A California trucker convoy, inspired by the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, Ontario, protesting the COVID-19 mandates, is on its way to Washington, D.C., first heading to Arizona.
Supporters gathered Wednesday for the send-off. The journey is set to take 11 days, with the group arriving on March 5.
Truckers in Adelanto, California, told One America News Network’s Stefan Kleinhenz that they want to show everyone how important truckers are and put an end to the COVID-19 mandates.
“If you own it, wear it, drive it, it came on a truck,” one convoy member said.
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Another trucker said, “For the most part, what motivated me is seeing the destruction of our freedoms and our human rights,” with another calling mandates “unnecessary” and “tyrannical.”
The convoy will travel first from California to Arizona. “I expect it to grow between here and D.C.,” one trucker said.
The convoy has reportedly raised $464,000 so far from donors.
“I think everybody’s here for different reasons, but it all boils down to the same thing: Freedom and liberty,” Shane Class of Idaho said of his choice to join the protest.
A website for the journey, dubbed “The People’s Convoy,” reads: “We demand the declaration of National Emergency Concerning the COVID-19 Pandemic be lifted immediately and our cherished Constitution reign supreme.”
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The National Guard was approved to deploy 700 members to Washington, D.C., by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ahead of the convoy’s arrival. They will manage traffic flow to avoid blockades similar to those seen in Ottawa, Ontario.
