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I noticed this today, and realized we’ve been neglecting Pat King and Jay Riedel, and their “town halls” across SK and AB (so far.) /1

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They were #UnitedWeRoll organizers, and they appear to have capitalized on their popularity, complete with merchandise for sale, under their new project “Rollin’ With Pat and Jay.” Here’s a sample of the kind of stuff they post. /2

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Note that the first screenshot in the previous tweet is the rebranded Nfld YV page.

This is funny: an entirely unrelated Compact from 2015, but hey, let’s feed that UN conspiracy garbage a bit more.

Their page and group are just an echo of YVC /3

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So who are these guys?

Riedel is the organizer of the Estevan #YellowVestsCanada

Here are some of his social media posts. /4

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Here is one of Riedel’s most disturbing posts, and reactions. /5

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And here are some of the groups he follows. /6

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As for Pat, he appears to fly relatively under the extremist radar (until you get into the town halls, that is.) He does, however, seem pretty content with letting others drive the narrative while boosting it. /7

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So, what happens in these town halls?

Glad you asked. I sat through a 2.5 hour video of one from Drayton Valley to find out.



I’ll include time stamps at points of interest. /8

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0:11:50 - Riedel pumps up the YVC rally on Dec 15/18 in Estevan - 50 in attendance. He does so without mentioning it was a #YellowVestsCanada rally, implies it was about economic policy.

Interesting. /9

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0:14:00 - Riedel mentions anti-pipeline protestors when going by Winnipeg - no mention of antifa.

Interesting...

Here’s a live feed of his from when that went down: bit.ly/2I3ipcQ

As well as screenshots.

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In the live feed, at 6:15, he acknowledges the comment made by Kevin Mortenson (which he also liked on his page,) saying “I wish we could mow ‘em down, Kevin.”

Why wouldn’t he want to mention this in the town hall?

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0:15:29 - all about how mainstream media lies.

This is a consistent theme throughout. It’s eerily similar to what’s happening in the US.

0:21:33 - “mainstream media pits east against west.”

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0:22:18 - video showing support from Sault Ste. Marie, just after the news about Dave Selvers and his blog of hate broke.

Of course, there was no mention of that in the town hall.

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0:29:10 - King talks about how he engaged antifa in Ottawa, they educated each other, and that one counter protestor cried after speaking with King 🙄

Blames media for not covering that.

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0:30:35 - they show a video from James Bauder as evidence they aren’t racist.

Here it is: bit.ly/2YDZMCh

Discussion centres on immigration, Canadian values, asylum seekers.

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One problem though. The guy Bauder talked to SUPER islamophobic. Oops.

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His friends list includes members of The Clann and The Wolfpack (English branch of La Meute), as well as notable islamophobe Fortier.

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Bauder himself is a bigot. His fb likes include: multiple YVC, Rebel media personalities, Paul Joseph Watson, Qanon, Ronny Cameron, SOO, Ban the Burka, Christians against Islam, Never Again Canada (Sandra Solomon), Ban Islam & Sharia Law, and Patriot Nation Minute (Threepers) /18

0:34:20 - they show a video from Rebel media’s Keean Bexte from Sault Ste. Marie, as evidence there’s no white nationalists there. Bexte accidentally interviewed Dave Selvers’ girlfriend, Oriana Fisher, who shares the same beliefs as Selvers.

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0:39:00 - during a break, King goes on about how everyone loves them, especially First Nations.

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0:41:20 - attendee asks King what kind of shape Canada is in. He replies “it’s horrible,” then cuts him off to show him a video of him and antifa in Ottawa, saying “it was a rock concert with all the media.” Claims antifa was paid because they didn’t return next day

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0:45:02 - brags that he set CBC up. Wayne (Wade?) And Stacie (presumably Banno) sat in control room at Ontario Today. King tells stories of him supposedly outsmarting CBC into admitting they’re paid off.

