David was standing on a public sidewalk outside a public event where Trudeau was going to a Liberal Christmas party. David was doing what all media do \u2014 waiting patiently to call out a question to Trudeau as he walked in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Trudeau\u2019s bodyguards know Rebel News. And they hate Rebel News.<\/strong> Because their boss hates Rebel News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trudeau says it again and again. He says we\u2019re not real reporters. He says we don\u2019t deserve any respect. He publicly blames us for the sorry state of Canada. He personally bans us from attending public press conferences. And if we manage to get in, he insults us, instead of answering our questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So after demonizing us and denormalizing us and defaming us for five years, his staff got the message.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And so they attacked us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watch this shocking video<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n They smashed David\u2019s face against the wall \u2014 you can clearly see that David was so stunned, he couldn\u2019t speak straight. They beat him up, they bloodied him.<\/strong> They destroyed his property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n David had to go to the doctor later that night \u2014 his ears were still ringing and he was bloodied and cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no excuse for this.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n David did nothing wrong. He was never arrested. He was never charged with anything. He committed no crime \u2014 he literally was just standing on the sidewalk, waiting to ask a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The crime was committed by Trudeau\u2019s thuggish bodyguards \u2014 who knew they were doing something evil, and refused to tell David their names, despite the legal requirement to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They beat him up just because he was with Rebel News, and Trudeau has let the world know Rebel News does not deserve respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enough is enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every day, Trudeau becomes more of an authoritarian bully. He rules by decree, not bothering to consult Parliament. He\u2019s ordered the government to crack down on his opponents on the Internet<\/strong> \u2014 specifically against YouTube channels like ours. And of course he has banned Rebel News from attending any press conferences or even covering the Leaders’ Debates during the election campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (That was quite a telling moment: mere hours after the Federal Court of Canada ruled that Rebel News must be accredited at the Leaders’ Debates, Trudeau refused to answer our reporters’ questions, saying we were not in fact journalists \u2014 even though the court just said that we were. He defied and disrespected the court order upholding our Charter rights. Is it any wonder that his personal bodyguards feel they don\u2019t have to obey the law, either?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the worst thing that has happened to a Rebel News reporter in our seven years.<\/strong> We\u2019ve had street thugs and Antifa members attack our reporters. But never a government bodyguard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Toronto Police Service came quickly, but they refused to lay charges against Trudeau\u2019s thugs, despite the assault being caught on video. They know it would be career suicide to cross Trudeau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So we have to go to court ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today we filed a lawsuit on behalf of David. It\u2019s very simple \u2014 just 10 pages long. Click here<\/strong><\/a> to read it for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It details the vicious assault by Trudeau\u2019s henchmen. And it also describes how this was entirely foreseeable: for five years Trudeau has demonized us as an enemy.<\/strong> It was only a matter of time before his personal staff took the hint and beat a Rebel News reporter up to please their master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This isn\u2019t how we live in Canada. This is the kind of thing that you might expect from an authoritarian regime like Turkey or Russia or Venezuela. Imagine if Stephen Harper\u2019s bodyguards had beat up a CBC reporter! But I fear that because most of the media is on Trudeau\u2019s payroll now too, they\u2019ll be silent \u2014 or even say that David \u201cdeserved it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please help us fight back for David<\/strong><\/a>. It\u2019s not just David who got beat up by Trudeau; it\u2019s the very idea of a free and independent press, and the right of non-government journalists to ask questions of our political class. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If Trudeau and his thugs can get away with this, what\u2019s next? Raiding our Rebel News offices? Jailing our reporters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This cannot stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you agree with me, please click here<\/a><\/strong>, or go to StandWithDavid.com<\/strong><\/a>. Help chip in to cover our lawsuit against Trudeau \u2014 we\u2019re suing the RCMP, the three officers involved, and the government itself. (You can see our full lawsuit by clicking here<\/strong><\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n This isn\u2019t about money \u2014 it\u2019s about holding Trudeau\u2019s goons to account.<\/strong> A lawsuit like this could easily cost us $75,000 in legal fees<\/strong>.<\/strong> It really is a David versus Goliath story \u2014 and I stand with David. And if you do too, please go to StandWithDavid.com<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And while you\u2019re there, please sign our petition<\/a><\/strong> to Brenda Lucki, Trudeau\u2019s hand-picked RCMP commissioner, who has done nothing but protect Trudeau and investigate his enemies. Tell her that she must suspend her three thugs who beat up David, and call in an outside investigator to review their misconduct. At that same website you can also click on an email<\/strong><\/a> that will be sent directly to Brenda Lucki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve watched that video of David being assaulted three times, and each time it makes me feel worse. Not just for how brutish the RCMP has become towards David himself but also for how brutish they have become towards our freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please help me stand with David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yours truly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ezra Levant<\/p>\n\n\n\n P.S. David did nothing wrong. He was standing on a sidewalk, waiting to ask a question of Trudeau as he walked in to his lavish Christmas party (mask-free of course; but you\u2019re supposed to cancel your family Christmas gathering). Trudeau\u2019s thugs attacked him simply because he works for Rebel News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n P.P.S. Trudeau and the RCMP have unlimited resources. The last time we took them to court, they sent SEVEN government lawyers to fight against us. (That was when they banned us from the Leaders’ Debates). But we won that battle, and I believe we\u2019ll win this one. We just need your help to pay for the lawsuit \u2014 please click here<\/a><\/strong> to help us. If you give us the tools, we\u2019ll finish the job. (Thanks.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n P.P.P.S. If bodyguards for a conservative<\/em> politician had beat up a liberal<\/em> journalist, what would be the reaction from the Media Party? It would be the only thing they would talk about until the politician resigned and the bodyguards were prosecuted. I predict we won\u2019t hear a peep from the Media Party \u2014 they\u2019re all on Trudeau\u2019s payroll, and they don\u2019t want to be roughed up either. Please click here<\/a><\/strong> to help. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Justin Trudeau\u2019s bodyguards beat up REBEL NEWS reporter David Menzies I’m angry and sad at the same time. Justin Trudeau\u2019s bodyguards beat up our reporter David Menzies. It was completely unprovoked. 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