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Ottawa mayor cited ‘hot tubs’ and ‘fireworks’ as evidence why Freedom Convoy protesters were ‘volatile’

Updated: October 19, 2022 at 5:58 pm EST  See Comments

Wed Oct 19, 2022 – 3:50 pm EDT

OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — The inquiry investigating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act (EA) unveiled a conversation transcript on Tuesday, showing that Ottawa mayor Jim Watson called the “Freedom Convoy” protesters “nasty people,” and warned that the rally was turning “volatile” after he saw “fireworks going off and hot tubs being brought in.”

In a read-out of a conversation between Watson and Trudeau that occurred during the non-violent, anti-mandate “Freedom Convoy” protest on February 8, Watson told Trudeau that he felt the rally was taking a “volatile” turn after witnessing “fireworks going off and hot tubs being brought in.” 

Here is second screenshot from Trudeau’s conversation with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, where Watson calls the protesters “nasty,” “vulgar, and hateful.”

He compares them to the Republican Party from the United States, says he “can’t reason with them.” https://t.co/YpdRc9YyMu pic.twitter.com/Q49l84qCuz

— William Diaz-Berthiaume (@wdiazberthiaume) October 18, 2022

Among the other complaints he had of the “nasty people” who “don’t represent Canada,” Watson alleged at the time that the protesters were harassing citizens and roasting pigs over open fires.

“[You] can’t reason with them, so vulgar, and

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