The American Convoy Begins

ThatGuy · February 24, 2022

Might as well get this started now...interesting timing; now competing for attention with the Ukraine invasion...

To start: The National Guard is being ok'd ahead of the convoy: Gotta love it, right? How many times was the guard denied by mayors and governors during the Antifa riots during 2020, when Trump offered them?

Anyway, time to buckle up; here we goooo...

Article:

Truck convoy nearing nation's capital; Pentagon OKs use of National Guard

As many as 700 National Guard members are prepared to take posts across the nation's capital amid planned trucker protest convoys that organizers say could paralyze the city without entering it.

"Bob Bolus, a Pennsylvania truck driver, says he's leading the Freedom Convoy of trucks from Pennsylvania to Washington on Wednesday. But he told NBC4-TV in Washington that he has backed off immediate plans to gridlock the Capital Beltway, a 64-mile roadway through Virginia and Maryland that circles the District of Columbia. His grievances include vaccine mandates, pandemic-related restrictions and high fuel prices, among others."

"We’re not shutting the traffic down today," Bolus said. 'If we don’t have a resolution from the government, to the rights that they’re taking from us, I will predict in the future it will get shut down."

The convoys were inspired by truckers and others protesting coronavirus restrictions and other issues in the Canadian capital of Ottawa that brought downtown vehicular traffic to a standstill for three weeks. Similar protests also shut down border crossings for days at a time.

The Pentagon approved the use of 400 D.C. guard troops and 300 members from other states along with 50 "large tactical vehicles" to help keep traffic flowing, the D.C. National Guard said in a statement.

The Guard vehicles will take up positions at strategic intersections starting no later than 1 p.m. on Saturday or as soon as possible, the statement said. The troops will not be armed and they will not be authorized to conduct "domestic surveillance activities," the statement said.

Personnel from other states will be commanded by the local guard leadership but will remain under the control of their governors. The mission is approved to continue until March 8 if necessary.

Another group, the People's Convoy, left California on Wednesday and planned to pick up other truckers ahead of a March 5 arrival on the Capital Beltway. The group said it does not intend to enter D.C. proper.

“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,” truck driver and organizer Brian Brase told supporters at a rally before about two dozen trucks and a several other vehicles departed from the Mojave Desert town of Adelanto. “Do not bow down.”