{"id":1326937,"date":"2022-02-22T12:38:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T17:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1326937"},"modified":"2022-02-22T12:38:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T17:38:53","slug":"survey-majority-of-democrats-support-justin-trudeaus-crackdown-on-freedom-convoy-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survey-majority-of-democrats-support-justin-trudeaus-crackdown-on-freedom-convoy-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Majority of Democrats Support Justin Trudeau&#039;s Crackdown on Freedom Convoy Protesters"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fsurvey-majority-of-democrats-support-justin-trudeaus-crackdown-on-freedom-convoy-protesters%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=1326937&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Most Americans disagree with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s handling of the Canadian freedom truckers in his country, but a majority of Democrats support his protest crackdown, a Trafalgar Group survey released Tuesday found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you approve or disapprove of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s handling of the trucker protest in his country?\u201d the survey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrafalgargroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/COSA-Trudeau-Truckers-Poll-Report-0221.pdf\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Overall, it found 55.3 percent disapproving, compared to 35.1 percent who approve and 9.6 percent who are unaware of it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Notably, there is a significant partisan divide, as 87.3 percent of Republicans disapprove of Trudeau\u2019s handling of the protest, but 65.7 percent of Democrats approve of it. Most independents, 74.4 percent, disapprove.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The survey, taken February 18-20, 2022, among 1,080 respondents, has a margin of error of +\/- 2.99 percent.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19959322\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19959322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/trudeau-low-angle-hand-out-getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on February 21, 2022. (Photo by DAVE CHAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The survey comes as Trudeau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/15\/threat-to-democracy-canadian-civil-liberties-groups-slam-trudeau-use-of-emergencies-act\/\">opted<\/a> to invoke the Emergencies Act in response to the trucker protests against vaccine mandates and restrictions, \u201cthe first time in Canadian history the act has been used since it replaced the War Measures Act in 1988,\u201d as Breitbart News detailed:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>While Trudeau claimed that he would not be deploying the military on the streets of Canadian cities and towns, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland stated that supporters of the protests may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/14\/trudeau-threatens-freeze-assets-suspend-insurance-freedom-convoy-truckers\/\">assets and bank accounts frozen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is about following the money. This is about stopping the financing of these illegal blockades,\u201d Freeland said and added, \u201cWe are today serving notice if your truck is being used in these illegal blockades your corporate accounts will be frozen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday, the\u00a0Canadian Parliament approved of Trudeau\u2019s motion to invoke the Emergencies Act. As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/15\/survey-majority-americans-support-canadian-truckers-would-support-similar-movement-u-s\/\">reported<\/a>, \u201cAt press time on Monday, no active Freedom Convoy protests exist anywhere in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, U.S. truckers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/21\/trucker-says-dc-convoy-will-shut-down-beltway-keep-path-for-emergency-vehicles-will-not-compromise-anybodys-safety-health\/\">organizing<\/a> a similar movement, planning to descend on Washington, DC\u2019s beltway to protest coronavirus mandates.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Notably, a\u00a0Rasmussen Reports survey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/15\/survey-majority-americans-support-canadian-truckers-would-support-similar-movement-u-s\/\">released<\/a> last week that most Americans\u00a0support the idea of similar protests in the U.S.:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INDEPENDENTS:<br \/>Do you support trucker convoy?<br \/>60% yes \/ 30% no<\/p>\n<p>Should Trudeau end COVID restrictions?<br \/>55% yes \/ 29% no<\/p>\n<p>Should the US have a trucker protest?<br \/>57% yes \/ 35% no<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/breakingpoll?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#breakingpoll<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinTrudeau<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CanadaTruckers?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CanadaTruckers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PI1fnrd0bm\">pic.twitter.com\/PI1fnrd0bm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rasmussen_Poll\/status\/1493648049410908161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Americans disagree with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s handling of the Canadian freedom truckers in his country, but a majority of Democrats support his protest crackdown, a Trafalgar Group<\/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-1326937","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\/1326937","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=1326937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326937\/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=1326937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1326937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}