{"id":1289636,"date":"2022-02-10T13:35:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1289636"},"modified":"2022-02-10T18:37:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T23:37:44","slug":"whitmer-urges-canadian-authorities-to-take-necessary-steps-end-freedom-convoy-blockade-of-ambassador-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-urges-canadian-authorities-to-take-necessary-steps-end-freedom-convoy-blockade-of-ambassador-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitmer Urges Canadian Authorities To Take \u2018Necessary\u2019 Steps, End Freedom Convoy Blockade Of Ambassador Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhitmer-urges-canadian-authorities-to-take-necessary-steps-end-freedom-convoy-blockade-of-ambassador-bridge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1289636&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/88508D98-B0D0-4B7F-BC3D-64CCD4E52BA3_1_201_a-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>As Canadian truckers block the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) called on Canadian authorities to take \u201cnecessary and appropriate steps.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy message is simple: reopen traffic on the bridge,\u201d the governor said in a statement. \u201cIn Michigan, our economy continues to grow because of our hardworking people and innovative small businesses. Now, that momentum is at risk. Commercial traffic is at a standstill at the Ambassador Bridge and heavily backed up at the Blue Water Bridge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My message is simple: reopen traffic on the bridge. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EwDEn17sRA\">pic.twitter.com\/EwDEn17sRA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovWhitmer\/status\/1491805775873908736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Whitmer noted that \u201cautomotive, manufacturing, and agriculture businesses\u201d are impacted by the closure. \u201cIt\u2019s hitting paychecks and production lines. That is unacceptable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is imperative that Canadian local, provincial, and national governments de-escalate this economic blockade. They must take all necessary and appropriate steps to immediately and safely reopen traffic so we can continue growing our economy, supporting good-paying jobs, and lowering costs for families,\u201d she concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Canadian truckers have flooded Ottawa for the past several days, paralyzing the capital city in an attempt to reverse COVID-19 policies. Earlier this week, four Canadian provinces \u2014 Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island \u2014 announced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/freedom-wins-canadian-provinces-lift-covid-mandates-after-trucker-protests\"><span>plans<\/span><\/a><span> to eliminate or roll back some or all measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2020, however, Whitmer imposed one of the most aggressive lockdown regimes in the United States. She was among the four Democratic governors who required nursing homes to admit patients testing positive for COVID-19, despite the elderly being among the most susceptible to the virus. Nevertheless, the Biden administration <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/are-the-doj-and-media-letting-gretchen-whitmer-get-away-with-covid-19-nursing-home-deaths\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> last summer that it would not investigate Whitmer for the thousands of deaths that may have occurred as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ahead of Memorial Day 2020, Whitmer announced that some lockdown restrictions would be lifted before the holiday \u2014 allowing residents to visit parks and lakes once again. Whitmer warned: \u201cIf you don\u2019t live in these regions \u2026 think long and hard before you take a trip into them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tad Dowker, a marina owner, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-michigan-governor-blasted-over-husbands-alleged-boat-request\"><span>claimed<\/span><\/a><span> three days later that Whitmer\u2019s husband, Marc Mallory, had called to ask if the marina could put their boat into the water before Memorial Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis morning, I was out working when the office called me, there was a gentleman on hold who wanted his boat in the water before the weekend. Being Memorial weekend and the fact that we started working three weeks late means there is no chance this is going to happen,\u201d Dowker wrote on Facebook. \u201cWell our office personnel had explained this to the man and he replied, \u2018I am the husband to the governor, will this make a difference?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More recently, Whitmer was seen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-gretchen-whitmer-seen-maskless-at-ritzy-d-c-bar-before-bailing-on-campaign-event\"><span>maskless<\/span><\/a><span> at a crowded cocktail bar in Washington, D.C., before pulling out of campaigning for former Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. According to footage reviewed by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/whitmer-parties-maskless-at-dc-hotspot-before-bailing-on-mcauliffe-event\/\"><span>The Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/a><span>, Whitmer was without food or drink in the standing room area of Vue \u2014 a rooftop bar on the 11th floor of the Hotel Washington \u2014 on October 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Canadian truckers block the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) called on Canadian authorities to take \u201cnecessary &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1289636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1289636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1289636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1289636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}