American Truckers’ ‘Freedom Convoy’ to D.C. Launching Feb 23

Organizers say California truckers will head East to D.C.

QUICK FACTS:
  • Organizers say the American truckers’ protest, dubbed “The People’s Convoy,” will depart on Interstate 40 heading east from Barstow on Feb 23, Newsweek reports.
  • Truckers headed toward the nation’s capital are demanding an end to the Emergency Powers Act concerning the Covid-19 pandemic, and to “restore our nation’s constitution.”
  • Maureen Steele, the national organizer of the effort, told Newsmax that some 1,000 trucks are expected to start the trip and more will join in as the convoy heads east.
  • “This is about our rights, as well as the freedom of future generations,” organizers of the convoy wrote on Facebook. “It’s not about political parties, but more so about a government that has forgotten its place and has no regard for our founding fathers’ instructions.”
  • The People’s Convoy said it is calling on the American people to join the “call to freedom” in the spirit of “our brave and courageous neighbors to the north—our Canadian brothers and sisters who led the charge,” Epoch Times reports.
  • A map of the convoy’s expected route will be posted to the group’s website, Maureen Steele, a The People’s Convoy organizer, said Feb 16 on “War Room,” a streaming political talk show and podcast hosted by former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon.
WHAT ELSE STEELE SAID:

“The Canadian convoy was pretty organic when it happened,” said Steele. “Ours, they had a month’s notice, so our concern is disruptive groups coming in. We’re trying to just prepare for counter-protests and to take safety precautions for that.”

BACKGROUND:
  • Freedom Convoy supporters maintain that elected officials lack the authority to deprive people of “fundamental rights” by implementing measures that aim to curb the transmission of COVID, such as mask-wearing and vaccine mandates, Newsweek notes.
  • News of the U.S. truckers convoy comes nearly three weeks after truckers in Canada began a protest against the federal government’s vaccine mandate for drivers crossing the U.S.–Canadian border.
  • Protesters in Canada have vowed to stay put until restrictions are reversed, according to Newsweek.

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