and looted, and torched cities.


30 posted on 02/18/2022 6:28:00 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Former President Donald Trump, who repeatedly called Black Lives Matter protesters “thugs” and “anarchists,” said there’s “a lot of respect” for the overwhelmingly white truckers who blocked streets in the Canadian capital and shut down border crossings with the U.S. to oppose COVID-19 restrictions.

How much destruction did the BLM protestors leave behind? And the truckers?

I rest my case.

31 posted on 02/18/2022 6:29:39 AM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Let’s review.

When reporting on the “BLM” movement, the AP presents riots, looting, arson, vast destruction of property, assault and murder as “mostly peaceful protest”. Violence by BLM = GOOD

When reporting on people parking trucks as a non-violent political protest against unconstitutional government mandates aimed at truckers, the AP presents parking a vehicle as a violent insurrection. Non-violence by TRUCKERS = BAD

By golly they are right. There is a DOUBLE STANDARD here.


32 posted on 02/18/2022 6:32:05 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Some see” is typical fake news double speak.

It’s a (thin) disguise for ginning up insults and accusations against people and movements they despise.


33 posted on 02/18/2022 6:34:04 AM PST by LuxAerterna (/)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“In GOP embrace of truckers, some see racist double standard”

which means that some do not


34 posted on 02/18/2022 6:37:33 AM PST by Jay W
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To: rb22982
I haven't seen the mayor of Ottawa and all his cronies out in the streets painting Freedom "murals" all over the roads.

I haven't seen the RCMP taking a knee in solidarity yet.

AP = Always Propaganda

35 posted on 02/18/2022 6:38:03 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: DoodleDawg

I agreed with your post. Doesn’t that pose somewhat of a quandary, for you?

Keep hanging around FR. Some of it might rub off! :)


36 posted on 02/18/2022 6:43:57 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

People that set buildings on fire and loot and attack innocent victims like a pack of jackals are thugs and anarchists no matter what color their skin is. Its how they behave. This includes the thugs and anarchists that chased Rittengouse as he ran for his life and the three he was forced to shoot who all happened to be white and yet were assumed to be black due to the unhinged blind bigotry of leftwing morons....to whom race makes all the difference in everything as left wingers are absolute race obsessed bigots.


37 posted on 02/18/2022 6:44:40 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The AP putting the @$$ into associatef Press.


38 posted on 02/18/2022 6:50:05 AM PST by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Life is risk, your highness.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I agree, there is racism. The left won’t embrace the truckers because the left are racist and will only embrace violent black domestic terrorists


39 posted on 02/18/2022 6:52:52 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Racist.... Racist... Yawn... Same old Bull💩


40 posted on 02/18/2022 6:56:35 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the ones trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
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