Romana Didulo claims sovereignty over Canada and is gaining fame online as trust erodes in the country’s civil institutions
“She seems to latch on to conspiracy theories and movements like the ‘Freedom Convoy’ [which paralyzed Ottawa for three weeks in February] and mixes a very religious Christian message. In a way, she’s almost become like a religious figure to her supporters. She’s charismatic and has created a movement for herself,” said Carmen Celestini, a postdoctoral fellow with the Disinformation Project at Simon Fraser University who has closely watched Didulo’s rise.
In November, as public health officials scrambled to vaccinate as many Canadians as possible from the coronavirus, Didulo posted a message on Telegram ordering the ‘Kingdom of Canada Military’ to “shoot to kill” anyone vaccinating children under 19 years old. She also called on supporters to destroy all coronavirus vaccines or “bioweapons” in order to halt the mass rollout.
“She’s pretty calculating, she knows what she can get away with and what she can’t,” said Kurt Phillips of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network. In a viral tweet, the city’s mayor Diane Therrien called the protestors “fuckwads” and told them to “fuck off”.“Either way, she wins. Because if the police do nothing, then she can claim it’s because they’re following her edicts. If they do something, it feeds into the persecution mentality of her followers.”
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