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Convoy organizer Bob Bolus says a trucker convoy will shut down Washington, DC’s beltway later this week to protest pandemic mandates while keeping a path for emergency vehicles, Fox 5 DC reported.

Police aggressively pushed back protesters, took control of some trucks and advanced toward Parliament on Saturday after arresting more than 100 people and towing away vehicles in Canada’s besieged capital. Scores of trucks left under the increasing pressure, raising authorities’ hopes for an end to the three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.

Canadian police have taken a hardline approach in an effort to break up the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, with at least 100 arrested and mounted police trampling protesters on Friday.

Christian, a Canadian truck driver who emigrated from Romania, told Breitbart News on Friday that his son is prohibited from playing hockey with other children because he did not receive a coronavirus vaccine.

“This is not Canada, anymore, this is a communist country,” said Christian, a Romanian-Canadian trucker with the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.

Ottawa police officers began distributing flyers on Wednesday threatening to arrest those they believe to be Freedom Convoy demonstrators.

Wayne, a demonstrator supporting the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, ON, told Breitbart News on Saturday that families are being “destroyed” by divisions related to the politics of COVID-19.

Demonstrations against Canada’s trucker vaccine mandate have spread to Buffalo, New York, with a gathering reportedly set for Sunday at the Peace Bridge.

Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank froze two personal bank accounts, one of which included $1.1 million, paid into them destined to support trucker protests gathering under the Canadian Freedom Convoy banner, Reuters reported.

The Ambassador Bridge connecting Canada and the U.S. remains blocked by Canadian demonstrators on Saturday night, over 24 hours after a deadline issued by a Ontario Superior Court Justice Geoffrey Morawetz via injunction to restrain individuals from blocking the bridge between Windsor, ON, and Detroit, MI.

Justin Trudeau held an “Incident Response Group” meeting on Saturday regarding what he called “illegal blockades and occupations.”

“We’re not free anymore,” Ryan, a truck driver from Manitoba with the Freedom Convoy, told Breitbart News on Thursday in Ottawa, ON.

Michigan Republicans are refusing to stay silent about backing Canadian truckers protesting strict vaccine mandates on the Ambassador Bridge between Canada and Detroit.

Former Obama administration official Juliette Kayyem backpedaled a call Thursday for actions against Canadian truckers protesting the government’s strict coronavirus policies, Fox News reported.

What Democrat Gov. George Wallace was to the civil rights movement, Justin Trudeau is to the Freedom Convoy. 

Republican candidate for Michigan governor James Craig leads Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) by eight points among independents in a race that is essentially tied, according to a new poll. 

DHS issued a warning to law enforcement agencies that a U.S. trucker convoy protesting vaccine mandates could begin in California on Sunday.

Police confirmed that a border crossing in the province of Manitoba has been blockaded by anti-mandate truckers.

Truckers have resumed a border blockade in southern Alberta, demanding the return of more freedoms after the vax pass was scrapped.

David Freiheit, known as Viva Frei, said the “legacy media” and “politicians” are “outright lying” about the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.

Nicholas, a demonstrator supporting the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, ON, told Breitbart News on Saturday that “corporate media” present an “alternative reality” of protesters in the nation’s capital opposing ongoing government decrees marketed as health as safety measures related to COVID-19.

Darryl, a Canadian military veteran, told Breitbart News on Saturday in Ottawa, ON, that he did not serve his country to be mistreated by a prime minister fleeing his own people.

“We dare you, Trudeau, to come and speak to us to our faces,” Wendy, an activist, told Breitbart News on Saturday in Ottawa, Ontario.

Ezra Levant described the ongoing Freedom Convoy as the most significant political event he had observed in his lifetime across Canada.

“I HAVEN’T HUGGED MY MOM IN 2 YEARS!! STOP THE MANDATES,” read a sign held by a woman attending a Saturday demonstration in Vancouver, BC, in opposition to government edicts ostensibly issued for health and safety purposes related to coronavirus transmission.

Canada’s capital city of Ottawa has declared a “state of emergency” as police have begun to crack down on the “Freedom Convoy” by cutting off fuel and supply lines.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson described the presence of children playing in bouncy castles at the Freedom Convoy demonstration as “disturbing” in a video interview with CTV News on Sunday.

Georgia trucking business executive and congressional candidate Mike Collins reacted to GoFundMe freezing the donations to “Freedom Convoy 2022” with over $10 million raised, telling Breitbart News on Saturday, “That’s highway robbery.”

Justin Trudeau’s government violates freedoms of speech, expression, assembly, and religion, a supporter of the Freedom Convoy said in Ottawa.

Former President Donald Trump showed support for the “freedom convoy” of truckers protesting vaccine mandates for the second time in one week. 

“I’m tired of being sorry,” Dave, a demonstrator feeding truckers and others at the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa, ON, said on Wednesday.

OTTAWA, Ontario – “I am very, very much pro-freedom, and I have no love for tyranny,” Shanna, a demonstrator supporting the Freedom Convoy protest told Breitbart News on Wednesday when asked for her motivations in attending the events on Parliament Hill.

Facebook has censored a group of American truckers who are following the lead of their Canadian counterparts by organizing a protest against vaccine mandates.

Canadian Conservative members voted to sack moderate Erin O’Toole and have selected firebrand pro-trucker Candice Bergen as interim leader.

A GoFundMe fundraiser entitled “Freedom Convoy 2022” with over $10 million was frozen by the online crowdfunding platform.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) expressed support for the Canadian freedom truckers on Tuesday, posting an image to his Facebook page with the words, “Truck Yeah.”