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On Sunday evening, House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker, the former commander of the Washington D.C. National Guard, announced that the Capitol Police Board had issued an "emergency declaration" in response to the arrival of the anti-vaccine, pro-Trump "People's Convoy."... There is no question that it has been impressed upon leaders of the "People's Convoy" that any attempt to mimic the occupation of Ottawa, Canada's capital, in Washington D.C. will be met with a swift response from the police and military. The current deployment of National Guard soldiers has been extended through Wednesday and steel security fencing remains in place around the...

Onlookers are watching from overpasses as the People's Convoy that gathered at the Hagerstown Speedway takes its slow trip from Maryland to D.C's Beltway to drive in protest of COVID-19 restrictions Sunday morning. While vehicles began moving sometime around 9:30 a.m., the convoy should take a while to crawl out of the speedway and onto the Beltway. A spokesperson tells WTOP that they plan to circle the Beltway on Sunday in protest of COVID-19 restrictions. Afterward, they're expected to head back to Hagerstown...

Watch live here: https://wepatriot.org/peoplesconvoy/live/ The convoy has updated their plans. They are in Hagerstown Maryland about 1 hour from DC right now . They will be circling the 495 beltway around DC at minimum legal speeds TWICE then returning to Hagerstown speedway for the night. They will NOT BE STOPPING or impeding traffic. They will NOT be going into DC. The convoy will repeat this slow roll encircling of DC every day until their demands - an end to national COVID emergency. President poopy pants has stated he will veto any bill ending national emergency. See the organizer's interview detailing...

After starting with 150 trucks in southern California on February 23, the convoy has grown to over 250 trucks and is on track to reach the Capital Beltway by March 5.. The U.S. cross-country trucker convoy, which was organized to call for an end to all authoritarian COVID mandates and restrictions, is on track to reach the outskirts of Washington, D.C. as planned on March 5. After passing through Texas and Oklahoma over the weekend, the so-called “People’s Convoy,” which began in southern California on February 23, reached Cuba, Missouri for an overnight stay Monday night. The truckers will then...

The People's Convoy, which has raised nearly $1 million in donations, flooded a New Mexico highway Friday as the scores of truckers protesting COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates entered day three of their cross-country trip to Washington, D.C. A photograph taken by convoy leader Mike Landis shows the group, comprised of approximately two dozen semi-trucks and about 100 other vehicles, traveling eastbound on I-40, about 15 miles west Albuquerque near the Route 66 Casino, in a motorcade that the convoy said spans eight miles. The People's Convoy, inspired by Canada's Freedom Convoy protest, raised more than $855,000 in monetary donations...

Seven-foot fencing topped with razor wire will be installed surrounding the U.S. Capitol next week, in advance of President Joe Biden's State of the Union on March 1. The wall is to keep out truckers who are heading to Washington, D.C., as part of the Freedom Convoy protesting COVID restrictions. Instead of shutting the truckers out, Biden should be inviting them in to sit in the gallery during his speech and have a chat afterward. He invited Vladimir Putin to talk -- why not truckers who love America and say they want to "restore our nation's Constitution"? How Biden treats...

A 38,000 trucker convoy is heading to Washington, DC, from Los Angeles to protest pandemic mandates just in time for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address on March 1. Kyle Sefcik, organizer and leader of the Freedom Convoy USA 2022, told WUSA CBS 9 that he is scheduled to leave Los Angeles on Friday and drive to D.C. The peaceful convoy will be composed of trucks and motorcycles and does not intend to gather at the Capitol. Instead, the convoy will protest near the White House and the National Mall with Christian bands and preachers.

The office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is “closely” monitoring the trucker convoy heading to Washington, DC, to protest coronavirus pandemic mandates. “We are monitoring the situation closely but deferred to the USCP, which is in charge of security,” Pelosi’s deputy chief Of staff, Drew Hammill, said in a Tuesday statement to Fox News

American truckers inspired by the Freedom Convoy in Canada have been organizing an action to end in Washington, D.C., to present their case in objection to Joe Biden’s continuation of a state of emergency and continuing of COVID mandates.But Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is advocating that their trucks be seized and redistributed.Perfect time to impound and give the trucks to small trucking companies looking to expand their business. https://t.co/1pHURh0hbr— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) February 22, 2022“Perfect time to impound and give the trucks to small trucking companies looking to expand their business,” Gallego tweeted.Oh, lovely, Gallego is advocating a completely unconstitutional...

The Washington DC National Guard is ratcheting up preparations "for forthcoming Trucker protest" set to begin on Tuesday, as a new group of roughly 1,000 truckers dubbed "The People's Convoy" makes its way to the nation's capital in protest of Covid-19 mandates.According to a notice obtained by Breitbart News, the DC National Guard Land Component Command will be "encamped" starting today - which, according to on source, is synonymous with to "occupy an area."According to the notice, the National Guard will encamp through Monday, March 7. The notice stated that soldiers were already on standby to support the State of...

California truckers fed up with the federal government’s endless emergency powers mandating masks and vaccines are gearing up for what they hope will become a Canadian-style “freedom convoy” to Washington, D.C., and are set to roll on Interstate 40 heading east from Barstow on Feb. 23. A national group, called The People’s Convoy, is organizing the truckers who will hit the road for the nation’s capital city to demand the Emergency Powers Act be lifted, ending the mandates, according to Chris Marston, chairman of the American Foundation for Civil Liberties, a non-profit that advocates for civil liberties issues and is...

The American truckers' protest dubbed the "People's Convoy" is set to depart in late February heading toward the nation's Capitol to protest government COVID-19 mandates they believe are unconstitutional. The convoy is set to have an estimated 1,000 U.S. truck drivers participate. While truck drivers protest COVID-19 restrictions in Canada, American truckers are following suit with their own cross-country convoy heading to Washington D.C., with a message: "Government has forgotten its place." Getty Images "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...

March 4 is the date for the kickoff of a truck convoy protesting vaccination mandates. Organizers of The People’s Convoy, formerly known as the U.S. Convoy to D.C. 2022, posted an update to their Facebook page Tuesday, Feb. 8, announcing March 4 as the kickoff date. “On March 4, 2022, truckers and all freedom loving Americans will begin arriving at Coachella Valley in Indio, Calif., to participate in a rally being held the afternoon of March 4 and 5 to defeat unconstitutional mandates,” the update states. According to the post, truckers will be joined at the rally by doctors, police,...