Posted on 02/11/2022 7:35:55 AM PST by redguyinabluestate
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, firefighters, military personnel, musicians, journalists and religious leaders.
Although the group announced on Feb. 2 that “at this point, THIS group has NO funding accounts or donation links posted. We are NOT collecting donations.” However, the Feb. 8 post states that fuel reimbursement will be distributed upon arrival for all attending the event.
Following the rally, the convoy will roll out heading to Washington, D.C. The post did not detail any routes or additional details.
Truck convoy mission statement In previous social media posts on Facebook and Telegram, organizers of the convoy released its mission statement.
“Americans love our freedoms and love the Constitution of the United States of America. This convoy aims to bring back our freedoms, our civil liberties and bring an end to all unconstitutional mandates. This is about our rights, as well as the freedom of future generations. It’s not about political parties, but more so about a government that has forgotten its place and has no regard for our founding fathers’ instructions, the Constitution,” the Telegram post states.
Brian Brase, one of the convoy organizers, told Land Line on Feb. 2 that the convoy is organizing to protest vaccination mandates. He stressed it is not an anti-vaccination movement but rather about “human and constitutional rights.”
“This isn’t about the trucking mandates. There’s so much more in play there. We are just truck drivers standing up for our human rights, and as Americans it’s about our constitutional rights,” he said. “It’s about a human being deciding what gets injected into them. We’re not about shaming people who aren’t vaccinated or shaming those who are. It’s about choice.”
The vaccination mandates in the private sector and at lower government levels are hindering access to healthcare, education and law enforcement – to name a few basic needs – according to Brase.
“There are good people, good teachers, good nurses, good police officers losing their jobs over these mandates,” he said.
That, Brase contends, threatens access to basic services and the quality of the lives of truckers’ families left at home while they are on the road.
‘Professionally and peacefully’ “We’re coming together as humans,” he said. “The bottom line is that the attendees of this convoy/protest are expected to carry themselves professionally and peacefully. We’re not there to cause mayhem and trouble. This is a peaceful convoy across the nation to restore our constitutional rights,” Brase told Land Line.
I’m sure the FBI is out buying brand new tractor trailers and training agents to dress like nazi racists and drive them.
If they are in Coachella, they are on I-10. Here is a Map:
Obviously, they will have to go north at some point to reach I-40. The most logical would be I-17 which connects Phoenix to Flagstaff. Here is a map of I-40:
They would likely be coming right thru Phoenix.
Gotta remember. These are independent truckers. The truck drivers for corporate carriers won’t participate. Unfortunately. But what the hell. Let’s do it!
Taking the check from the government, like the teachers union.
In many instances in the past, when the “workers of the world” were put down, the government (here in the United States, State and Feds) worked together with other entities (sometimes businesses) to put the folks down. Sometimes murdering average folks.
Unfortunately, people have lost sight of the fact that the government can be bad and can conspire with businesses and other entities to put people down. The government can be complacent or they can be active participants.
may the 4th of March, be remembered along with the 4th of July...
God Speed.
21 posts and ten of them mention the FBI agents as provocateurs. I think we are a well informed public. Nice.
Agreed. The media, government, ... are our enemies. They have earned the reputation. So don’t allow them to get ahead of it by announcing it.
The truckers will need fuel (or carry their own). A rig travels about 600 miles before refueling. Indio to Gallup NM (578 miles), is where they would need to fuel up for the first time.
Watch for the local cops to block exits leading to fueling locations between Holbrook (450 miles) and Gallup. That stretch of highway is pretty sparse for fueling locations. Blocking the exits would not be difficult.
I'm sure that the truckers are smart enough to plan for this. I hope so.
If they are doing it right, the need leadership, encrypted and secure communications, vetting of operations people to avoid FBI plants, security against false flags, uncorruptable funding channels, PR preparation against MSM-fake media onslaught etc...
They are going up against the deep-state and its unlimited resources, after all.
21st century "democracy" in America....
They’re still doing a long haul on the road to Irrelevancy.
Mistake to announce a starting date! The major reason the Canadian truckers seige of Ottawa and other places is succeeding is it happened rather spontaneously. The Canadian and local government didn’t have time to prepare for or stop it from starting.
I have heard someone explain this delay the other day. There is significant planning and logistics that need to be in place for the convoy to be successful. While a majority of the Canadian Convoy appears to be organic and is, there were months of planning by organizers. The USA Convoy is pulling this together in a matter of weeks.
I am hopeful the USA Convoy will be just as, if not more successful, than the Canadian Convoy. They get to see how the Canadian authorities respond. Just funding along has gone through several iterations. First there was GoFundMe, then GiveSendGo which authorities are trying to shutdown. Now there are crypto currency funding sources and just people walking around and giving truckers cash. There will be a lot of the latter this weekend.
Logistics for fuel and food are significant. Strategic counter moves against authorities need to be planned. Some of that needs to be in the moment, but it certainly helps that there are number of contingencies. I would think the greatest amount of planning for the USA Convoy will be in how to deal with the bLM and Antifa types and general scum that live in DC. Part of that is a media plan, but a majority will be on the ground when they go face to face.
They will be easy to spot. They will be driving lease trucks with automatic transmissions.
I notice the Teamsters National does not support the Canadian convoy. Reminds me of when Fitzsimmons of union president fame, decided to agree on a national wage rate in the 70s. The drivers were so incensed they went on strike nationally. High inflation and cost of fuel was the basis of their concerns.
So, like today, the union management that loves to be in the pocket of big government does the same.
Will the left infiltrate the convoy, and sacrifice a few useful idiots who will commit crimes and break things - so that it can be blamed on conservatives and Trump supporters?
This is standard procedure for them.
They are really scared. They thought the sheep would just bow down and bare their necks. Some of the sheep are willingly giving up, but the American spirit has been reawakened, and I think we will see something truly beautiful. Long lines of trucks with American flags and “Less Go Brandon” stickers.
The left and the media will call it a terrorist convoy.
Why did it take so long to get to here? I saw what the left was doing in March 2020. I understood that a flu bug had been weaponized so as to suppress freedoms and dump Trump. I saw that the summer of riots, “CHOP”, and occupied areas was planned and implemented by the dems, who gave them moral and material support. I saw that it was all part of their plan.
You can bet there is a US government team analyzing right now how the Canadian truckers organized and developing counter measures.
I think this is the start of the, “is it time”? This is the stand off and the men will be separated from the actual snowflakes.
You are so right. They are not only analyzing, the are now assisting the Canadian government and see what works and doesn't work. I think this weekend will be critical in Ottawa. The one thing government cannot do is arrest tens of thousands of peaceful protesters. Supposedly there are tens of thousands of people on their way to Ottawa right now.
If government uses force against really peaceful protestors (not your bLM/Antifa types burning, looting and murdering) there will be a backlash the world has not recently seen.
The key to success on the ground is numbers. They can't arrest everyone. The government doesn't have the logistics to do so.
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