Tue Feb 22, 2022 – 3:54 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — A new poll shows that nearly two-thirds of Democrats approve of Canadian President Justin Trudeau’s extreme, sometimes brutally violent, treatment of trucker protests in his country. Less than 20 percent disapproved.
A just-published survey by The Trafalgar Group and Convention of States Action displays a stark contrast in the attitudes of U.S. Democrats toward the heavy-handed tactics of the prime minister versus those of all other political affiliations.
Only 8.1% of Republicans and 20.8% of those reporting no party membership expressed support for Trudeau. A whopping 65.7% of Democrats think his use of emergency powers was justified.
Overall, 55% of Americans disapproved of Trudeau’s actions, 35% approved, and 10% said they were unaware of the events in Canada.
Trudeau set in motion the never-before-used Emergencies Act on February 14, authorizing Canadian financial institutions to temporarily cease providing financial services to those protesting against COVID-19 mandates.
As the poll was being taken over this past weekend, horrifying reports were emerging from Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, showing police officers on horseback trampling protesters and callously injuring a disabled elderly woman while conservative journalists were savagely beaten and shot
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