1/17/2024 0 Comments Truckers strike washington dcHowever, according to a Reuters reporter who followed the convoy on its first day, there were only eight participating vehicles. As far as if they can’t get to work, geez that’s too bad.” “We will not compromise anybody’s safety or health, one way or the other. When asked about emergency responders and commuters to the city, Bolus replied, “There will be a lane open for emergency vehicles, they’ll be able to get in and out and all that,” he said. “We will be along the Beltway where the Beltway will be shut down,” Bob Bolus said on Feb. There are several other convoys that are planning on joining the larger ones enroute to D.C.Ī trucker leading a convoy from Scranton, Pa., which left last Wednesday, initially told Fox 5 DC they would “choke” the nation’s capital like a boa constrictor. There was an accident in Oklahoma between two semi-trucks and two pickup trucks from the convoy on Sunday evening, causing state troopers to close down the Will Rogers Turnpike for half an hour, reported KTUL, a local ABC affiliate. on Tuesday, with the plan to reach the nation’s capital by Sunday, reported WJLA, a local ABC affiliate. Beltway on Saturday.įrom Washington State, the “American Truckers Freedom Convoy” began its journey to D.C. The “Convoy To Save America” will join with the American Freedom Convoy after leaving Tennessee on Friday to arrive on the Virginia side of the D.C. On Tuesday a mile-long convoy was leaving Illinois and Wisconsin to join The People’s Convoy, according to the site.Īnother convoy, called “ American Freedom Convoy,” leaves from Tennessee following a rally on Thursday to head to the area of the nation’s capital. On Monday, WePatriot reported that a local county sheriff’s department in Missouri was providing the convoy with a police escort, “with the lead sheriff’s car sporting an American flag out of the passenger window.” It’s just volunteers from the community that have stepped up to collect these donations and take them to the truckers.” “Anything from protein bars to beef jerky to all kinds of nonperishable food items. “We’ve been getting all kinds of items,” Gourmeltz restaurant owner Matt Strickland told WUSA 9, a local CBS affiliate. In Fredericksburg, Va., a restaurant owner is collecting food donations for the convoy. Non-financial donations are also being accepted. On Wednesday, the convoy was estimated to have grown to about 1,100 vehicles, according to WePatriot, which provides regular updates on the convoy through contacts with many of the organizers.Īs of Tuesday, The People’s Convoy website reported over $1.5 million donated to the caravan. 23, and is planning on arriving in the D.C. One of the largest convoys, “The People’s Convoy,” started in Adelanto, Calif., on Feb. to Washington, D.C., as local officials prepare for their arrival. braces for trucker’s The People’s Convoy expected this weekend - Pentagon deploys National Guard The Secretary of Defense aproved 400 National Guard troops and 50 vehicles to support the District’s Metropolitan Police Department and another 300 troops to assist the Capitol Police.īy Natalia Mittelstadt Inspired by the Canadian “Freedom Convoy” that protested Prime Minster Justin Trudeau’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions, several trucker convoys are heading across the U.S.
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