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| US Trucker Convoys Reportedly Planning Shutting Down the Capital Beltway |
| 2022-02-22 |
| [IJR] The Capital Beltway may soon see blockades like Ottawa, Canada experienced as truckers protested COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Bob Bolus told Fox 5, an organizer of one of the convoys of truckers heading to Washington, D.C, "We will be along the Beltway where the Beltway will be shut down." so Fox 5 is organizing? A poorly written sentence. He added that he plans to leave from Scranton, Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning and drive through the city before heading to the Beltway. He continued, "I’ll give you an analogy of that of a giant boa constrictor that basically squeezes you, chokes you, and it swallows you, and that’s what we’re going to do to D.C." "There will be a lane open for emergency vehicles, they’ll be able to get in and out and all that," Bolus added. "We will not compromise anybody’s safety or health, one way or the other. As far as if they can’t get to work, geez that’s too bad." People's Convoy co-organizer: 'We cannot have what's happening in Canada happen here' [Just The News] People's Convoy co-organizer Maureen Steele says truckers have been hit hard by COVID-19 mandates and the protesters "want accountability" for the government's actions during the pandemic. The People's Convoy, inspired by the Canadian Freedom Convoy, plans to be in Washington, D.C., by March 5. The truckers in the protest are looking to restore freedom and liberty, Steele told "Just the News, Not Noise" cohosts John Solomon and Amanda Head. "We want accountability for what happened over the last two years," said Steele, calling the pandemic's fallout "devastating." Some truckers have lost their jobs due to COVID vaccine mandates, Steele reported. "They're still willing to go out on the road, and cross the country, for our freedom," Steele said. "And it's so typical of all of America, the blue-collar boys stepping up first. Steele called the People's Convoy a "slice of Americana," explaining that "people from every walk of life" have joined the protest. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 It's shut down for practical purposes even without them... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-02-22 17:05 |
| #3 I'd prefer a general strike or at least refusal to deliver to the major Blue Metro areas. This effort, while laudable, is doomed. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2022-02-22 16:39 |
| #2 If anyone has traveled the beltway, this is setting the goal rather low. Any day, one accident makes it happen. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-22 06:13 |