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This continues to King stating that calls were screened to only allow people who oppose the convoy. He also says they have evidence of this but can’t include it in the presentation or they’ll be charged. However, he’s fine saying this in front of their camera in conversation/23

He also claims the journalist who interviewed him called him to apologize next day, saying their discussion was “mindblowing.”

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0:53:19 - claims they’ve inspired artists and poets

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

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1:08:00 - “freedom of speech is a thing of the past”

Claims they were shut down “left and right” in Ottawa. This is untrue. We were there.

Claims they’re going after @CBCNews for defamation and misrepresentation

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1:09:00 - “we woke up a sleeping giant. We are reaching 3.5 million viewers and 480k engagements across Canada.” QC and Maritimes have “begged” them to come there.

Uh, sure. /27

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1:10:00 - “it’s all the media...smearing it to try and show you whatever their agenda is. ...it goes a lot bigger, we have kids here, I don’t want to scare anybody, goes bigger than this & bigger than Canada...”

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1:10:00 continued - “...it has to do with a One World Government. That’s where I’m gonna leave it.”

Attendee: “The UN.”
King: chucked, “The UN.”

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1:10:00 - shows video of Bexte if the Rebel again, claiming Wet’suwet’en protestors are fake, paid, and that all the bands support pipelines.

(This is a complex issue and can’t simply be boiled down to that)

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1:17:00 - King states you can chase the money (from Wet’suwet’en protests) back to the UN and Soros. “They fund these radical terrori-uh, these radical, extreme people to come in and create a shitstorm.” Claims this is endorsed by Trudeau.

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1:20:00 - King states he educated antifa (& they him), & they left and didn’t return *because they realized the convoy was there for the betterment of the people.*

1) bullshit. They were there after you left
2) you said earlier they were paid because they didn’t come back /32

More to come shortly... /33

1:25:00 - King talking about the power of the vote, and voter turnout. Implies a 20% voter turnout (false) - “not given opportunity to have a voice, it’s sick and immoral...Canadians are too busy to vote...don’t get the day off...why can’t they make it a holiday?

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1:26:00 - states some politicians have been put in place to split the vote “strategically,” intentionally. (Definitely implies Bernier, by referencing comments previously in video about him.) also claims Bernier stole their speeches.

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1:33:00 - more convoys are coming, they will “stay away from other issues that are a touchy topic for snowflakes and they don’t want to melt them.”

“These people are uneducated.”

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1:34:00 - mocks people opposed to YVC. Reads a speech by Mark Friesen - “if you love country, cherish freedom, want sovereignty, believe in Cdn culture, you are a yellow vest.”

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1:38:00 - states YVC is not tied to racist movements or political agendas.

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1:39:00 - states they had a radar jammer on the convoy “up front.”

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1:39:00 - states all scales were “shut down,” en route to Ottawa; they worked with Jason Findlay of OPP and RCMP detachments across Canada.

“RCMP and OPP absolutely loved us.”

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1:49:00 - attendee asks King if he is a YV. He says he is UWR and doesn’t know YV platform.

Didn’t he just say that they’re all YV when he read Friesen’s speech?

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1:50:00 - Riedel talks about illegal immigration.

1:55:00 - attendee says “this is our D-Day; encourages people to support the conservatives.”

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1:57:00 - King talks about Migration Compact, “flooding of refugees, abuse and destabilize our banking system. This is intentional by the UN, to bankrupt Canada, to impose Agenda 21 & 23 and One World Gov”

Compares it to the Hunger Games

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1:57:00 - King : “bigger, darker entity trying to overthrow the world.”

Attendee: “sinister!”

States refugees are leaving compounds and hitchhiking to cities, never to be seen again.

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Takeaway: these people are so fucking full of shit.

King is arrogant and full of himself to the nth degree.

Call this shit out at every possible turn.

~fin~

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I personally watched King mockingly dance to a First Nations' drumbeat in Ottawa, as well as share a platform with Faith Goldy who told mostly FN protestors that if they don't like living here they can leave.