US Truck Convoy Departs on Cross-Country Trek to Washington to Protest COVID-19 Mandates

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ADELANTO, Californiaโ€”Hundreds of truckers and supporters departed a southern California site on Feb. 23 for a trip planned to culminate in the Washington area.

The group, dubbed the Peopleโ€™s Convoy and inspired by Canadian truckers who drew international attention, hopes to convince authorities to ease or withdraw COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions imposed during the pandemic.

The convoy has specific demands, including urging President Joe Biden to rescind his declaration of a national emergency over COVID-19. Biden, a Democrat, on Feb. 20 said the emergency will be extended beyond March 1 because of a โ€œrisk to the public health and safety.โ€

Other goals include โ€œletting our government know that you work for us,โ€ Brian Brase, one of the convoy organizers, told a rally that preceded the departure, drawing cheers. โ€œPeople can paint this any way they want, theyโ€™re going say this as a far-right or far-left or this is a partisan issue. But itโ€™s not; itโ€™s an American issue. Itโ€™s a world issue. To the truck drivers around the world. Now is your time to stand up. Now is your time to usher in a renaissance time of freedom.โ€

Leigh Dundas, another organizer, told The Epoch Times that the turnout โ€œreally shows that America is ready to end the state of emergency and the mandates that sprung from those states of emergency.

โ€œItโ€™s been two years and in the truckersโ€™ opinion, itโ€™s time to reopen the darned economy right now,โ€ she added.

The convoyโ€™s planned route would take drivers through approximately 11 states, with stops in Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, and Maryland.

The group is working with local, state, and national law enforcement for all the stops on their planned journey.

The convoy plans to arrive in the Washington area on the evening of March 5.

Byย Enrico Trigosoย andย Zachary Stieber

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