The anti-vaxx Canadian truckers want to talk to you about Bitcoin

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Canadian Protesters Continue Ongoing Demonstration In Country’s Capital Over Government Handling Of Covid Measures

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Canada Unity 2022, the group of anti-vaccine protestors who have snarled traffic in Ottawa and earned accolades in the right-wing media, wants to talk to you about Bitcoin.

A handful of the group’s organizers held a press conference on Facebook Live Wednesday that quickly devolved into a presentation on the popular form of cryptocurrency, confusing many of their supporters who were watching online.

“Are we at a press conference for Freedom Convoy 2022 or having some guy shove Bitcoin down our throats?” one commenter griped. “Very disappointed! I came to see updates about progress made by our Truckers.”

“Very disappointed!”

The convoy protests began in late January, after a loose affiliation of truckers banded together to drive from...

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