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American Truckers Prepare to Drive From California to DC in ‘The People’s Convoy’
The Epoch Times ^ | February 16, 2022 Updated: February 17, 2022 | Brad Jones

Posted on 02/17/2022 6:09:54 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

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 helping coordinate the trucker’s protest.

Though previous news reports stated the convoy wouldn’t depart California until March 7, organizers now say the convoy will leave earlier than planned.

“Freedoms can’t wait,” Marston told The Epoch Times.

The group said it is calling on the American people to join the “call to freedom” in the spirit of “our brave and courageous neighbors to the north—our Canadian brothers and sisters who led the charge.”

The Freedom Convoy in Canada has captured international attention the last handful of weeks as hundreds of truckers have parked in protest outside Parliament in Ottawa, the nation’s capital, demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation and an end to mask and vaccine mandates.

A map of the convoy’s expected route will be posted to the group’s website, Maureen Steele, a The People’s Convoy organizer, said Feb. 16 on “War Room,” a streaming political talk show and podcast hosted by former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: americanconvoy; canada; convoy; dc; justintrudeau; ottawa; peoplesconvoy; protest
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1 posted on 02/17/2022 6:09:54 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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How many are FIB informants and rabble-rousers? Is that Jan6th FIB guy Epps one of the drivers?


2 posted on 02/17/2022 6:11:15 PM PST by curious7
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We about to go hunting bear!


3 posted on 02/17/2022 6:12:24 PM PST by LukeL
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They can’t all be MAGAs either!! The leftist powers might think twice about screwing with our food supplies.


4 posted on 02/17/2022 6:15:25 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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All Americans, not just truckers should band together and contribute by creating our own blockades in every city in America.


5 posted on 02/17/2022 6:15:31 PM PST by servantboy777
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They should drive in “Packets” over various routes to coalesce just short of the White Basement.


6 posted on 02/17/2022 6:16:52 PM PST by Paladin2
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I sure hope they took some lessons from what is happening in Canada.

And that their families are well stocked and prepared and have cash on hand.


7 posted on 02/17/2022 6:19:06 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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I sure hope they took some lessons from what is happening in Canada.

And that their families are well stocked and prepared and have cash on hand.

If I were a trucker going to join in this thing, that’s what I would have spent the last few weeks doing while this was being planned out.


8 posted on 02/17/2022 6:19:49 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: curious7
It's getting to a point that people know there will be plants, with a CNN or MSNBC crew on alert.

When that point is reached it won't matter. But I sure wouldn't want to be an agent/informant volunteering for that job.

9 posted on 02/17/2022 6:19:51 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I hope all American trucks refuse to deliver ANYTHING in Canada.

I can go without fresh fruit and vegetables for months…

And I hope my province of Alberta shuts down all oil sales to Ottawa and the US

Biden would rather finance Putin’s war machine by importing oil from Russia vs from Canada


10 posted on 02/17/2022 6:23:20 PM PST by Hypo2
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The Ministry of Propaganda will being calling them Heteronormative White Supremacist Terrorist Nazis for a week.


11 posted on 02/17/2022 6:23:34 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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12 posted on 02/17/2022 6:32:35 PM PST by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Life is risk, your highness.)
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That’s a lot of miles and possibility to grow as mives along.


13 posted on 02/17/2022 6:42:43 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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I drove for one of the big companies for a few years. This thing could really morph into the unexpected. There’s a lot of support down here, even among union drivers. There are all kinds of things drivers can do to slow down the system without going on strike. This will be interesting.


14 posted on 02/17/2022 6:46:37 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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The best thing they could do right now is…shut down Canada. Don’t truck to a dictatorship.

A couple of days and the Canadian Government would fall.

Don’t inconvenience your own citizens, force Biden to restart unrestricted trade with your most valuable trading partner.

Block the railways until Biden stops importing oil from Russia instead of Canada.


15 posted on 02/17/2022 6:52:34 PM PST by Hypo2
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If Canada is under an Emergencies situation…why would any American trucking company be willing to ship product here?

Your trucks and personnel could be seized and arrested.

Today’s laws might change by tomorrow or hourly. Who knows.

US truckers should stop at all border crossings until the situation is solved. If they did…it would only take a couple of days.


16 posted on 02/17/2022 7:02:12 PM PST by Hypo2
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Looks like we have ourselves a convoy....

One of the best songs of the 70’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0PzZjtNnlM


17 posted on 02/17/2022 7:07:38 PM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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10-4 good buddy.


18 posted on 02/17/2022 7:13:09 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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Somehow I will be looking for a lot of Johnny Cash and a lot of rebel rouser by Duane Eddy


19 posted on 02/17/2022 7:15:57 PM PST by magua (It's not racism, it's just that thisBecause it’s being reported that a lot of this started in 2015. )
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What federal mandates do they think will still be in place by the time they get to DC?


20 posted on 02/17/2022 7:16:16 PM PST by semimojo
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