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Feb 9 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
There are two duelling freedom convoy press conferences today scheduled for 1:00pm. One is hosted by convoy organizers Benjamin Dichter and Tamara Lich; the other has Maxime Bernier, Randy Hillier, Pastor Henry Hildebrandt, and "convoy doctors" Roger Hodkinson and Paul Alexander.
The former – the official one – is set to address questions about the convoy's fundraising efforts (the GiveSendGo campaign is up to $7.4 million US at present). I'm not yet sure who's organizing the latter. (A PPC contact tells me it's not a PPC affair).
The organizer of the original GoFundMe campaign, @Tamara_MVC, has just issued this statement affirming the convoy's official spokespeople are her, Benjamin Dichter, Chris Barber, and Dagny Pawlak (a name I'm seeing for the first time here).
UPDATE: I'm told the latter press conference has been moved to 4pm.

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