CNN joined other media outlets in criticizing the ongoing protests in Canada against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions. The "Freedom Convoy" initially began on Jan. 23 when hundreds of big rig trucks left Vancouver, British Columbia to travel to Ottawa, where they arrived on Saturday. Host John King quickly labeled the Freedom Convoy as "a nationwide insurrection." It started with the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ led by truckers protesting a new mandate requiring vaccines in order to enter the country," King said. CNN correspondent Paula Newton followed up comparing the convoy to "sedition" and "a threat to democracy."

Source: CNN February 08, 2022 03:10 UTC