Protests Spread

 Protests Spread

Canadian-style trucker protests spread throughout the world

Following the example of the thousands of Canadian truckers protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the capital of Ottawa, truckers in other countries have begun organizing their own versions of the "Freedom Convoy."

From Leeuwarden in the Netherlands to Wellington, New Zealand, to London to Canberra, Australia, truckers are hitting the road to send a clear message: stop the mandates. Another group of truckers is planning a protest in the United States, driving to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

"I think you’re starting to see what will become a big global movement to end these mandates," Brian Brase, co-organizer of the U.S. protest, told Fox News Digital on Sunday. "It’s a violation of your human rights to be mandated to take this vaccine. If you want it, go get it, but being mandated to get it, we’re standing up against that. We think it’s wrong."

Brase told Fox News Digital that the U.S. trucker effort was "just shy of 140,000 people when Facebook dropped us." On Feb. 2, Facebook removed a Facebook page called "Convoy to D.C. 2022." A spokesperson for Facebook's parent company, Meta, told Fox News that the platform removed the group "for repeatedly violating our policies around QAnon," which Facebook previously labeled a "violence-inducing conspiracy network."

Brase had disputed that claim, saying, "That's just not true." Brase said truckers from across the U.S. are calling to join the effort. "We’re having trucker companies from all over the country calling us, drivers," he said. He told of a major press release with details on Tuesday, Feb. 8. "The sheer volume of response… I’m going to say we’ll be just as big as Canada if not larger."

- Lord, Freedom tends to spread once it is unleashed. Once You unleashed true Freedom, 2,000 years ago, Your Word spread throughout the world. We pray that as the promise and hope of freedom from government mandates spreads, that Your Spirit will move across every nation, every people, bringing hope and repentance across the world.

- “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)