Live: DC Trucker Convoy in the DMV

People are gathered on the overpass of I-70 as the DC trucker convoy rolls into the nation's capital.

Hundreds of truckers in a giant convoy have spent the past week traversing the country from the west coast and the convoy now heads to DC to protest COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates put in place by the - federal government since the pandemic began - plus a host of other issues.

The "People's Convoy" originated in California last week and has merged with several other organized convoys of varying size to converge on DC to protest in a similar fashion to the truck driver protests that halted Canadian government operations in the capital of Ottawa over the last month.

As of 9 a.m., The “People’s Convoy” of hundreds of truckers is now on its way to snarl traffic on the DC Beltway. Organizers said they have been in contact with local law enforcement and the convoy will do two laps around the Beltway at slow speeds.

Truckers told WUSA 9 it has previously taken the Convoy 2.5 hours to exit the grounds where they’ve camped. The Convoy could be 20 or more miles long, with close to 1,000 trucks and accompanying cars and drivers involved.
“We are not going into DC proper at this time,” an organizer on a megaphone told the truckers, adding, “doesn’t mean it won’t happen.” Some truckers said they wanted to protest in DC, driving to the White House.

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