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People's Convoy organizers hope up to a THOUSAND trucks will join cross-country drive starting in California TODAY that calls for Biden to end COVID National Emergency as Pentagon is accused of overreacting by deploying National Guard in DC
The Daily Mail ^ | 02/23/2022 | Lepore, Blanco, Thompson, Butterfield

Posted on 02/23/2022 6:15:42 AM PST by thegagline

As many as 1,000 truckers are expected to gather in California on Wednesday to embark on an 11-day trek to Washington DC in an effort to protest what they claim are unconstitutional COVID-19 mandates.

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It has called on the federal government to end the National Emergency enacted at the start of the pandemic, arguing that the threat posed by the virus has now receded.

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People's Convoy organizers claim they do not intend to disrupt roads or bridges, like the Canadian protest did.

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However, some semi-truck drivers are already calling for widespread blockades, including Bob Bolos who on Monday vowed the Beltway and other roads in and out of DC will be shut down.

The convoy is expected to arrive in DC in early March which some experts allege could disrupt traffic around the Capitol ahead of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. Others have expressed concern that the convoy could result in a recreation of the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

The Pentagon is expected to approve the deployment of 700 to 800 unarmed National Guard troops to the nation's capital, a U.S. official said Tuesday, in face of trucker convoys.

The Metropolitan Police Department of DC has added 500 officers to its deployment each day in early March and the fencing that surrounded the Capitol complex for much of 2021 will be reinstalled next week. *** As a preemptive measure, Capitol Police has scheduled officers on 12-hour shifts, with plans to reinstall the fencing that surrounded the Capitol complex last year. Democrats, mainly Pelosi, insisted the fencing was a needed precaution following the January 6 riot.

The Pentagon is reportedly considering sending the National Guard to the capital ***

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: thegagline
It has called on the federal government to end the National Emergency enacted at the start of the pandemic, arguing that the threat posed by the virus has now receded.

Performative nonsense.

The national emergency probably isn't affecting 5% of these truckers.

If they have an issue with mandates they need to take it up with their states, where the real mandates are happening.

Going to DC is just throwing a tantrum to get attention.

41 posted on 02/23/2022 7:25:39 AM PST by semimojo
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To: drSteve78
Truckers should just loop the Beltway,

If truckers just clogged the Beltway, the 395 and 295, and WI and PA aves in Maryland, they would effectively bring the District of Columbia to a stop

The deep state lizards would go crazy. They would probably start shooting people on sight.

42 posted on 02/23/2022 7:26:16 AM PST by PGR88
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To: thegagline
with plans to reinstall the fencing that surrounded the Capitol complex last year.

Walls don't work, but fences apparently do.

43 posted on 02/23/2022 7:27:34 AM PST by mykroar (There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. - Sun Tzu)
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To: thegagline
I encourage FReepers to read the Press Release of The People’s Convoy and watch the video by Mike Landis to get a better understanding of the goals of this action and the scope of what they are protesting. It goes far beyond truckers and vaccine mandates. I support them 100% and will be following their progress on the convoy route.

Press Release: https://thepeoplesconvoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Press-Release-Feb-21-FINAL.pdf

Mike Landis – The People’s Convoy: https://rumble.com/vv3eyb-february-16-2022.html

Visit the The People's Convoy website at https://thepeoplesconvoy.org/

44 posted on 02/23/2022 7:29:22 AM PST by Unmarked Package
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To: thegagline
EVERYTHING about this is sketchy. Pure setup.

Better idea for truckers: park it for two weeks. Stay home. If you get even 10 percent of truckers to go on "vacation," you bring the Biden regime to its knees. All without jail time/bank account freezings/cop violence/the usual leftist mob action.

Full disclosure: I'm married to a long haul owner-operator trucker, and this is his idea.

45 posted on 02/23/2022 7:29:41 AM PST by M. Thatcher
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To: drSteve78; All

Are any of you following Trucker groups on Telegram?


46 posted on 02/23/2022 7:30:57 AM PST by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.)
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To: thegagline

Sounds like a lot of Freepers are conceding defeat before the battle begins. Go write your polite letters to your Assistant Democrat representatives.


47 posted on 02/23/2022 7:38:46 AM PST by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: thegagline
The Pentagon is expected to approve the deployment of 700 to 800 unarmed National Guard troops to the nation's capital,

Won't this add to the traffic problem?

48 posted on 02/23/2022 7:40:59 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: ConservativeInPA

Yeah, if general Lee wants you to charge the Union center, you concede defeat, absolutely. Concede defeat and rethink your tactics.


49 posted on 02/23/2022 7:46:35 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: KobraKai

Apples and Oranges. Stuff your red herring. Try to make a real argument. Truckers and people cannot concede their right to petition government for their grievances. This is a perfect opportunity to expose what the establishment wants - complete control over the people. That includes what you say, the right to spend your money, what you wear on you face, and inject in your veins.


50 posted on 02/23/2022 7:52:38 AM PST by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: drSteve78

Effective at what? Annoying residents, slowing down ambulances, and convincing Americans to support whatever restrictive measures the liberals propose to just make it all go away?


51 posted on 02/23/2022 8:01:23 AM PST by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: thegagline

Indeed Mao lesson #4


52 posted on 02/23/2022 8:30:51 AM PST by Vaduz ( )
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To: Toespi

Strawman dichotomy. There are better options other than trusting GOP vs. being complicit with an FBI plot.


53 posted on 02/23/2022 8:38:52 AM PST by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

Will the Guard be as unarmed as they were at Kent State?


54 posted on 02/23/2022 2:35:46 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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