Inspired by Canada’s Freedom Convoy, American truckers are taking to the roads, driving from Los Angeles all the way to Washington D.C., to protest against the tyrannical Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Virus “vaccine” mandates from the federal government.
The People’s Convoy (TPC), according to The Epoch Times, are responsible for organizing the event, and American Foundation for Civil Liberties (AFCL) Chairman Chris Marston said that truckers demand the immediate lifting of the Emergency Powers Act legislation the government is using to justify their mandates.
Organizers have confirmed that the convoy will hit the road on Interstate 40 (I-40) on February 23rd and Marston said that “freedom can’t wait.”
According to Maureen Steele, a TPC organizer, on Steve Bannon’s “War Room,” said that a map of their route will be published on the TPC website and they are taking direct donations to avoid third-party platforms, like GoFundMe.
An estimated 500 to 1,000 trucks will be leaving from Barstow, California and will be heading to their first stop in Kingman, Arizona. The Convoy will stop a second time in Lupton Arizona along I-40 and will stop for the third time in Glenrio, at the border of New Mexico and Texas.
TPC organizer and trucker, Brian Base said, “You can expect us to travel along I-40 and work our way up toward D.C.” Base also said he would release more details of their route at a later date.
A video posted on TPC’s website shows trucker Mike Landis saying, “For me personally, it’s about our freedoms as Americans. This isn’t just about us as truck drivers, or a certain group of people or anything. It’s about Americans. This is for the people.”
Civil rights attorney Leigh Dundas made it known she has been working with truckers to get this Convoy on the road, “I’ve been keeping the communication channels open between groups, acting as a de facto clearing house between different truckers who wanted to get connected and go something similar, but also different from what Canada did,” she said.
“They’ve done a lot of things right in Canada, and we should be taking their lead,” Dundas commented. The civil rights lawyer nevertheless reminded the truckers to keep their convoy lawful and peaceful.
The inventor of mRNA vaccine technology, Dr. Robert Malone also expressed his support for the convoy, “I think that the truckers, when they hit the Capitol, may well wake up a large number of our representatives and senators that are kind of a little bit asleep right now,” he said.
A truck towing and parts business owner, Bob Bolus from Scranton, Pennsylvania, says that the protests are for a range of reasons, including rising fuel prices and vax mandates.
“We will be along the Beltway where the Beltway will be shut down,” Bolus said in an interview with Fox 5 on Sunday.
“I’ll give you an analogy of that of a giant boa constrictor,” Bolus said. “That basically squeezes you, chokes you and it swallows you, and that’s what we’re going to do to DC.”
When Bolus was asked if he understood the “impact on those trying to get to work and the risk to those in need of emergency responders.”
“There will be a lane open for emergency vehicles, they’ll be able to get in and out and all that,” Bolus replied. “We will not compromise anybody’s safety or health, one way or the other. As far as if they can’t get to work, geez that’s too bad.”
A recent Rasmussen poll shows that a huge majority of Americans support the trucker protests in the United States.
In response to the coming convoy, Capitol Police issued a statement and said they will be upping their security around DC and this could include the re-installment of the barbed wire fences that were put up after January 6th.
Capitol Police also said they will be working with the National Guard and Secret Service.
“Law enforcement agencies across the National Capital Region are aware of plans for a series of truck convoys arriving in Washington, DC around the time of the State of the Union. As with any demonstration, the USCP will facilitate lawful First Amendment activity,” Capitol Police said in a statement on Friday.
